考研“The Heart of the Matter,” the just-released report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences ( ' , AAAS), deserves praise for affirming the importance of the humanities and social sciences to the prosperity and security of liberal democracy in America.

美国艺术与科学院（AAAS）刚刚发布的报告《问题的核心》肯定了人文社会科学对美国自由民主繁荣与安全的重要性，值得赞扬。

2014年考研阅读原文

考研"The Heart of the Matter," the just-released report by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, deserves praise for affirming the importance of the humanities and social sciences to the prosperity and security of liberal democracy in America.

美国文理学院刚刚发布的报告《问题的核心》肯定了人文和社会科学对美国自由民主繁荣和安全的重要性，值得赞扬。

2014年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Implicitly or explicitly, American fashion addressed a democracy, whereas traditional Paris-based fashion was prescriptive and imposed on women, willing or not.

无论是含蓄的还是明确的，美国时装都是针对民主的，而传统的巴黎时装则是规定性的，强加给女性，不管她们愿意与否。

2017年6月阅读原文

考研The jury is also said to be the best surviving example of direct rather than representative democracy.

陪审团也被认为是直接民主而非代议制民主现存的最好例子。

2010年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级It seems very good for Harvard to honor such a high profile popularizer of the irrational…… at a time when political and religious nonsense so jeopardize the rule of reason in this allegedly enlightened democracy and around the world.

对哈佛来说，在政治和宗教胡言乱语如此严重地破坏了这个所谓开明的民主国家和全世界的理性规则之际，向这样一位备受瞩目的非理性主义普及者致敬似乎是件好事。

2014年6月阅读原文

六级After World War Ⅱ, the academic world turned with new enthusiasm to humanistic studies, which seemed to many scholars the best way to ensure the survival of democracy.

二战后Ⅱ, 学术界以新的热情转向人文研究，在许多学者看来，人文研究是确保民主生存的最佳途径。

2010年12月阅读原文

考研In a direct democracy, citizens take turns governing themselves, rather than electing representatives to govern for them.

在直接民主中，公民轮流治理自己，而不是选举代表为他们治理。

2010年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级It seems very good for Harvard to honor such a high profile popularizer of the irrational…… at a time when political and religious nonsense so jeopardize the rule of reason in this allegedly enlightened democracy and around the world

对哈佛来说，在政治和宗教的胡言乱语如此危害这个所谓开明的民主国家和全世界的理性规则之际，向这样一位非理性的高调普及者致敬似乎是件好事

2014年6月阅读原文

六级at a time when political and religious nonsense so jeopardize the rule of reason in this allegedly enlightened democracy and around the world.

在这个所谓开明的民主国家和世界各地，政治和宗教的胡言乱语如此危害理性规则的时候。

2014年6月大学英语六级考试真题（一）

四级Many Americans believe, then, that competition is as important, or even more important, that democracy in preserving freedom.

因此，许多美国人认为，在维护自由方面，竞争与民主同等重要，甚至更重要。

1999年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

考研Instead, we are treated to fine hypocritical spectacles, which now more than ever seem in ample supply: the critic of American materialism with a Southampton summer home; the publisher of radical books who takes his meals in three-star restaurants; the journalist advocating participatory democracy in all phases of life, whose own children are enrolled in private schools.

相反，我们看到了虚伪的美好景象，这些景象现在似乎比以往任何时候都充足：在南安普顿有一个避暑别墅的美国物质主义评论家；激进书籍的出版商在三星级餐厅用餐；在生活的各个阶段倡导参与式民主的记者，其子女就读于私立学校。

2000年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Without the ability to think critically, to defend their ideas and understand the ideas of others, they cannot fully participate in our democracy.

如果没有批判性思维、捍卫自己的想法和理解他人想法的能力，他们就无法充分参与我们的民主。

2004年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研On the one hand, it provides opportunities to analyze such ideas as justice, democracy and freedom.

一方面，它提供了分析正义、民主和自由等思想的机会。

2007年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题