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I have observed that the Americans show a less decided taste for general ideas than the French. This is especially true in politics.
Although the Americans infuse into their legislation far more general ideas than the English, and although they strive more than the latter to adjust the practice of affairs to theory, no political bodies in the United States have ever shown so much love for general ideas as the Constituent Assembly and the Convention in France. At no time has the American people laid hold on ideas of this kind with the passionate energy of the French people in the eighteenth century, or displayed the same blind confidence in the value and absolute truth of any theory.
This difference between the Americans and the French originates in several causes, but principally in the following one. The Americans are a democratic people who have always directed public affairs themselves. The French are a democratic people who for a long time could only speculate on the best manner of conducting them. The social condition of the French led them to conceive very general ideas on the subject of government, while their political constitution prevented them from correcting those ideas by experiment and from gradually detecting their insufficiency; whereas in America the two things constantly balance and correct each other.It may seem at first sight that this is very much opposed to what I have said before, that democratic nations derive their love of theory from the very excitement of their active life. A more attentive -examination will show that there is nothing contradictory in the proposition.
Men living in democratic countries eagerly lay hold of general ideas because they have but little leisure and because these ideas spare them the trouble of studying particulars. This is true, but it is only to be understood of those matters which are not the necessary and habitual subjects of their thoughts. Mercantile men will take up very eagerly, and without any dose scrutiny, all the general ideas on philosophy, politics, science, or the arts which may be presented to them; but for such as relate to commerce, they will not receive them without inquiry or adopt them without reserve. The same thing applies to statesman with regard to general ideas in politics.If, then, there is a subject upon which a democratic people is peculiarly liable to abandon itself, blindly and extravagantly, to general ideas, the best corrective that can be used will be to make that subject a part of their daily practical occupation. They will then be compelled to enter into details, and the details will teach them the weak points of the theory. This remedy may frequently be a painful one, but its effect is certain.
Thus it happens that the democratic institutions which compel every citizen to take a practical part in the government moderate that excessive taste for general theories in politics which the principle of equality suggests.
1.According to the writer, what kinds of ideas have been favored by the French people?2.Why do the Americans show less enthusiasm for general ideas than the French? 3.Some people in democratic countries prefer general ideas because（ ）.4.What does the writer think would inhibit people's preference for general ideas?5.The writer’s conclusion is that （ ）.
A.Political ideas that can be adjusted to the practice of government. B.Concrete ideas that they believe to be truthful. C.General ideas in political affairs. D.Eighteenth century ideas.问题2： A.The French constitution did not allow for experiment. B.In America, the constitution provides checks and balances. C.The social conditions in France led to different ideas. D.The Americans have always been in charge of their own public affairs.问题3： A.in politics it is easier to study general ideas B.general ideas on different subjects are more interesting C.mercantile men prefer general ideas on philosophy, politics, science and the arts D.they do not haveNever far from positions of influence, wealthier from his broadcasting activities （ ）the biggest moguls, he is in many ways on the edge of things.
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I have had just about enough of being treated like a second-class citizen, simply because I happen to be that unfairly treated member of society — a customer. The more I go into shops and hotels, banks and post offices, railway stations, airports and the like, the more I am convinced the things are being run solely to suit the firm, the system, or the union. There seems to be a deceptive new motto for so-called “service” organizations --- Staff Before Service.How often, for example, have you queued for what seems like hours at the Post Office or the supermarket because there were not enough staff on duty to man all the service grilles or checkout counters? Surely in these days of high unemployment it must be possible to hire cashiers and counter staff. Yet supermarkets hinting darkly at higher prices, claim that uncovering all their cash registers at any one time would increase operating costs. And the Post Office says we cannot expect all their service grilles to be occupied "at times when demand is low”.It is the same with hotels, because waiters and kitchen staff must finish when it suits them, dining rooms close earlier or menu choice is cut short. As for us guests, we just have to put up with it. There is also the nonsense of so many friendly hotel night porters having been thrown out of their jobs in the interests of "efficiency” and replaced by coin-eating machines which offer everything from lager to laxatives. Not to mention the tea-making kit in your room: a kettle with a mixed collection of tea bags, plastic milk boxes and lump sugar. Who wants to wake up to a raw teabag? I do not, especially when I am paying for “service”.Can it be stopped, this worsening of service, this growing attitude that the customer is always a bore? I angrily hope so because it is happening, sadly, in all walks of life.Our only hope is to hammer home our anger whenever and wherever we can and, if all else fails, bring back into practice that other, older slogan-Take Our Deal Elsewhere.1.The writer feels that nowadays a customer （ ）.2.The writer argues that the quality of service is changing because （ ）.3.According to the writer, long queues at counters are caused by （ ）.4.Service organizations contend that keeping all checkout counters operated can result in（ ）.5.The writer suggests that a customer （ ）.
