Question

The twentieth century saw greater changes than any century before: changes for the better,

changes for the worse; changes that brought a lot of benefits to human beings, changes that put man in danger. Many things caused the changes, but, in my opinion, the most important was the progress in science.

     Scientific research in physics and biology has vastly broadened our views. It has given us a deeper knowledge of the structure of matter and of the universe; it has brought us a better understanding of the nature of life and of its continuous development. Technology m the application of science m has made big advances that have benefited us in nearly every part of life.

     The continuation of such activities in the twenty-first century will result in even greater advantages to human beings: in pure science -- a wider and deeper knowledge in all fields of learning; in applied science -- a more reasonable sharing of material benefits, and better protection of the environment.

      Sadly, however, there is another side to the picture. The creativity of science has been employed in doing damage to mankind.  The application of science and technology to the development and production of weapons of mass destruction has created a real danger to the continued existence of the human race on this planet. We have seen this happen in the case of nuclear weapons, Although their actual use has so far occurred only in the Second World War, the number of nuclear weapons that were produced and made ready for use was so large that if the weapons had actually been used, the result could have been the ruin of the human race, as well as of many kinds of animals.

     William Shakespeare said, “The web of our life is of a mingled yarn (紗線), good and ill together.” The above brief review of the application of only one part of human activities----- science seems to prove what Shakespeare said. But does it have to be so? Must the ill always go together with the good? Are we biologically programmed for war?

Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?

A.               B.                   C.                  D.

From the fourth paragraph, we can infer that________.

A. a great many nuclear weapons were actually used for war

B. a large number of nuclear weapons should have been used for war

C. the author is doubtful about the ruin of human beings by nuclear weapons

D. the author is anxious about the huge number of nuclear weapons on the earth

The underlined word "mingled" in the last paragraph most probably means________.

A. simple           B. mixed           C. sad               D. happy

What do you think the author is most likely to suggest if he continues to write?

A. Further application of science to war.

B. More reading of William Shakespeare.

C. Proper use of science in the new century.

D. Effective ways to separate the good from the ill.

Answer 1

【小題1】A

【小題2】D

【小題3】B

【小題4】C

解析:

【小題1】考查考生對文章整體結(jié)構(gòu)的把握能力。綜觀全文，第一段引出話題，第二和第三段講述科學(xué)上的進(jìn)步給人類帶來的好處(good)，而第三段則講述了科學(xué)上的進(jìn)步給人類帶來的傷害（ill），第五段對全文進(jìn)行了概括總結(jié)。

【小題2】考查考生的邏輯推理判斷能力。從本段可以推斷出作者認(rèn)為大量核武器的生產(chǎn)和準(zhǔn)備投入使用將會(huì)給人類和地球上很多動(dòng)物帶來滅頂之災(zāi)，作者對此感到擔(dān)憂。

【小題3】考查考生猜測詞義的能力。根據(jù)下文的good and ill together（好壞并存）進(jìn)行猜測。

【小題4】考查考生領(lǐng)會(huì)作者寫作臆態(tài)并進(jìn)行推理判斷的能力。通過文章結(jié)尾的三個(gè)反問句可以看出作者在此問題上的觀點(diǎn)，即如果人們正確的運(yùn)用科學(xué)，它只會(huì)給人類帶來好處，不一定會(huì)帶來害處。據(jù)此，接下來作者必然圍繞如何正確運(yùn)用科學(xué)這一話題來展開。