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critical [5kritikEl] a. 评论的, 鉴定的, 批评的, 危急的, 临界的
at times ad. 有时, 不时
complain [kEm5plein] v. (about, of)抱怨；申诉
possessive [pE5zesiv] n. 所有格 a. 所有的, 物主的, 占有的
dominant [5dCminEnt] a.支配的，统治的，占优势的
crisis ([pl.] crises) [5krBisis] n.危机，紧要关头
sense [sens] n.感官,官能;感觉;判断力;见识;意义,意思v.觉得，意识到
humor /humour [5hju:mE] n.幽默，诙谐
underestimate [9QndEr5estImeIt] v.低估
irritate [5ir iteit] v.激怒，恼火，使急躁
entertainer [entE5teInE(r)] n. 款待者, 表演娱乐节目的人, 演艺人员
motive [5mEJtIv] n.动机，目的a.发动的，运动的
cut off v.切断, 断绝, 剥夺继承权
adult [5AdQlt] n.成（年）人a.成年人的，已成熟的
create [kri5eit] v.创造，创作；引起，造成，建立
vocabulary [vE5kAbjJlEri] n.词汇，词汇量；词汇表
additional [E5diFEnEl] a.附加的，另外的，额外的
superior [sU:5pIEriE] a.优良的，卓越的；（to）较…多的，优于…n.上级，长官
resistant [rI5zIstEnt] a.坚决的，果断的
approve [E5prU:v] v.（of）赞成，满意，同意；批准，审定，通过
betray [bi5trei] v.背叛，出卖；暴露，流露，泄露
assume [E5sju:m] v.假装；假定，设想；采取，承担，呈现
underdog [5QndEdC^] n. 失败者, 受压迫者
passive [5pAsIv] a.被动的，消极的
ignore [ig5nC:] v.不理，不顾，忽视
charm [tFB:m] n.吸引力，魅力；美貌v.迷人，（使）陶醉；施魔法于
initiative [i5niFEtiv] a.创始的，起始的
n.第一步，创始，主动精神
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primarily [5praimErili] ad. 首先, 起初, 主要地, 根本上
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v.致函，写姓名地址；向…讲话
desire [di5zBiE] v./n. 愿望，欲望，要求
obedient [E5bi:diEnt] a.服从的，顺从的
shortage [5FC:tIdV] n.不足，缺少
give way to 让路,让步
apparent [E5pArEnt] a.（to）明显的，显而易见的；表面的，貌似的
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choke [tFEJk] n.窒息，噎住；闷塞，堵塞，阻塞
virtually [5v\:tjJElI] ad. 事实上, 实质上
suspended a..暂停的，缓期的（宣判）；悬浮的
overseas [[JvE5si:z] a.外国的，海外的ad.在海外
supplier [sE5plaiE] n. 供应者, 补充者, 厂商, 供给者
hold back v.踌躇, 阻止, 抑制, 隐瞒
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widespread [5wBIdspred] ad.分布广泛的，普遍的
uneasiness n.不安
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export [ik5spC:t] v./n. 输出，出口n.出口商品
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sequence [5si:kwEns] n.先后，次序；连续，数列
offer [5CfE] v.提供，提出，呈现，出现n.提议，提供
simultaneous [9sImEl5teIniEs] a.同时的，同时发生的
due to ad.由于, 应归于
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available [E5veilEbEl] a.可用的，可得到的；可以见到的，随时可来的
domestic [dE5mestik] a.家里的；本国的；驯养的
import [im5pC:t] v.进口，输入，
n.进口,输入;[pl.]进口商品,进口物资;要旨,含意
with the exception of ad.除...以外
variety [v[5rBI[ti] n.种种，多种多样；种类，品种
generation [9dVenE5reiFEn] n.产生，发生；一代（人）
guarantee [9gArEn5ti:] n.保证，保证书v.保证，担保
squeeze [skwi:z] v.压榨，挤n.榨取，勒索
shrink [Fr INk] v.起皱，收缩；退缩，畏缩
expansion [ik5spAnFEn] n.扩张，膨胀；张开，伸展
financial [fBi5nAnFEl] a.财政的，金融的
purchase [5pE:tFEs] v.买，购买n.购买的物品
depressing [di5presiN] a. 抑压的, 阴沉的, 沉闷的
definition [9defi5niFEn] n.定义，解释
in advance ad.预先
oblige [E5blBIdV] v.迫使；责成；（使）感激，施恩于
disturb [di5st[:b] v.扰乱，妨碍，使不安
neat [ni:t] a.整洁的，干净的，优美的，精致的
promptly [5prRmptlI] ad. 敏捷地, 迅速地
bit [bit] n.一点，一片，一些
profoundly [prE5faJndlI] ad. 深深地, 衷心地
ignorant [5ignErEnt] a.无知的，愚昧的；不知道的
illumination [i7lju:mi5neiFEn] n. 照明, 阐明, 启发, 灯彩(通常用复数)
amaze [E5meiz] v.使惊奇，使惊愕，使惊叹
bewilder [bi5wildE] v.使迷惑，难住
confrontation [7kCnfrQn5teiFEn] n. 面对, 面对面, 对质
scope [skEJp] n.（活动）范围；机会，余地
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intellect [5intilekt] n. 智力
make-up/make up n.组成，构造；化妆（品）
gap [gAp] n.间隙，缺口
explore [ik5splC:] v.勘探，探测；探究，探索
earnest [5[:nist] a.热心的, 诚挚的n.真挚, 定金, 认真, 热心
glimpse [glimps] n./v. 一瞥，瞥见
detail [5di:teil, di5teil] n. 细节, 详情vt. 详述, 细说
spot [spRt] n.斑点，污点；地点，场所
v.认出，认清，发现；玷污，弄脏；用点作记号
tunnel [5tQnl] n.隧道，山洞
consciousness [5kCnFEsnis] n.意识，觉悟，自觉
foresee [fC:5si:] v.预见，预知
face up to v.勇敢地面对
claim [kleim] v.要求；声称，主张；索赔
n.要求；主张，断言；索赔；权利，要求权，所有权
concerning [kEn5s[:niN] prep.关于
think up v.想出, 发明, 捏造, 虚构
sooner or later ad.迟早
facility [fE5silEti] n.灵巧，熟练；[pl.]设备，设施，便利条件
extent [ik5stent] n.广度，宽度，长度；程度，限度
urban [5E:bEn] a.城市的
subject [sEb5dVekt] n.主题，题目；学科，科目；主语
a. (to)易遭…的，受…支配的
v. (to)使遭到，使服从
self-evident [5self5evidEnt] a. 自明的, 不证自明的, 不言而喻的
statement [5steItmEnt] n.声明，陈述
sufficient [sE5fIFEnt] a. (for)足够的，充分的
function [5fQNkFEn] n.功能，作用；[pl.]职务，职责；函数
v.起作用
inhabitant [in5hAbitEnt] n.居民，住户
complex [5kCmpleks] a.复杂的；合成的，综合的
aspect [5Aspekt] n.样子，外表，面貌；（问题等的）方面
namely [5neImli] ad.即，也就是
theoretical [WIE5retIkEl] a.理论（上）的
recreation [9rekri5eIFEn] n.娱乐，消遣
opinion [E5pInjEn] n.意见，看法，主张
disproportionate [7disprE5pC:FEnit] a.不成比例
obligatory [C5bli^EtEri] a. 义不容辞的, 必须的
risk [rIsk] v.冒…的危险n.冒险；风险
neglected [nI`^lektId] a. 被忽视的
take on v.披上, 呈现, 具有, 雇用, 承担, 盛气凌人, 接纳, 流行
have access to 接近，使用，得到
priority [prBI5Rr Iti] n.先，前；优先，优先权
Part II. Reading Comprehension. (35 minutes)
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant; that they do not trust their children to deal with crises; that they talk too much about certain problems and that they have no sense of humor, at least in parent-child relationships.
I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young.
Young people often irritate their parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in entertainers and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles irritate their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style and taste.
Sometimes you are resistant, and proud because you do not want your parents to approve of what you do. If they did approve, it looks as if you are betraying your own age group. But in that case, you are assuming that you are the underdog: you can't win but at least you can keep your honor. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural enough after long years of childhood, when you were completely under your parents' control. But it ignores the fact that you are now beginning to be responsible for yourself.
If you plan to control your life, co-operation can be part of that plan. You can charm others, especially parents, into doing things the ways you want. You can impress others with your sense of responsibility and initiative, so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do.
21. The author is primarily addressing ______.
(A) parents of teenagers (C) those who give advice to teenagers
(B) newspaper readers (D) teenagers
22. The first paragraph i——ainly about _____.
(A) the teenagers' criticism of their parents
(B) misunderstandings between teenagers and their parents
(C) the dominance of the parents over their children
(D) the teenagers' ability to deal with crises
23. Teenagers tend to have strange clothes and hairstyles because they _____.
(A) want to show their existence by creating a culture of their own
(B) have a strong desire to be leaders in style and taste
(C) have no other way to enjoy themselves better
(D) want to irritate their parents
24. Teenagers do not want their parents to approve of whatever they do because they _____.
(A) have already been accepted into the adult world
(B) feel that they are superior in a small way to the adults
(C) are not likely to win over the adults
(D) have a desire to be independent
25. To improve parent-child relationships, teenagers are advised to be _____.
(A) obedient (B) responsible (C) co-operative (D) independent
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
The long years of food shortage in this country have suddenly given way to apparent abundance. Stores and shops are choked with food. Rationing (定量供应) is virtually suspended, and overseas suppliers have been asked to hold back deliveries. Yet, instead of joy, there is widespread uneasiness and confusion. Why do food prices keep on rising, when there seems to be so much more food about? Is the abundance only temporary, or has it come to stay? Does it mean that we need to think less now about producing more food at home? No one knows what to expect.
The recent growth of export surpluses on the world food market has certainly been unexpectedly great, partly because a strange sequence of two successful grain harvests. North America is now being followed by a third. Most of Britain's overseas suppliers of meat, too, are offering more this year and home production has also risen.
But the effect of all this on the food situation in this country has been made worse by a simultaneous rise in food prices, due chiefly to the gradual cutting down of government support for food. The shops are overstocked with food not only because there i——ore food available, but also because people, frightened by high prices, are buying less of it.
Moreover, the rise in domestic prices has come at a time when world prices have begun to fall, with the result that imported food, with the exception of grain, is often cheaper than the home-produced variety. And now grain prices, too, are falling. Consumers are beginning to ask why they should not be enabled to benefit from this trend.
The significance of these developments is not lost on farmers. The older generation have seen it all happen before. Despite the present price and market guarantees, farmers fear they are about to be squeezed between cheap food imports and a shrinking home market. Present production is running at 51 per cent above pre-war levels, and the government has called for an expansion to 60 per cent by 1956; but repeated Ministerial advice is carrying little weight and the expansion program is not working very well.
26. Why is there "wide-spread uneasiness and confusion about the food situation in Britain?"
(A) The abundant food supply is not expected to last.
(B) Britain is importing less food.
(C) Despite the abundance, food prices keep rising.
(D) Britain will cut back on its production of food.
27. The main reason for the rise in food prices is that _____.
(A) people are buying less food
(B) the government is providing less financial support for agriculture
(C) domestic food production has decreased
(D) imported food is driving prices higher
28. Why didn't the government's expansion program work very well?
(A) Because the farmers were uncertain about the financial support the government guaranteed.
(B) Because the farmers were uncertain about the benefits of expanding production.
(C) Because the farmers were uncertain about whether foreign markets could be found for their produce.
(D) Because the older generation of farmers were strongly against the programmer.
29. The decrease in world food price was a result of _____.
(A) a sharp fall in the purchasing power of the consumers
(B) a sharp fall in the cost of food production
(C) the overproduction of food in the food-importing countries
(D) the overproduction on the part of the main food-exporting countries
30. What did the future look like for Britain's food production at the time this article was written?
(A) The fall in world food prices would benefit British food producers.
(B) An expansion of food production was at hand.
(C) British food producers would receive more government financial support.
(D) It looks depressing despite government guarantees.
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
It is hard to predict how science is going to turn out, and if it is really good science it is impossible to predict. If the things to be found are actually new, they are by definition unknown in advance. You cannot make choices in thi——atter. You either have science or you don't, and if you have it you are obliged to accept the surprising and disturbing pieces of information, along with the neat and promptly useful bits.
The only solid piece of scientific truth about which I feel totally confident is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature. Indeed, I regard this as the major discovery of the past hundred years of biology. It is, in its way, an illumination piece of news. It would have amazed the brightest minds of the 18th century Enlightenment (启蒙运动) to be told by any of us how little we know and how bewildering seems the way ahead. It is this sudden confrontation with the depth and scope of ignorance that represents the most significant contribution of the 20th century science to the human intellect. In earlier times, we either pretended to understand how things worked or ignored the problem, or simply made up stories to fill the gaps. Now that we have begun exploring in earnest, we are getting glimpses of how huge the questions are, and how far from being answered. Because of this, we are depressed. It is not so bad being ignorant if you are totally ignorant; the hard thing is knowing in some detail the reality of ignorance, the worst spots and here and there the not-so-bad spots, but no true light at the end of the tunnel nor even any tunnels that can yet be trusted.
But we are making a beginning, and there ought to be some satisfaction. There are probably no questions we can think up that can't be answered, sooner or later, including even the matter of consciousness. To be sure, there may well be questions we can't think up, ever, and therefore limits to the reach of human intellect, but that is another matter. Within our limits, we should be able to work our way through to all our answers, if we keep at it long enough, and pay attention.
31. According to the author, really good science _____.
(A) would surprise the brightest minds of the 18th century Enlightenment
(B) will produce results which cannot be foreseen
(C) will help people to make the right choice in advance
(D) will bring about disturbing results
32. It can be inferred from the passage that scientists of the 18th century _____.
(A) thought that they knew a great deal and could solve most problems of science
(B) were afraid of facing up to the realities of scientific research
(C) knew that they were ignorant and wanted to know more about nature
(D) did more harm than good in promoting man's understanding of nature
33. Which of the following statements is NOT true of scientists in earlier times?
(A) They invented false theories to explain things they didn't understand.
(B) They falsely claimed to know all about nature.
(C) They did not believe in results from scientific observation.
(D) They paid little attention to the problems they didn't understand.
34. What is the author's attitude towards science?
(A) He is depressed because of the ignorance of scientists.
(B) He is doubtful because of the enormous difficulties confronting it.
(C) He is confident though he is aware of the enormous difficulties confronting it.
(D) He is delighted because of the illuminating scientific findings.
35. The author believes that ____.
(A) man can find solutions to whatever questions concerning nature he can think up
(B) man can not solve all the problems he can think up because of the limits of human intellect
(C) sooner or later man can think up all the questions concerning nature and answer them
(D) questions concerning consciousness are outside the scope of scientific research
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
Green space facilities are contributing to an important extent to the quality of the urban environment. Fortunately it is no longer necessary that every lecture or every book about this subject has to start with the proof of this idea. At present, it is generally accepted, although more as a self-evident statement than on the base of a closely-reasoned scientific proof. The recognition of the importance of green spaces in the urban environment is a first step on the right way, this does not mean, however, that sufficient details are known about the functions of greenspace in towns and about the way in which the inhabitants are using these spaces. As to this rather complex subject I shall, within the scope of this lecture, enter into one aspect only, namely the recreative function of green space facilities.
The theoretical separation of living, working, traffic and recreation which for many years has been used in town-and-country planning, has in my opinion resulted in disproportionate attention for forms of recreation far from home, whereas there was relatively little attention for improvement of recreative possibilities in the direct neighborhood of the home. We have come to the conclusion that this is not right, because an important part of the time which we do not pass in sleeping or working, is used for activities at and around home. So it is obvious that recreation in the open air has to begin at the street-door of the house. The urban environment has to offer a——any recreation activities as possible, and the design of these has to be such that more obligatory activities can also have a recreative aspect.
The very best standard of living is nothing if it is not possible to take a pleasant walk in the district, if the children cannot be allowed to play in the streets, because the risks of traffic are too great, if during shopping you can nowhere find a spot for enjoying for a moment the nice weather, in short, if you only feel yourself at home after the street-door of your house is closed after you.
36. According to the author, the importance of greenspaces in the urban environment _____.
(A) is still unknown
(B) is usually neglected
(C) is being closely studied
(D) has been fully recognized
37. The theoretical separation of living, working, traffic and recreation has led to _____.
(A) the disproportion of recreation facilities in the neighborhood
(B) the location of recreation facilities far from home
(C) relatively little attention for recreative possibilities
(D) the improvement of recreative possibilities in the neighborhood
38. The author suggests that the recreative possibilities of green space should be provided _____.
(A) in special areas
(B) in the suburbs
(C) in the neighborhood of the house
(D) in gardens and parks
39. According to the author, green space facilities should be designed in such a way that ______.
(A) more obligatory activitie——ight take on a recreative aspect
(B) more and more people might have access to them
(C) an increasing number of recreative activitie——ight be developed
(D) recreative activitie——ight be brought into our homes
40. The main idea of this passage is that _____.
(A) better use of green space facilities should be made so as to improve the quality of our life
(B) attention must be directed to the improvement of recreative possibilities
(C) the urban environment is providing more recreation activities than it did many years ago
(D) priority must be given to the development of obligatory activities根据以下文章回答21到25题。
（22）年轻人不时地批评他们的父母并且把与父母之间的大多数误解都归咎于父母是很自然的。他们总是报怨他们的父母跟不上时代，主宰的愿望和控制欲望太强，不相信孩子们能够应付难关，对某些问题总是唠唠叨叨，并且至少在父母与孩子的关系中没有幽默感，这或多或少是有道理的。
我认为，的确有些父母低估了他们十几岁的孩子，也忘记了他们自己年青时的感受。
青少年往往会在选择的衣着、发型、娱乐明星和音乐等方面惹恼他们的父母。这并非他们的本意。（23）他们感到自己和成年人世界被割离开了，而成年人世界还未接受他们的。所以，他们创造了属于他们自己的文化和社会。如果它们选择的音乐、明星、语言，衣着或者发式结果决确实惹恼了他们的父母，他们就会觉得更加快乐。他们觉得至少在很小的程度上自己比较优越，自己是时尚和品味的领导者。
（24）有时候，你恨叛逆，而且自豪，因为你不想让父母赞同你的所作所为。如果他们赞同，就好像你背叛了自己的年龄群体。但在那种情况下，你会认为自己是个受压迫者，你不能获胜，但至少保持了尊严。这是一种消极看待事物的态度。在你度过了很多年少年时光并且完全受控于你的父母之后，这种情绪就会变得非常自然。但是，你忽视了一个事实，即你开始要为自己负责。
（25）如果你想把我自己的生活，合作是可采纳的方法之一。你可以吸引其他人特别是父母，按照到你做事的方式来行事。你可以用自己的责任感和创新精神给别人留下深刻印象，这样他们就会给你按你自己方式做事的自主权。
21.作者的这篇文章主要的读者对象是_______。
A)青少年的父母
B)读报纸的人
C)那些给青少年提出建议的人
D)青少年
22.第一段的主要内容是_______.
A)青少年对自己父母的指责
B)青少年与自己父母之间的误会
C)父母对子女的控制
D)青少年处理危机的能力
23.青少年身着奇装异服，发型怪异的原因是是为________.
A)想通过创造自己的文化来证明他们的存在
B)有成为时尚和品味先锋的强烈愿望
C)没有更好的消遣方式
D)想惹恼他们的父母
24.年轻人不愿意自己的父母赞同他们的所作所为，原因是________。
A)已经被成人世界所接受
B)认为他们在很小的程度上比成年人优越
C)不愿意胜过成年人
D)有独立生活的愿望
25. 为了改善与父母的关系，年轻人被建议应该________。
A) 顺从B)有责任C)合作D)独立
根据以下文章回答26到30题。
在英国持续多年的食品短缺突然变成了明显的充裕。商店和粮店里塞满了食品。定量供应政策实际上已经被暂时停止实行，海外供应商们被告知推迟运送粮食。然而不安与混乱，而不是欢乐处处可见。（26）当有如此多的食品供应时，为何食品价格仍然持续上涨？食品充裕这种状况是昙花一现还是会持续下去？这是否意味着我们可以少考虑在国内增加粮食生产的问题了？没人知道以后会怎么样。
近来在世界粮食市场上出口盈余的大幅增长，很出人意料，（29）部分是由接连两次的出人意料的好收成造成的。北美即将面临着第三次丰收。许多英国肉制品的海外供应商今年将提供更多的肉，而国内产量也将有所提高。
但在这个国家，所有这些对粮食供应状况的影响却被同时上涨的食品价格弄得更加糟糕，（27）主要原因是政府逐步减少了对食品的财政补贴。商店里的食品堆积如山，不仅仅是因为有更多的食品供应，也因为人们被高价吓坏了，买得更少了。
还有，国内食品价格上涨的同时国际市场食品价格却开始下跌，结果除了谷物，进口粮食都往往比国内生产的同类产品更加便宜。现在谷物的价格也在下跌。消费者们开始质问他们为何不能从这种价格走势中得到好处。
农民已经意识到所有这些变化趋势可能带来的影响。老一代的人以前经历过这种情况。（30）尽管当前的市场价格居高不下而且市场供应有一定保证，（28）农民们仍担心他们会因为廉价的进口粮食和萎缩的国内市场而受到挤兑。目前的产量比战前高51％，政府要求1956年产量增加至高于战前水平的60％。（30）政府反复建议没有起到什么作用，而且增加产量的计划进展得也不怎么顺利。
26.为什么“英国食品市场的形势是处处充满了不安与混乱”？
A)人们估计充足的食品供应持续时间可能不会很长。
B)英国进口的食品在减少。
C)尽管食品充裕，但价格仍不断攀升。
D)英国将会减少本国的食品生产。
27.食品价格上涨的主要原因是________。
A)人们购买的食品在减少
B)政府减少了对农业的财政补贴
C)国内粮食产量下降了
D)食品进口使价格越来越高
28.政府的粮食增产计划为什么进展的不怎么顺利？
A)因为农场主觉得政府保证的财政补贴靠不住。
B)因为农场主无法确定增加产量带来的收益。
C)因为农场主不能确定能否为他们的农产品找到国外市场。
D)因为老一代的农场主强烈反对这个计划。
29.世界市场粮食价格下降的原因是_______。
A)消费者购买力的急剧下降
B)食品的生产成本的急剧下降
C)粮食进口国的食品生产过剩
D)主要粮食出口国食品生产过剩
30.作者写这篇文章时，英国的粮食生产前景如何？
A)世界市场食品价格的下降对英国的食品生产商有利。
B)粮食增产指日可待。
C)英国的食品生产商将会得到政府的更多财政补贴。
D)尽管有政府的担保，但似乎仍是令人忧心忡忡。
根据以下文章回答31到35题。
（31）很难预测科学将要带来什么样的结果，并且，如果科学真正是有益的，就更不可能预测其结果。如果即将被发现的东西的确是全新的，从下定义的角度看，它们绝对不可能被提前了解。在这方面，你别无选择，要么相信科学要么不相信它，而且如果你相信科学，你就不得不在享受了信息的巧妙并且能快捷的应用的同时，接受它所带来的既令人惊讶又令人烦恼的点点滴滴。
我完全深信不疑的科学真理的唯一可靠之处在于我们对于自然几乎一无所知。事实上，我认为这是过去100年里生物学上最重大发现。从这个角度来讲，这是一个使人们深受启发的发现。（32）如果我们能告知18世纪的启蒙运动的精英们，我们其实所知道的少得可怜并且对未来感到非常渺茫，他们一定会目瞪口呆。而正是对这种无知的广度和深度的突然了解构成了20世纪科学对人类智慧的最重要的贡献。（33）早些年间，我们要么假装了解事物的运行过程，要么忽视这一问题，要么简单地编造一些故事来填补空白。既然我们已开始真正的探求知识，我们正在渐渐了解这些问题有多大并且我们离解决这些问题相距有多远。正因为如此，我们会十分沮丧。如果你对此完全一无所知，则不会感觉到一无所知会如此糟糕，麻烦的是对无知的现实状况略知一二，最差的情况以及到处存在的也许没有那么糟糕的情况，但是在一条道路的尽头，没有真正的信号灯或根本没有值得依赖的道路。
（34）但我们毕竟有了开始，而且应该有一些令人满意的方面。也许我们所能想到的问题迟早都能找到答案，甚至包括意识本身。可以肯定的是，仍然有很多问题我们可能永远都想不到，因此人类智慧可达的范围是有限的，但那是另外一回事。（35）只要我们在相当长的一段时间内坚持不懈，并予以充分关注，在我们的智慧可达的范围内，我们应该能够找到获取所有问题的答案的途径。
31.根据作者的观点，真正有益的科学是_______。
A)会使18世纪的启蒙运动中精英们感到惊奇
B)会产生无法预见的后果
C)能帮助人们事先做出正确的选择
D)会产生令人心烦的后果
32.根据本文可以推理出18世纪的科学家是______。
A)认为他们知道的很多，而且能够解决科学中的大部分问题
B)害怕面临科学研究的现实问题
C)知道他们自己很无知，而且想更多地了解大自然
D)更多的是妨碍而不是促进人类了解大自然
33.下面哪一项关于早期科学家的陈述是不正确的？
A)他们编造了错误理论来解释他们不理解的事物。
B)他们错误地宣称自己完全了解自然。
C)他们不相信科学观察的结果。
D)他们很少关注自己不理解的问题。
34.下面哪一项是作者对于科学的态度？
A)由于科学家们的无知，他感到很沮丧。
B)由于面临着大量的困难，他感到疑虑甚多。
C)虽然他清楚面临着很多困难，但仍然充满信心。
D)由于科学发现使人们深受启发，他感到很高兴。
35.作者相信_______。
A)人类想到的关于自然界的任何问题，都能够找到解决方案
B)由于人类智慧的局限性而不能解决人们所想到的有关自然界的一切问题
C)迟早人类会想出有关自然界的一切问题并能够解决它们
D)有关意识方面的问题超出了科学研究的范畴
根据以下文章回答36到40题。
在很大程度上，绿地设施为提高城市环境的质量做出了重要贡献。值得庆幸的是，现在并非每场关于这个主题的演讲或每一本书籍都有必要从证明这一观点入手了。（36）目前，这个观点已经被人们接受，尽管它更像不言自喻的论断，而不是经过严密的科学论证所得出的观点。认识到绿地对于城市环境的重要性是迈出的正确的第一步，然而，这并不意味着人们对于绿地的在城市发挥的功能和居民们利用这些绿地的方式有了足够详细的了解。关于这一相当复杂的问题，我将在我的演讲中仅涉及其中的一个方面，即绿地设施的娱乐功能。
（37）在我看来，被用于诚实和乡村规划的，对于生活、工作、交通和娱乐的理论上的划分导致了对远离家庭的娱乐形式的过多的关注，（38）而对于离家较近的社区的娱乐设施的改善给予关注的人们相对较少。我们已得出结论，这样是不对的。因为我们不工作也不睡觉的大部分时间要呆在家里或者在家的附近活动。所以，在临街的家门口开展户外娱乐活动是很明显的。（39）城市环境应当尽可能多的提供娱乐活动条件，而这些娱乐活动的设计也必须如此，这样会使每日必做的事情也变得其乐融融。
如果你无法在居住的小区里愉快的散步，如果因为交通事故频发而不让小孩子们在街头玩耍，如果你在购物时找不到一个地方休息一会儿，享受宜人的天气，总之，当你关上临街的大门后只是觉得和呆在家里一样，那么，最高的生活水准将毫无意义。
36.根据作者的观点，城市环境中的绿地的重要性________。
A)仍然不被人们知晓
B)经常被忽略
C)正在被详细的研究
D)已经完全被人们认识到了
37.对生活、工作、交通和娱乐理论上的划分导致了______.
A)社区娱乐设施的不均衡
B)娱乐设施的地点离住所很远
C)对于可能的娱乐活动关注的相对较少
D)在邻近地区的娱乐设施的改善
38.作者建议应该_______提供绿地的娱乐设施。
A)在专门的区域
B)在郊区
C)在房屋的附近地区
D)在花园或公园里
39.作者认为绿地设施的设计应该______ _。
A)更多每日必做的事情也变得其乐融融
B)越来越多的人能够使用它们
C)可以开发大量的娱乐活动
D)可以使娱乐活动在家里举行
40.这篇文章的主题是_________。
A)应该更好的利用绿地设备，以便提高人们的生活质量
B)人们的应当重视娱乐设施的改善
C)和多年之前相比，城市的环境提供了更多的娱乐活动
D)必须优先考虑发展每日必做的事情
以上为1991年6月六级阅读试题
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