Have you ever wondered what our future is like?Practically all people _1_ a desire to predict their future _2_.Most people seem inclined to _3_ this task using causal reasoning.First we _4_ recognize that future circumstances are _5_ caused or conditioned by present ones.We learn that getting an education will _6_ how much money we earn later and that swimming beyond the reef may bring an unhappy _7_ with a shark.
/ }5 y+ @ z- H5 U1 H2 A: m Second,people also learn that such _8_ of cause and effect are probabilistic(可能的) in nature.That is,the effects occur more often when the causes occur than when the causes are _9_, but not always.Thus,students learn that studying hard _10_ good grades in most instances,but not every time.Science makes these concepts of causality and probability more _11_ and provides techniques for dealing _12_ then more accurately than does causal human inquiry.In looking at ordinary human inquiry,we need to _13_ between prediction and understanding.Often,even if we don't understand why,we are willing to act _14_ the basis of a demonstrated predictive ability.
( L4 `: k0 o* b6 c# v9 X Whatever the primitive drives _15_ motivate human beings,satisfying them depends heavily on the ability to _16_ future circumstances.The attempt to predict is often played in a _17_ of knowledge and understanding.If you can understand why certain regular patterns _18_,you can predict better than if you simply observe those patterns.Thus,human inquiry aims _19_ answering both "what" and "why" question,and we pursue these _20_ by observing and figuring out.
" [" I! D2 h7 B4 L+ ~1 D& f 1. [A]exhibit [B]exaggerate [C]examine [D]exceed7 Y, M- L3 [6 |5 |
2. [A]contexts [B]circumstances [C]inspections [D]intuitions
) t/ ~: ]3 s! Z5 G1 X 3.[A]underestimate [B]undermine [C]undertake [D]undergo5 J+ X8 `. g' }+ b/ e6 \. Y# y
4. [A]specially [B]particularly [C]always [D]generally
& k% ^! A: r% r7 u9 _: V 5. [A]somehow [B]somebody [C]someone [D]something
, R% b6 m; u1 p+ q \% F 6. [A]enact [B]affect [C]reflect [D]inflect" T7 V# i" F/ X4 j
7. [A]meeting [B]occurrence [C]encounter [D]contact6 n! J0 R- I( F" t: {; v
8. [A]patterns [B]designs [C]arrangements[D]pictures
4 F) H! r t$ p1 {9 L N 9. [A]disappointde [B]absent [C]inadequate [D]absolute
6 V, ~. X8 [' I" A, N/ F# k 10.[A]creates [B]produces [C]loses [D]protects
z) J. H! c8 b5 P+ \4 r 11.[A]obscure [B]indistinct [C]explicit [D]explosive0 h0 H# f# I4 d% u4 y; K
12.[A]for [B]at [C]in [D]with
! ]) C9 I5 E) q V' J* S2 r5 c 13.[A]distinguish [B]distinct [C]distort [D]distract4 J" b6 [ ~( }3 u4 G1 g
14.[A]at [B]on [C]to [D]under
6 v5 s: L! m4 q. E/ B/ r. L 15.[A]why [B]how [C]that [D]where* x- t7 m; x' _" c( ^% `; q8 p
16.[A]predict [B]produce [C]pretend [D]precede: l7 }5 O. x/ r& R% G9 x+ T1 z
17.[A]content [B]contact [C]contest [D]context3 v! Q( ^( t! R3 f g x
18.[A]happen [B]occur [C]occupy [D]incur
* F, {# Z7 [ b# M 19.[A]at [B]on [C]to [D]beyond
% s) R, v) O4 d0 t 20.[A]purposes [B]ambitions [C]drives [D]goals
3 T% ]* u( `: G 参考答案:1 `2 ]/ J5 Y( f# A1 w) U8 ?, D
1.A 词义辨析 exhibit"展出 ,表现",exaggerate"夸张",exceed"超越,胜过" 原句意为:实际上,人们会对未来的 生活怀有(展示出)一定的愿望。
3 f" I- k. D" A9 R' B2 F) r$ _ 2.B 词义辨析 context"上下文",circumstance"环境",inspection"检查,视察", intuition"直觉"
- R7 V: w0 ~: t 3.C 词义辨析 underestimate"低估",undermine"破坏",undertake"承担, 担任",undergo"经历,遭受"。undertake a task为常见搭配,意为"开始进行一项任 务"3 \2 k+ u1 A5 g; P5 X% v: Z/ G* T
4.D 词义辨析 选项C、D看似均可,但always显得有些武断。
. p4 Z g& T8 V0 Y5 A9 y% I 5.A 篇章逻辑 somehow"不知何故,以某种方式"
7 l! y! S# `7 v2 O8 P 6.B 词义辨析 enact"制定法律,颁布",inflect"弯曲": z4 t& c: P4 o- w$ n) z/ Y! `4 E
7.C 词义辨析 encounter指没有事先计划的、未料到的、短暂的相遇中华考试网
) Z: J: K4 h8 c$ e8 t 8.A 词义辨析 pattern模式,式样;design设计,图案;第一段中 提到过人们习惯用因果关系去推断,这是一种思考模式。+ M+ D k3 g8 T2 v& D2 e7 q
9.B 词义辨析 absent缺少的,不在的;inadequate不充分的;根据文中意思应选一个与 occur意思相反的词。
6 b8 e3 H0 n0 r9 M& | 10.B 词义辨析 create创造 produce产生,得到。原句意为学生知道努力学习在大多数 情况下会得到高的分数。
- g9 G3 B+ G) B! Y1 H 11.C 词义辨析 obscure朦胧的,模糊的;indistinct不清楚的;explicit外在的,清楚 地;explosive爆炸的;原句意为:科学使因果性和可能性的观念变的更加清楚. z( Y! F; T6 w$ z& ^
12.D 短语搭配 deal in经营 eg:He deals in a small shop. deal with处理,安排& j W) F# y+ M# C5 e; \8 H+ h! H
13.A 词义辨析 distinguish区别,辨别;distinct清楚地,明显的;distort扭曲,歪 曲;distract转移。distinguish between为常用搭配,意为"区别... 和..."
+ Z1 s/ G& c2 u9 `2 s 14.B 短语搭配 on the basis of以...为基础, d r( _+ `! J' e" ^2 R1 d; F8 V
15.C 语法结构 drive在此为名词,意为“动力”,空格后部分是对drive进行修饰,故 选关系代词that引导定语从句。7 Q9 f, R5 J1 l3 ~( G5 B8 z; O- ^. F+ x2 e
16.A 词义辨析 predict预言;pretend假装;precede在...之前
. n* E* u" m. W' _( d4 p9 |1 U; m 17.D 词义辨析 content内容;contact接触;contest争论,竞赛;context上下文 in the context of意为"在...情况下"
3 U2 G/ N' v* r5 U' B 18.B 词义辨析 occur发生,出现;occupy占用,占领;incur招致
& b" o5 v" K1 i3 Q/ X# P4 i 19.A 短语搭配 aim at瞄准,针对
: h9 {+ S8 g, } 20.D 词义辨析 purpose目的,以图;ambition野心;drive推动力;goal目的,目标。 |