The most striking thing about the politician is how often his politics have been rather than ideological, as he adapts his political positions at any particular moment to the political realities that constrain him. He does not, however, piously political principles only to betray them in practice. Rather, he attempts in subtle ways to balance his political self-interest with a , viewing himself as an instrument of some unchanging higher purpose.

(A)Quixotic

(B)Self-righteous

(C)Strategic

(D)Brandish

(E)Flout

(F)Follow

(G)Profound cynicism

(H)Deeply felt moral code

(I)Thoroughgoing pragmatism

Answer: C D H

Rather than引导前后对立，as引导前后解释，所以第空与ideological反义，与adapts同义，有变化之意。第空由于unchanging higher purpose说明其为正评价词汇。Rather起强调作用，前后为同义，后面是unchanging，由于not否定词，所以第空与unchanging反义。

Quixotic幻想的，self-righteous自以为是的，strategic有策略的，brandish挥舞，flout轻蔑，follow跟从，profound cynicism极度犬儒主义，deeply felt moral code深刻的道德准则，thoroughgoing pragmatism彻底的实用主义。

翻译：关于zz家最令人震撼的一点是他的zz立场是有策略地变化的，而不是一成不变的理想主义的，因为他在无时不刻地就当是他所处的zz环境来调整自己的zz立场的。然而，zz家并不是表面上使用zz原则为自己摇旗呐喊并实际上背叛zz原则的人。相反的是，zz家通过不断尝试细微的zz立场的调整来使自己的zz利益与自己内心深处的道德准则产生一个平衡关系，这样看来，实际上zz家应该追求的是一种更高级的、而且是不变的目标的执行者。

What readers most commonly remember about John Stuart Mill’s classic exploration of the liberty of thought and discussion concerns the danger of : in the absence of challenge, one’s opinions, even when they are correct, grow weak and flabby. Yet Mill had another reason for encouraging the liberty of thought and discussion: the danger of partiality and incompleteness. Since one’s opinions, even under the best circumstances, tend to , and because opinions opposed to one’s own rarely turn out to be completely , it is crucial to supplement one’s opinions with alternative points of view.

(A)Tendentiousness

(B)Complaceny

(C)Fractiousness

(D)Embrace only a portion of the truth

(E)Change over time

(F)Focus on matters close at hand

(G)Erroneous

(H)Antithetical

(I)Immutable

Answer: B D G

由于absence of challenge，danger来自自满，所以第空填自满。第空与partiality and incompleteness同义。第空与supplement反义，即“不能使用、有错误”。

Tendentiousness倾向性，complacency自满，fractiousness易怒、好争吵，embrace only a portion of the truth仅仅掌握了部分真相，change over time随时间改变，focus on matters close at hand仅仅关注眼前的事情，erroneous错误的，antithetical对立的，immutable一成不变的。

翻译：读者们通常对于JSM对思想自由与言论自由的经典探索往往会涉及到自满的危险性，即：在缺乏挑战的情况下，一个人的观点，甚至是在它们是正确的时候，也是虚弱无力的。然而，Mill对于鼓励思想自由与言论自由还有另外一个理由，他认为只有思想与言论的自由才能克服人们因对于某件事物的偏爱与不完整的认识而产生的偏差。因为一个人的观点，即便是在最有利的情境下，也会偏向于仅仅反映部分现实，同时因为与一个人自身观点相对的那些观点往往并非是完全错误的，所以通过其他观点补充一个人的认识也很重要。

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