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大学英语四级仔细阅读样题及答案
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It
is
hard
to
predict
howscience
is
going
to
turn
out,
and
if
it
is
really
good
science it is impossibleto predict. If
the things to be found are actually new, they are
by definitionunknown in advance. You
cannot make choices in this matter. You either
havescience or you don't, and if you
have it you are obliged to accept thesurprising
and disturbing pieces of information,
along with the neat andpromptly useful
bits.
The only solid piece ofscientific truth
about which I feel totally confident is that
we are profoundlyignorant about nature.
Indeed, I regard this as the major discovery
of the pasthundred years of biology. It
is, in its way, an illuminating
(
启发
) piece of
would
have amazed
the
brightest
minds of
the
18th
century
Enlightenment
(
启蒙运动
) to be told
byany of us how little we know and how bewildering
(
迷惑
)
seems
the
wayahead.
It
is
this
sudden
confrontation
(
对抗
)
with
the
depth
and
scopeof
ignorance
that
represents
the
most
significant
contribution
of
the
20th
centuryscience
to
the
human
intellect.
In
earlier
times,
we
either
pretended
tounderstand how things worked or
ignored the problem, or simply made up storiesto
fill the gaps. Now that we have begun
exploring in earnest, we are gettingglimpses of
how huge the questions are, and how far
from being e of this, we are
depressed.
It is not so bad being ignorant if you aretotally
ignorant; the hard thing is
knowing in
some detail the reality ofignorance, the worst
spots and here and there the
not
-
so
-
bad
spots, but no truelight at the end of the tunnel
nor even any tunnels that
can yet be
trusted.
But we are making abeginning, and there
ought to be some satisfaction. There
are
probably
noquestions
we
can
think
up
that
can't
be
answered,
sooner
or
later,
includingeven the matter of
consciousness. To be sure, there may well be
questions
wecan't think up, ever, and
therefore limits to the reach of human intellect,
butthat is
another matter. Within our
limits, we should be able to work our waythrough
to all
our answers, if we keep at it
long enough, and pay attention.
1. According to
the author, really good science_______
.
A)
wouldsurprise the brightest minds of the 18th
century Enlightenment
B) willproduce results
which cannot be foreseen
C) will helppeople to make
the right choice in advance
D) willbring about
disturbing results
2. It can be inferred from
the passage thatscientists of the 18th century
.
A)
thought that they knew a great deal andcould solve
most problems of science
B) wereafraid of facing up
to the realities of scientific research
C) knew
thatthey were ignorant and wanted to know more
about nature
D) did moreharm than good in promoting
man's understanding of nature
3. Which of
thefollowing statemcnts is NOT true of scientists
in earlier times?
A) Theyinvented false
theories to explain things they didn't
understand.
B) Theyfalsely claimed to know all
about nature.
C) They didnot believe in results from
scientific observation.
D) They paidlittle
attention to the problems they didn't
understand.
4. What is theauthor's attitude towards
science?