대구외고 1학년 2학기 중간고사 시험분석(심화영어)-(9)

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All Americans and many people around the world can remember exactly what they were doing at the moment they heard that terrorists had attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. People in New York City and Washington, D.C., were especially devastated. Everyone knew someone who was touched by the tragedy. Immediately, there was an   (A) 

of love, charity, and patriotism around the country. So many people volunteered to help that officials had to (a) limit the numbers. Millions of dollars were raised for the families of the victims, and Americans felt a huge (b) surge of pride and love for their country. Eighty percent of them displayed the American flag—in the windows of their houses, on their cars, even on their clothing. Crowds spontaneously sang “God Bless America,” a patriotic song that is more popular (and much easier to sing) than the national anthem, along with “America the Beautiful” and “My Country ’Tis of Thee.”

This mixture of religion and patriotism is an example of what some scholars have called the “national religion” of the United States. The roots of the national religion go back to colonial times. In the countries from which the American colonists (c) immigrated, the dominant values of the nation were often supported by an organized national church. Although Americans made certain that no organized national church would exist in their young country, they have, over the years, developed a number of informal practices that combine national patriotism with religion. The main function of this national religion is to provide support for the (d) dominant values of the nation and comfort in times of grief. Thus, it does in an informal and less organized way what nationally organized churches did for European nations in earlier times. 

Some observers of American society believe that the various practices that are called the national religion can have harmful effects, however. Sometimes these practices can help to create a(n)   (B)   in which disagreement with current national practices is discouraged or not tolerated. There have been times when citizens have disagreed with their government’s decision to wage war, for example, and other Americans accused them of being (e) unpatriotic. This happened during the war in Vietnam, when protesters were told, “America—love it, or leave it.” A similar division of opinion occurred over the U.S. decision to invade Iraq in 2003.