根据下面资料，回答题。 The political career of Cicero, a great Roman statesman an-考呗网题库移动版

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The political career of Cicero, a great Roman statesman and the most well-known speech-mak-er of his time, was a remarkable one. At the time, high political offices in Rome, though techni-cally achieved by winning elections, were almost exclusively controlled by a group of wealthy no-ble families that had held them for many generations. Cicero´ s family, though noble, was not one of them, nor did it have great wealth. But Cicero had a great deal of political ambition; at a very young age he chose as his basic belief the same one Achilles was said to have had: to always be the best and overtop the rest. Lacking the advantages of a proper family origin, there were essentially only two career options open to him. One was a military career, since military success was thought to result from exceptional personal qualities and could lead to popularity and therefore political op-portunity as was the case much later for American presidents Ulysses S. Grant and Dwight D. Eisen-hower. Cicero, however, was no soldier. He hated war, and served in the military only very brief-ly as a young man.
Instead, Cicero chose a career in the law. To prepare for this career, he studied law, rhetoric,and philosophy. When he felt he was ready, he began taking part in legal cases. A career in the law could lead to political success for several reasons, all of which are still relevant today. First, a lawyer would gain a great deal of experience in making speeches. Second, he could also gain ex-posure and popularity from cases. Finally, a successful lawyer would build up a network of politi-cal connections, which is important now but was even more important in.Cicero´ s time, when po-litical competition was not conducted along party lines or on the basis of doctrine, but instead was based on loose, shifting networks of personal friendships and commitments. Cicero proved to be an excellent speech-maker and lawyer, and an outstanding politician. He was elected to each of the principal Roman offices on his first try and at the earliest age at which he was legally allowed to run for them.
To win an important office in Cicero’s time，a candidate should__________．

A．be born of a wealthy family
B．possess political experience
C．launch a national campaign
D．convince the general public

参考答案A

解析:参考译文
西塞罗是罗马时期一位著名的政治家和演说家，政治生涯显著。在那一时期，罗马的高级官职尽管需要严格依据法律通过选举产生，但历代以来，政界官员几乎都完全受控于显赫的富有家族组织。西塞罗的家族虽然是贵族，但并非其中之一，没有巨大的财富。但是西塞罗有着强烈的政治抱负，在年幼时期，他就将据说是阿基里斯的理念作为自己的基本信念：永远做最好，超于他人。由于没有特有家族出身的优势，他面临的只有两种职业选择。一个是从军，因为军事功绩被视为卓越个人能力的体现并为其带来声誉，正如之后的美国总统尤利西斯•格兰特和德怀特•戴维•艾森豪威尔。然而西塞罗并不是位战士，他讨厌战争，年轻时只在军中服役了很短时间。
他选择了另一条道路，法律。为了给自己的政治生涯做准备，他学习了法律、修辞学和哲学。当他认为准备充分时就开始接触法律案件。通过法律达到政治成功有许多原因，直到今天也同样适用。首先，律师在准备陈述的过程中会获得许多经验。其次，通过案件律师会获得一定的曝光度和声誉。最后，一个成功的律师会建立自己的一套政治关系网络。政治竞争不是通过政治路线或基本教义，而是通过不牢固的变化的友谊和承诺，这对现在的社会来说很重要，对当时的罗马时期来说更为重要。西塞罗不仅被人们视为一个杰出的演说家、律师，而且也是一位出色的政治家。他在达到被选举年龄时的首次竞选中，就成功当选为罗马主要官员。
【精析】细节题。文中第一段第二句提到“At the time，high political offices in Rome，though technically achieved by winning elections，were almost exclusively controlled by a group of wealthy noble fami-lies that had held them for many generations．”在那一时期，罗马的高级官职尽管需要严格依据法律要通过选举产生，但历代以来，政界官员几乎都完全受控于显赫的富有家族组织。由此可知，在西塞罗时期想要当选，就要来自富有的家族，故选A。

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