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题目：

The question "What absolutely is the best government?" is unanswerable as

well as indeterminate; or rather, there are as many good answers as there are

possible combinations in the absolute and relative situations of all

nations.

But if it is asked by what sign we may know that a given people is well or

ill governed, that is another matter, and the question, being one of fact,

admits of an answer.

It is not, however, answered, because every-one wants to answer it in his

own way. Subjects extol public tranquility, citizens individual liberty; the one

class prefers security of possessions, the other that of person; the one regards

as the best government that which is most severe, the other maintains that the

mildest is the best; the one wants crimes punished, the other wants them

prevented; the one wants the State to be feared by its neighbours, the other

prefers that it should be ignored; the one is content if money circulates, the

other demands that the people shall have bread. Even if an agreement were come

to on these and similar points, should we have got any further? As moral

qualities do not admit of exact measurement, agreement about the mark does not

mean agreement about the valuation.

For my part, I am continually astonished that a mark so simple is not

recognised, or that men are of so bad faith as not to admit it. What is the end

of political association? The preservation and prosperity of its members. And

what is the surest mark of their preservation and prosperity? Their numbers and

population. Seek then nowhere else this mark that is in dispute. The rest being

equal, the government under which, without external aids, without naturalisation

or colonies, the citizens increase and multiply most, is beyond question the

best. The government under which a people wanes and diminishes is worst.

Calculators, it is left for you to count, to measure, to compare.

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the passage?

A.The author defines a term and then illustrates it with multiple

examples.

B.The author presents and describes the two sides of a controversy.

C.The author considers a complex topic and then offers a judgment.

D.The author poses a rhetorical question to introduce an extended

argument.

答案及解析：

答案：C

解析：

Choice C is the best answer. Throughout the passage, Rousseau considers the

question of determining which type of government is absolutely the best. He

notes in the first two paragraphs that, while it is impossible to answer the

question, it is possible to tell if a certain group of people is well-governed

or not. Rousseau proposes in the last paragraph a simple answer, or judgment:

"numbers and population."

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