2013年考研英语试卷一 阅读理解第3篇答案和解析

For example, the Long Now Foundation


has its flagship project a mechanical clock that is designed to still be marking time thousands of years hence.

好比，本日永存基金会有他的旗舰项目——机器时钟，这个时钟被设计来记实着尔后几千年的时候。

Perhaps willfully, it may be easier to think about such lengthy timescales than about the more i妹妹ediate future.

或许有悖常理。思虑久远的时候跨度比近期的将来更简略、更易。

The potential evolution of today's technology, and its social consequences, is dazzlingly complicated, and it's perhaps


best left to science fiction writers and futurologists to explore the many possibilities we can envisage.

当下技能的进化的潜力和它的社会影响使人头晕眼花。或许最佳留给科学小说作家和将来学家来摸索咱们可以或许想象到的将来的可能性。

That's one reason why we have launched Arc, a new publication dedicated to the near future.

这也是咱们为甚么刊行Arc的缘由，一个致力于钻研近期将来的新刊物。

But take a longer view and there is a surprising amount that we can say with considerable assurance.

可是采纳久长的概念，咱们便能对极其大量的事变做出至关肯定的展望。

As so often, the past holds the key to the future: we have now identified enough of the long-term patterns shaping the history of the planet, and our species, to make evidence-based forecasts about the situations in which our descendants will find themselves.

凡是来讲，曩昔把握着将来的钥匙。咱们如今辨认出足够多的塑造了这个星球的汗青和咱们的种族的汗青的持久模式。使咱们可以或许有证据的展望咱们儿女的保存情况。

This long perspective makes the pessimistic view of our prospects seem more likely to be a passing fad.

这类久远视角使对人类远景的灰心概念看起来像一个短暂的风潮。

To be sure, the future is not all rosy. But we are now knowledgeable enough to reduce many of the risks that threatened the existence of earlier humans, and to improve the lot of those to come.

固然这个将来并不是一片光亮。可是咱们如今有足够的常识来削减很多伤害，这些伤害可以或许威逼到人类的保存；而且可以或许提高人类保存的几率。

31. Our vision of the future used to be inspired by

曩昔@咱%8c6AG%们对将%si825%来@的想象由_______激起.

[A] our desire for lives of fulfillment

咱们对生命的成绩感的巴望。

[B] our faith in science and technology

咱们对科学技能的信念。

[C] our awareness of potential risks

@咱%8c6AG%们对潜%vB5J9%伏@危害的熟悉。

[D] our belief in equal opportunity

@咱%8c6AG%们对机%84lMJ%遇@同等的信心。

解析：按照第一段，指出曩昔人们对将来吃极端乐观的立场。后面诠释缘由，人们信赖科学和技能可以或许解决人类的一切坚苦。由此可知，曩昔人们对将来的乐观立场源于他们对科学技能的庞大信念。以是谜底应当是B。A选项将原文“科技的成长给咱们带来机会和成绩感的糊口。掉包为对付机遇和成绩感的巴望培养了人们对将来的乐观立场。C选项张冠李戴。人们对本身面对的威逼有了更深入的熟悉，这是目古人们持灰心立场的缘由，而不是乐观立场的。D选项由这个opportunity for all揣度出人人同等的信念，培养了对将来的乐观立场。但文中是在展现人们对科技的信念和机遇同等没有瓜葛。

32. The IUCN’s “Red List” suggest that human being are

世界天然庇护同盟濒危物种赤色名录表白人类是_____

[A] a sustained species

一个可持续的物种。

[B] a threaten to the environment

情况的一种威逼。

[C] the world’s dominant power

世界的主导气力。

[D] a misplaced race

一个错位的种族。

解析：按照题干名称关头词。IUCN！可知，Red list阐明人类散布遍及，顺应性强，数目增长。以是被列为无危物种，这表白人类临时没有灭尽的伤害，是一个可循。持续的物种A准确。C选项过分解读，按照智人散布极广，没有重要威逼，不克不及揣度出人类是世界的主导气力。B选项无中生有，原文只说人类不存在致使其种族数目总体降低的重大威逼，没有提到人类会威逼天然情况。D选项张冠李戴，原文说的是，灰心立场不达时宜，而非人类是一个毛病的物种。

33. Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 5?

第五段哪个选项准确？

[A] Arc helps limit the scope of futurological studies.

Arc帮忙限定将来学钻研的范畴。

[B] Technology offers solutions to social problem.

技能为社会问题供给解决方案。

[C] The interest in science fiction is on the rise.

对科幻的乐趣一日千里。

[D] Our i妹妹ediate future is hard to conceive.

咱们近期的将来很难想象。

解析：第五段开首就说人类久远将来比思虑近期将来更易，以是近期将来难以展望。下一句诠释缘由，今世技能的成长及社会影响异样繁杂。以是选项D准确。A选项无中生有。只是建议快要期展望将来的事情，留给科幻小说家和将来学家，没有会商人们对科幻小说的乐趣。B选项歪曲了原文的意思。它是一本专门钻研近期将来的刊物，而不是限制将来学的钻研范围。C选项将原文现今技能的社会影响异样繁杂改成技能可以或许帮忙解决社会问题，强调了技能的正面感化。

34. To ensure the future of mankind, it is crucial to

为了确保人类的将来，关头在于_____

[A] explore our planet’s abundant resources

勘察地球上丰硕的资本。

[B] adopt an optimistic view of the world

采纳乐观的世界观。

[C] draw on our experience from the past

从曩昔中吸收履历。

[D] curb our ambition to reshape history

按捺人类重塑汗青的刻意。

解析：按照第六段指出，若是以久远的视角思虑人类将来，便能对究竟作出至关肯定的展望。曩昔把握着通向将来的钥匙。以是，选项C准确。A选项。勘察地球上丰硕的资本底子就没有说起。B 选项踊跃的世界观。是从人类远景光亮这一结论窜改出来的，其实不准确。D操纵第二句shipping the history设置滋扰将作者建议“鉴戒汗青展望将来”改成按捺人类重塑汗青的刻意。

35. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

下面哪个选项最合适做题目？

[A] Uncertainty about Our Future

将来的不肯定性。

[B] Evolution of the Human Species

人类物种的进化。

[C] The Ever-bright Prospects of Mankind

人类的光亮远景。

[D] Science, Technology and Humanity

科学技能和人类。

解析：谜底应当选C。Prospects of mankind对应本文话题future of humanity，ever bright归纳综合了作者对将来的乐观立场。A选项将人类面对诸多威逼，将来难测看成文章的概念，而这个概念是作者要辩驳的概念。B选项按照化石记实和智人等内容假造的选项。作者先容这些证据是为了证实人类可以或许延续存活，而非先容人类的进化史。D按照文中关头词Science technology和humanity设置选项，可是该选项没有表现全篇偏重点“人类将来”，且有些违反作者概念，不克不及仅凭当下科技成长的状态，便对将来妄下断言。