在职博士英语考试阅读理解总结

在职博士英语考试阅读理解总结

Whatwilltheauthorprobablydiscussintheparagraphfollowingthispassage?

　　A)Theruraldiversionsenjoyedbybothurbanandruralpeople。

　　B)Leisureactivitiesofcitydwellers。

　　C)Buildingmethodsoftheearlysettlersinruralareas。

　　D)Changesinlifestylesofsettlersastheymovedtothecities。

　　Passage7

　　Forme，scientificknowledgeisdividedintomathematicalsciences，naturalsciencesorsciencesdealingwiththenaturalworld(physicalandbiologicalsciences)，andsciencesdealingwithmankind(psychology，sociology，allthesciencesofculturalachievements，everykindofhistoricalknowledge)。Apartfromthesesciencesisphilosophy，aboutwhichwewilltalklater。Inthefirstplace，allthisispureortheoreticalknowledgethatisintrinsicandconsubstautialtoman。Whatdistinguishesmanfromanimalisthatheknowsandneedstoknow。Ifmandidnotknowthattheworldexisted，andthattheworldwasofacertainkind，thathewasintheworldandthathehimselfwasofacertainkind，hewouldn’tbeaman。Thetechnicalaspectsorapplicationsofknowledgeareequallynecessaryformanandareofthegreatestimportance，becausetheyalsocontributetodefininghimasmanandpermithimtopursuealifeincreasinglymoretrulyhuman。

　　Butevenwhileenjoyingtheresultsoftechnicalprogress，hemustdefendtheprimacyandautonomyofpureknowledge。Knowledgesoughtdirectlyforitspracticalapplicationswillhaveimmediateandforeseeablesuccess，butnotthekindofimportantresultwhoserevolutionaryscopeisinlargepartunforeseen，exceptbytheimaginationoftheUtopians。LetmerecallaweN-knownexample。IftheGreekmathematicianshadnotappliedthemselvestotheinvestigationofconicsectionszealouslyandwithouttheleastsuspicionthatitmightsomedaybeuseful，itwouldnothavebeenpossiblecenturieslatertonavigatefarfromshore。Thefirstmentostudythenatureofelectricitycouldnotimaginethattheirexperiments，carriedonbecauseofmereintellectualcuriosity，wouldeventuallyleadtomodernelectricaltechnology，withoutwhichwecanscarcelyconceiveofcontemporarylife。Pureknowledgeisvaluableforitsownsake，be-causethehumanspiritcannotresignitselftoignorance。But，inaddition，thefoundationforpracticalresultswouldnothavebeenreachedifthisknowledgehadnotbeensoughtdisinterestedly。

　　31。Themostimportantadvancesmadebymankindcomefrom__。

　　A)technicalapplicationsB)apparentlyuselessinformation

　　C)thenaturalsciencesD)philosophy

　　32。Theword"Utopians"inthe2ndsentenceinparagraph2isclosestinmeaningto__。

　　A)idealistsB)Greekmathematicians

　　C)scientistsD)truehuman

　　33。Intheparagraphthefollowsthispassage，wemayexpecttheauthortodiscuss__。

　　A)thevalueoftechnicalresearchB)thevalueofpureresearch

　　C)philosophyD)unforeseendiscoveries

　　34。Theword"resign"inthe6thsentenceinthe2ndparagraphisclosestinmeaningto

　　A)dismissB)quitC)remarkD)submit

　　35。Thetitlethatbestexpressestheideasofthispassageis__。

　　A)"TechnicalProgress"

　　B)"ALittleLearningisaDangerousThing"

　　C)"Man’sDistinguishingCharacteristics"

　　D)"TheFunctionofTheoreticalKnowledgeasComparedtoItsPracticalApplications"

　　Passage8

　　Inmostofthehumancivilizationofwhichwehaveanyproperrecords，youthhasdrawnon

　　eitherartorlifeformodels，planningtoemulatetheheroesdepictedinepicsontheshadowplayscreenorthestage，orthoseknownhumanbeings，fathersorgrandfathers，chiefsorcraftsmen，whoseeverycharacteristiccanbestudiedandimitated。Asrecentlyas1910，thiswastheprevailingconditionintheUnitedStates。Ifhecamefromanonliteratebackground，therecentimmigrantlearnedtospeak，move，andthinklikeanAmericanbyusinghiseyesandearsonthelaborlineandinthehomesofmoreacculturatedcousins，bywatchingschoolchildren，orbyabsorbingthestandardsoftheteacher，theforeman，theclerkwhoservedhiminthestore。Fortheliterateandtheliteratechildrenofthenouliterate，therewasart--thestoryofthefrustratedartistintheprairietown，ofthesecondgenerationbattlingwiththelimitationsofthefirst。Andatasimplerlevel，thereweretheWesternandHollywoodfairytaleswhichpointedamoralbutdidnot，asarule，teachtablemanners。

 

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