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Some argue that what Mr.Trump really wants is not the wall, but the fight over the wall.After all, if he really wanted his $5bn he could negotiate a deal with Democrats to get it perhaps by agreeing to provide dreamers (undocumented immigrants brought to America as children) a path to citizenship.But his base prizes his pugnacity above any realistically attainable concrete achievement, and he sees attacking Democrats as weak on crime and immigration as a better strategy than compromise.
“We have the issue, Border Security,” he crowed on Twitter, two days after Christmas.He believes, not without reason, that his hawkish views on immigration won him the presidency in 2016, and remain his strongest suit.But that theory was tested in 2018, when Republican congressional candidates around the country ended their campaigns by stoking fears of，in Mr.Trump's words, “death and destruction caused by people who shouldn't be here.), Leaving aside the fact that immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than the native- born, that tactic failed.Republicans lost more seats in last year's mid-terms than in any election since Watergate.Now Ms.Pelosi is once again House Speaker, and Democrats are committee chairmen with subpoena power.
How they will use that power will quickly become clear.They have spent months preparing.Matt Bennett of Third Way, a centrist Democratic think-tank, believes the committees will “fire subpoenas like machine guns …There will be full-blown investigations by the middle of January.”
Elijah Cummings, the incoming chair of the House Oversight Committee, has already requested information about, among other things，the use of personal email for government work and payments to the Trump Organisation.Jerry Nadler, who will chair the House Judiciary Committee，plans to hold hearings on the administration's family-separation policy and Russian interference in 2016.Adam Schiff, who will head the House Intelligence Committee, wants to investigate Mr.Trump's business interests.Richard Neal, who will run the House Ways and Means Committee, plans to compel the release of Mr.Trump 5s tax returns.
Mr.Trump’s approval ratings remain stuck around 40%; unlike most presidents, he has barely tried to expand his appeal.Meanwhile, Robert Mueller^ investigation is grinding inexorably forward.The president cannot afford to lose his cheerleaders5 support now, which may explain his refusal to negotiate over the wall.But that need not mean permanent gridlock.One can imagine Democrats agreeing to modestly increase border-security funding beyond $1.6bn enough to let Mr.Trump save face, claim victory and reopen government.
Beyond that, the parties could spend the next two years battling over immigration while finding common ground where they can 一 on infrastructure, for instance, or prescription- drug pricing.
For Mr.Trump, personal relationships can supersede partisan policy disagreements.He seems genuinely to respect Ms.Pelosi's toughness and accomplishment.He also appears fond of the cut-and-thrust with Mr.Schumer, a fellow outer-borough New Yorker.But his personalisation of politics cuts the other way too.Bill Clinton was able to shrug off Republican efforts to impeach him as just business, while keeping focused on policy goals.Mr.Trump, a famous counter-puncher, has shown no such ability to compartmentalise.
单选题第1题From the first paragraph we can infer that______.
A.Mr.Trump belongs to the Republican Party
B.Mr.Trump belongs to the Democratic Party
C.Mr.Trump drags on the shutdown
D.Mr.Trump may pressure the Republicans
参考答案：A
答案解析：推断题。第1段第3句提到：无论共和党人在公开场合表现得对他如何忠诚。这说明总统也是同一党派的人，因为在美国敌对党派往往会互相攻击，故正 确答案为A。
单选题第2题According to Paragraph 2, the Democrats______.
A.objected to the fight over the wall
B.supported the fund for the wall
C.agreed to grant dreamers citizenship
D.refused to negotiate a deal with Mr.Trump
参考答案：C
答案解析：细节题。根据题干关键词定位第2段第2句，可知总统可以通过同意给予梦想来到美国的移民公民身份而与民主党达成协议，因此这正是民主党希望的，故正确答案为C。
单选题第3题The word “pugnacity” underlined in Paragraph 2 most probably means______
A.tenacity
B.aggressiveness
C.willingness
D.arrogance
参考答案：B
答案解析：语义题。pugnacity意为“好斗，好战”，故正确答案为B （进攻性，挑衅）。
单选题第4题Mr.Trump believes that______.
A.immigrants cause death and destruction in the United States
B.Democrats take compromise as a better strategy
C.immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than the native-born
D.he won the presidency not without reason
参考答案：A
答案解析：推断题。根据选项定位第3段，仔细比对后可知A与原文符合（移民会给美 国造成破坏和死亡），这也正是总统提出修筑隔离墙的理由，故正确答案为A。
单选题第5题Which of the following statements is NOT true of Ms.Pelosi?
A.She was once House Speaker.
B.She is a tough woman.
C.She is a member of the Republican Party.
D.She is a woman of great success.
参考答案：C
答案解析：推断题。根据选项定位第4段和第7段，对比原文后可知，C与原文不符，因 为第7段提到总统将私人关系看得比党派政见分歧更重，而他很尊重Ms. Pelosi，说 明后者与总统不是同一党派，故正确答案为C。
单选题第6题According to Paragraph 5, Richard Neal will force Mr.Trump to______.
A.return his taxes
B.show his tax returns
C.get his tax returns
D.give up his return taxes
参考答案：B
答案解析：细节题。根据题干关键词定位第5段最后一句，此处release为“发布，公布”之意，故正确答案为B。
单选题第7题The word “gridlock” underlined in Paragraph 6 most probably means______.
A.gratification
B.congestion
C.impasse
D.perplexity
参考答案：C
答案解析：语义题。gridlock意为“僵局”，故正确答案为C （僵局）。
单选题第8题The author seems to believe it possible for the two parties to reach agreements on all the following EXCEPT______.
A.infrastructure
B.prescription-drug pricing
C.reopening government
D.immigration
参考答案：D
答案解析：细节题。根据题干关键词定位第6段第6句，结合第5句可知，作者认为只要民主党在修筑隔离墙的费用上稍作让步，总统即可接受，这样既保留了脸面，又可重启政府。而在今后两年，两党可以继续在移民问题上作斗争，同时在基础设施、处方药定价等问题上达成共识。故正确答案为D,移民问题上暂时难以达成一致。
单选题第9题In the author's opinion，Bill Clinton's advantage was his ability to______.
A.keep focused on policy goals
B.shrug off Republican efforts to impeach him
C.keep things apart
D.take politics personal
参考答案：C
答案解析：细节题。根据题干关键词定位最后一段第5句，克林顿能够将共和党对他的 弹劾看作仅仅是例行公事，但同时又致力于实现政策目标，即作者认为克林顿能 够将事务区别对待，这一点要胜过特朗普，故正确答案为C。
单选题第10题The author's attitude toward Mr.Trump is one of______.
A.indifference
B.disappointment
C.support
D.optimism
参考答案：B
答案解析：态度题。最后一段作者将特朗普总统与前总统比尔克林顿做了比较，认为 后者能以大局为重，而前者擅长以牙还牙，特朗普在大局观上不如克林顿，故正 确答案为B （失望）。
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