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America’s recent history has been a persistent tilt to the West—of people, ideas, commerce and even political power. California

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问题     America’s recent history has been a persistent tilt to the West—of people, ideas, commerce and even political power. California and Texas are the twin poles of the West, but very different ones. For most of the 20th century the home of Silicon Valley and Hollywood has been the brainier and trendier of the two. Texas has trailed behind: its stereotype has been a conservative Christian in cowboy boots. But twins can change places. Is that happening now?
    It is easy to find evidence that California is in a panic. At the start of this month the once golden state started paying creditors in IOUs. The gap between projected outgoings and income for the current fiscal year has leapt to a horrible $26 billion. With no sign of a new budget to close this gulf, one credit agency has already downgraded California’s debt. As budgets are cut, universities will let in fewer students, prisoners will be released early and schemes to protect the vulnerable will be rolled back.
    By contrast, Texas has coped well with the recession, with an unemployment rate two points below the national average and one of the lowest rates of housing repossession. In part this is because Texan banks, hard hit in the last property bust, did not overexpand this time. Texas also clearly offers a different model, based on small government. It has no state capital-gains or income tax, and a business-friendly and immigrant-tolerant attitude. It is home to more Fortune 500 companies than any other state.
    Despite all this, it still seems too early to hand over America’s future to Texas. To begin with, that lean Texan model has its own problems. It has not invested enough in education, and many experts rightly worry about a "lost generation" of mostly Hispanic Texans with insufficient skills for the demands of the knowledge economy.
    Second, it has never paid to bet against a state with as many inventive people as California. Even if, Hollywood has gone into depression, it still boasts an unequalled array of sunrise industries and the most brisk venture-capital industry on the planet. The state also has an awesome ability to reinvent itself—as it did when its defense industry collapsed at the end of the cold war.
    The truth is that both states could learn from each other. Texas still lacks California’s great universities and lags in terms of culture. California could adopt not just Texas’s leaner state, but also its more bipartisan approach to politics. There is no perfect model of government: it is America’s genius to have 50 public-policy laboratories competing to find out what works best.
What do we learn about American politics from the passage?
选项 A、All states believe in government for the people.
B、Most states favor a bipartisan approach.
C、Parties collaborate in drawing public policies.
D、Each state has its own way of governing.
答案D
解析 本题关键词是American politics，问题是：对于美国政治，哪个选项的说法正确?可以定位到原文最后一段。根据最后一段第四句，世界上没有完美的政府模式(no perfect model)，并以美国为例进行说明，美国让50个州相互竞争，从而探索出最好的治理模式。由此可以推断，美国的50个州都各自有不同的治理模式，因此选项D与原文是相同含义，是正确选项。选项A属于无中生有，文中并未说明政府为人民服务一事。选项B属于主观推导、扩大范围，根据最后一段第三句可知，得克萨斯州采用两党制(bipartisan)，而加利福尼亚州则不采用，但并未提到其他州的情况。选项C属于无中生有，全文只在第六段提到过“两党制”，且并未提到是否进行合作。第五段：加利福尼亚州也有人才和自我改造能力的优势。第六段：两个州可以相互学习，探索出更好的治理模式。
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