2013年考研英語(yǔ)(一)試題-閱讀3

....2013年考研英語(yǔ)（一）試題——閱讀3Text3Upuntilafewdecadesago,ourvisionsofthefuturewerelargely-thoughbynomeansuniformly-glowinglypositive.Scienceandtechnologywouldcurealltheillsofhumanity,leadingtolivesoffulfillmentandopportunityforall.Nowutopiahasgrownunfashionable,aswehavegainedadeeperappreciationoftherangeofthreatsfacingus,fromasteroidstriketoepidemicfluandtoclimatechange.Youmightevenbetemptedtoassumethathumanityhaslittlefuturetolookforwardto.Butsuchgloominessismisplaced.Thefossilrecordshowsthatmanyspecieshaveenduredformillionsofyears-sowhyshouldn'twe?Takeabroaderlookatourspecies'placeintheuniverse,anditbecomesclearthatwehaveanexcellentchanceofsurvivingfortens,ifnothundreds,ofthousandsofyears.LookupHomosapiensinthe"RedList"ofthreatenedspeciesoftheInternationalUnionfortheConversationofNature(IUCN),andyouwillread:"ListedasLeastConcernasthespeciesisverywidelydistributed,adaptable,currentlyincreasing,andtherearenomajorthreatsresultinginanoverallpopulationdecline."Sowhatdoesourdeepfuturehold?Agrowingnumberofresearchersandorganisationsarenowthinkingseriouslyaboutthatquestion.Forexample,theLongNowFoundationhasitsflagshipprojectamedicalclockthatisdesignedtostillbemarkingtimethousandsofyearshence.Perhapswillfully,itmaybeeasiertothinkaboutsuchlengthytimescalesthanaboutthemoreimmediatefuture.Thepotentialevolutionoftoday'stechnology,anditssocialconsequences,isdazzlinglycomplicated,andit'sperhapsbestlefttosciencefictionwritersandfuturologiststoexplorethemanypossibilitieswecanenvisage.That'sonereasonwhywehavelaunchedArc,anewpublicationdedicatedtothenearfuture.Buttakealongerviewandthereisasurprisingamountthatwecansaywithconsiderableassurance.Assooften,thepastholdsthekeytothefuture:wehavenowidentifiedenoughofthelong-termpatternsshapingthehistoryoftheplanet,andourspecies,tomakeevidence-basedforecastsaboutthesituationsinwhichourdescendantswillfindthemselves.Thislongperspectivemakesthepessimisticviewofourprospectsseemmorelikelytobeapassingfad.Tobesure,thefutureisnotallrosy.Butwearenowknowledgeableenoughtoreducemanyoftherisksthatthreatenedtheexistenceofearlierhumans,andtoimprovethelotofthosetocome.OurvisionofthefutureusedtobeinspiredbyourdesireforlivesoffulfillmentourfaithinscienceandtechnologyourawarenessofpotentialrisksourbeliefinequalopportunityThe“RedList”suggestthathumanbeingareasustainedspeciesathreatentotheenvironmenttheworld’sdominantpoweramisplacedraceWhichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtoParagraph5?Archelpslimitthescopeoffuturologicalstudies.Technologyofferssolutionstosocialproblem.Theinterestinsciencefictionisontherise.OurImmediatefutureishardtoconceive.Toensurethefutureofmankind,itiscrucialtoexploreourabundantresourcesadoptanoptimisticviewoftheworlddrawonourexperiencefromthepastcurbourambitiontoreshapehistoryWhichofthefollowingwouldbethebesttitleforthetext?UncertaintyaboutOurFutureEvolutionoftheHumanSpeciesTheEver-brightProspectsofMankindScience,TechnologyandHumanity凱程教育：2005年，國(guó)內(nèi)首家全日制集訓(xùn)機(jī)構(gòu)考研，一直從事高端全日制輔導(dǎo)，由李凱程考研的宗旨：讓學(xué)習(xí)成為一種習(xí)慣；凱程考研的價(jià)值觀口號(hào)：凱旋歸來(lái)，前程萬(wàn)里；信念：讓每個(gè)學(xué)員都有好最好的歸宿；使命：完善全新的教育模式，做中國(guó)最專業(yè)的考研輔導(dǎo)機(jī)構(gòu)；激情：永不言棄，樂(lè)觀向上；敬業(yè)：以專業(yè)的態(tài)度做非凡的事業(yè)；服務(wù)：以學(xué)員的前途為已任，為學(xué)員提供高效、專業(yè)的服務(wù)，團(tuán)隊(duì)合作，為學(xué)員服務(wù)，為學(xué)員引路。如何選擇考研輔導(dǎo)班：在考研準(zhǔn)備的過(guò)程中，會(huì)遇到不少困難，尤其對(duì)于跨專業(yè)考生的專業(yè)課來(lái)說(shuō)，通過(guò)報(bào)輔導(dǎo)班面來(lái)考察輔導(dǎo)班，或許能幫你找到適合你的輔導(dǎo)班。只是很普通的老師授