题文
Between ten and midnight the United States is politically leaderless—there is no center of information anywhere in the nation except in the New York headquarters of the great broadcasting companies and two wire services. No candidate and no party can afford the investment on election night to match the news-gathering resources of the mass media; and so as every citizen sits in his home watching his TV set or listening to his radio, he is the equal of any other in knowledge. There is nothing that can be done in these hours, for no one can longer direct the great strike for America’s power; the polls have closed. Good or bad, whatever the decision, America will accept the decision—and cut down any man who goes against it, even though for millions the decision runs contrary to their own votes. The general vote is an expression of national will, the only substitute for violence and blood. Its decision is to be defended as one defends civilization itself.There is nothing like this American expression of will in England or France, India or Russia. only one other major nation in modern history has tried to elect its leader directly by mass, free, popular vote. This was the Weiman Republic of Germany, which modeled its unitary vote for national leaders on the American practice. Out of its experiment with the system it got Hitler. Americans have had Lincoln, Wilson and two Roosevelts. Nothing can be done when the voting returns are flooding in; the White House and its power will move to one or another of the two candidates, and all will know about it in the morning. But for these hours history stops.
小题1:Between ten P.M. and midnight the United States is politically leaderless because ________.A．the president has been murderedB．the general strike for power has endedC．the government has resignedD．the general vote is being held小题2:“The great strike for America’s power” in Paragraph 1 refers to ________.A．the strike of the government members B．the great voteC．the election campaignD．the strike of the government employees小题3:The author believes that the decision at the polls will ________.A．lead to a civil warB．result in a general strikeC．cause violence and bloodD．be defended by all Americans小题4:Without the general vote, the author implies ________.A．there would be a civil warB．there would be a general strikeC．there would be an election campaignD．there would be a fierce debate 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:A
解析
小题1:D 推理判断题。本题应从全文来看。从大选完毕到结果尚未公布之间为权力空白期。
小题2:C 推理判断题。由文章第 1 段第 1 句和第 3、4 句可以推断，此处的 The greatest strike for America’s Power 指美国大选。
小题3:D 事实细节题。由第 1 段最后几句可知：不管大选的结果是否与他们的投票一致，美国人都会赞成并支持这一结果。
小题4:A 推理判断题。由第 1 段倒数第 2 句 The general vote is…the only substitute for violence and blood 可知，言下之意，没有大选，就可能导致因争夺权力而发生战争。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Between ten and midn.....”主要考查你对 [人生感悟类阅读 ]考点的理解。人生感悟类阅读
人生感悟类阅读的概念：
生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。
生活感悟类阅读解题指导：
一、文章特点：
生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。有时故事的结尾会有一句“点睛之笔”，点出全文的中心思想，就像《伊索寓言》里的寓言一样。还可能是夹叙夹议的哲理散文或生活随笔。散文随笔通常会阐述一种朴素易懂，耳熟能详的人生道理或宝贵品质。文章的结构和议论文类似，一般是总分总或总分结构。每段首句或尾句为主题句（论点），其它句子围绕主题展开论述（论据），论证方法多种多样，或举例，或引用名言，或正反对照等。
二、解题技巧：
针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的完形填空时，要特别注意以下几点：
1、重点理解全文的首句。如果是记叙文，找出when，where，who，what等基本要素。如果是散文随笔，充分理解文章的中心句—全文的主题。
2、阅读全文的结尾段或结尾句，有助于理解文章所阐述或蕴含的哲理、感悟或忠告等。
3、调动自己的背景知识和情感。这类文章不会讲大道理也不会涉及到一些很专业的知识技术领域，而是谈一些小事和简单的道理，所以如果读者能和作者产生感情上的共鸣，读者会更好地把握作者的意图态度，从而提高做题的准确度。因此，考生在平时要做一个有心人，即用心去感悟生活中发生的小事，思考人生的一些基本道理，多阅读一些短小精悍的美文，多写写自己的心情故事和对生活学习的感悟。只有平时多用心，做题时才能调动自己的背景知识和情感。
