yizhi考研英语历年阅读理解真题精析--1996年part5

考研英语历年阅读理解真题精析

--1996

年

part5

Part Five

Rumor has it that more than 20 books on creationism/evolution are in the publisher

'

s

pipelines.

A

few

have

already

appeared.

The

goal

of

all

will

be

to

try

to

explain

to

a

confused

and

often

unenlightened

citizenry

that

there

are

not

two

equally

valid

scientific theories for the origin and evolution of universe and life. Cosmology ,

geology

,

and

biology

have

provided

a

consistent

,

unified,

and

constantly

improving

account of what happened.

for

time

in

the

classrooms

whenever

the

scientific

accounts

of

evolution

are

given,

is

based

on

religion,

not

science.

Virtually

all

scientists

and

the

majority

of

non-fundamentalist

religious

leaders

have

come

to

regard

creationism

as bad science and bad religion.

The

first

four

chapters

of

Kitcher's

book

give

a

very

brief

introduction

to

evolution.

At

appropriate

places,

he

introduces

the

criticisms

of

the

creationists

and

provides

answers.

In

the

last

three

chapters,

he

takes

off

his

gloves

and

gives

the

creationists

a

good

beating.

He

describes

their

programmes

and

tactics,

and,

for

those

unfamiliar

with

the

ways

of

creationists,

the

extent

of

their

deception

and

distortion

may

come

as

an

unpleasant

surprise.

When

their

basic

motivation

is

religious,

one

might

have

expected more Christian behavior.

Kitcher

is

a

philosopher,

and

this

may

account,

in

part,

for

the

clarity

and

effectiveness of his arguments. The non-specialist will be able to obtain at least

a

notion

of

the

sorts

of

data

and

argument

that

support

evolutionary

theory.

The

final

chapter on the creationists will be extremely clear to all. On the dust jacket of

this fine book, Stephen Jay Gould says:

so

it

does---and

all

would

be

well

were

reason

the

only

judge

in

the

creation-ism/evolution debate .

17.

（

A

）

evolution in its true sense as to the origin of the universe

（

B

）

a notion of the creation of religion

（

C

）

the scientific explanation of the earth formation

（

D

）

the deceptive theory about the origin of the universe

18. Kitcher's book is intended to __. < /p>

（

A

）

reco mmend the views of the evolutionists

（< /p>

B

）

expose the true features of creationists

（

C< /p>

）

curse bitterly at this opponents

（

D

）

launch a surprise attack on creationists

19. From the passage we can infer that__

（

A

）

reasoning has played a decisive role in the debate

（

B

）

creationists do not base their argument on reasoning

（

C

）

evolutionary theory is too difficult for non-specialists

（

D

）

creationism is supported by scientific findings

20. This passage appears to be a digest of__

（

A

）

a book review

（

B

）

a scientific paper

（

C

）

a magazine feature

（

D

）

a newspaper editorial

Unit 3

（

1996

）

Part 5

重点词汇：

pipe line

（管道；流水线）←

pipe+line

。

cosmology

（宇宙学）即

cosmo+logy

，

cosmo

即

cosmos

宇宙

，

-logy

后缀 表学科。

non-fundamentalist

（非原教旨主义者）

←

non-

否定前缀

+fundamentalist

（原教旨主 义者）

。

fundamentalist - anyone who takes the Word of God too seriously

原教旨主义者

--

任

何对上帝的话太 认真的人。

motivation?

（动机）←

motiv

（

e

）

+ation

。

dust jacket

精装书的护封。

digest < /p>

（

v.

消化

n.

摘要）

。

难句解析：

①

The goal of all will be to try to explain to a confused and often unenlightened

citizenry that there are not two equally valid scientific theories for the origin

and evolution of universe and life.

句子的主干结构是

The goal... will be to try to explain...

，其中

< br>explain

后面接的是

双宾语：

explain to sb. sth.

，这里

sth.

是

that

引导的宾语从句：