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一、阅读（常规阅读理解）本（题共2。题，每题1.0

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KingJuanCarlosofSpainonceinsistedkingsdontabdicate,theydieintheirsleep.

ButembarrassingscandalsandthepopularityoftherepublicanleftintherecentEuro­

electionshaeforcedhimtoeathiswordsandstanddown.So,doestheSpanishcrisis

suggestthatmonarchyisseeingitslastdays?Does（hatmeanthewritingison（hewall

forallEuropeanroyals,withtheirmagnincentuniformsandmajesticlifestyles?The

Spanishcaseproidesargumentsbothforandagainstmonarchy.Whenpublicopinionis

particularlypolarised,asitwasfollowingtheendof（heFrancoregime,monarchscan

riseaboemerepoliticsandembodyaspiritofnationalunity.Itisthisapparent

transcendenceofpoliticsthatexplainsmonarchs,continuingpopularityasheadsofstate.

Andso,theMiddleEastexcepted,Europeisthemostmonarch-infestedregioninthe

world,with10kingdoms（notcountingVaticanCityandAndorra）.Butunliketheir

absolutistcounterpartsintheGulfandAsia,mostroyalfamilieshaesuriedbecause

theyallowoterstoaoidthedifficultsearchforanon-controcrsialbutrespectedpublic

figure.Eenso,kingsandqueensundoubtedlyhaeadownside.Symbolicofnational

unityastheyclaimtobe,theireryhistory——andsometimesthewaytheybehae

today-embodiesoutdatedandindefensiblepriilegesandinequalities.Atatimewhen

ThomesPikettyandothereconomistsarewarningofrisinginequalityandtheincreasing

powerofinheritedwealth,itisbizarrethatwealthyaristocraticfamiliesshouldstillbethe

symbolicheartofmoderndemocraticstales.Themostsuccessful