Within hours of appearing on television to announce the end of conscription, President Jacques Chirac moved quickly to prevent any dissent from within the military establishment. Addressing more than 500 military staff officers at the military academy in Paris yesterday, Mr. Chirac said clearly that he "expected" their loyalty in the work of rebuilding France’s national defense.He understood their "legitimate concerns, questions and emotions" at the reforms, but added. "You must understand that there is not and never has been any rigid model for French defense. Military service has been compulsory for less than a century. Realism required that our armed forces should now be professional."The president’s decision to abolish conscription over a period of six years removes a rite of passage for young Frenchmen that has existed since the Revolution, even though obligatory national service only became law in 1905. As recently as 1993, an opinion poll showed that more than 60% of French people said they feared the abolition of conscription could endanger national security. A poll conducted this month, however, showed that 70% of those asked favored ending of practice, and on the streets and in offices yesterday, the response to Mr. Chirac’s announcement was generally positive.Among people who completed their 10-month period of national service in the last few years or were contemplating the prospect, there was almost universal approval, tempered by a sense that something hard to define--mixing with people from other backgrounds, a formative experience, a process that encouraged national or social cohesion--might be lost.Patrick, who spent his year in the French city of Valance assigning and collecting uniforms, and is now a computer manager, said he was in tears for his first week, and hated most of his time. He thought it was "useless" as a form of military training-- "I only fired a rifle twice"--but, in retrospect, useful for learning how to get on with people and instilling patriotism.As many as 25% of those liable for military service in France somehow avoid it--the percentage is probably much greater in the more educated and higher social classes.According to Geoffroy, a 26-year-old reporter, who spent his time in the navy with the information office in central Paris, the injustice is a good reason for abolishing it. People with money or connections, he said, can get well-paid assignments abroad. "It’s not fair: some do it, some don’t."Several expressed support for the idea of a new socially-oriented voluntary service that would be open to both men and women. But the idea seemed less popular among women. At present, women have the option of voluntary service and a small number choose to take it. When Patrick considered his time in the army "in retrospect", he ()
A. regretted his waste of time serving in the army
B. corrected his previous view on military service
C. still felt sorrow for those under a forced service
D. revealed his failure to get on with people
根据下列文字回答下列问题。据统计,2006年5月份全国基本型乘用车产销21.19万辆和22.13万辆,比2005年同期分别增长1.86%和26.03%;运动型多用途乘用车产销1.43万辆和1.52万辆,降幅不大;交叉型乘用车5月产销6.60万辆和6.85万辆,分别比上月下降14.23%和2.83%;多功能乘用车产销降幅最大,5月产销1.23万辆和1.24万辆。2006年1至5月,基本型乘用车累计产销99.10万辆和96.93万辆,产量同比下降2.73%,销量同比增长1.07%;多功能乘用车累计产销6.11万辆和5.71万辆,同比增长31.26%和 31.54%;运动型多用途乘用车累计产销6.46万辆和6.54万辆,同比下降16.00%和10.25%;交叉型乘用车累计产销36.77万辆和37.41万辆,同比增长6.02%和10.29%。 根据上述材料,以下表述准确的一项是()。
A. 与上一年相比,全国2006年1至5月基本型乘用车产、销量都有不同程度的增长
B. 2006年1至5月份全国运动型多用途乘用车产、销量都低于上年同期
C. 2005年5月全国交叉型乘用车产、销量都低于2006年5月
D. 2006年4月全国基本型乘用车产、销量都略高于5月
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