Ⅱ. 语言知识及应用(共两节，满分35分) 全文查看链接 　　 35 be divided along between the two factions. So, the new territory (领土) of Northern Ireland was officially Protestant and was part of the United Kingdom, while southern Ireland was officially Catholic and was a separate country. 全文查看链接 　　This latter explanation is being accepted increasingly every day. One reason must be that it comforts people to rationalize (使……有合理依据)their misfortunes, especially if it makes them seem blameless. (“If there were just more policemen, my wallet would not have been stolen.”) I find this last explanation amusing in one sense, and extremely harmful in another. If we cannot accept bad things ever happening to us, we must be willing to accept an unlimited expansion of laws and government intervention in our lives 全文查看链接 　　Firemen in the US can be paid by their community or just be unpaid volunteers. The professional firemen may be paid to go to another state as a good neighbor and to help educate others who aren’t familiar with firefighting techniques. The unpaid volunteer will get permission from their employer to go and fight a fire. Most employers allow them to go and continue to pay their wages. Others allow them to take vacation days so they will still receive their wages. The expense of getting to the fire can be covered by several means. The fire company that employs firemen may pay their way, the state may volunteer transportation, bus companies or air lines may donate transportation or the people in the area will donate money to help them get to the fire site. 全文查看链接 　　51. Which of the following is wrong according to the passage？ 全文查看链接 　　Christmas Hours: Nov 23 -Dec 13