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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.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.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.
1. [A]exhibit [B]exaggerate [C]examine [D]exceed
2. [A]contexts [B]circumstances [C]inspections [D]intuitions
3.[A]underestimate [B]undermine [C]undertake [D]undergo
4. [A]specially [B]particularly [C]always [D]generally
5. [A]somehow [B]somebody [C]someone [D]something
6. [A]enact [B]affect [C]reflect [D]inflect
7. [A]meeting [B]occurrence [C]encounter [D]contact
8. [A]patterns [B]designs [C]arrangements[D]pictures
9. [A]disappointde [B]absent [C]inadequate [D]absolute
10.[A]creates [B]produces [C]loses [D]protects
11.[A]obscure [B]indistinct [C]explicit [D]explosive
12.[A]for [B]at [C]in [D]with
13.[A]distinguish [B]distinct [C]distort [D]distract
14.[A]at [B]on [C]to [D]under
15.[A]why [B]how [C]that [D]where
16.[A]predict [B]produce [C]pretend [D]precede
17.[A]content [B]contact [C]contest [D]context
18.[A]happen [B]occur [C]occupy [D]incur
19.[A]at [B]on [C]to [D]beyond
20.[A]purposes [B]ambitions [C]drives [D]goals
參考答案及解析:
1.A 詞義辨析 exhibit"展出，表現(xiàn)",exaggerate"夸張",exceed"超越，勝過(guò)" 原句意為：實(shí)際上，人們會(huì)對(duì)未來(lái)的生活懷有(展示出)一定的愿望。
2.B 詞義辨析 context"上下文"，circumstance"環(huán)境"，inspection"檢查，視察"，intuition"直覺(jué)"
3.C 詞義辨析 underestimate"低估",undermine"破壞"，undertake"承擔(dān)，擔(dān)任",undergo"經(jīng)歷，遭受"。undertake a task為常見搭配，意為"開始進(jìn)行一項(xiàng)任務(wù)"
4.D 詞義辨析 選項(xiàng)C、D看似均可，但always顯得有些武斷。
5.A 篇章邏輯 somehow"不知何故，以某種方式"
6.B 詞義辨析 enact"制定法律，頒布"，inflect"彎曲"
7.C 詞義辨析 encounter指沒(méi)有事先計(jì)劃的、未料到的、短暫的相遇
8.A 詞義辨析 pattern模式，式樣;design設(shè)計(jì)，圖案;第一段中提到過(guò)人們習(xí)慣用因果關(guān)系去推斷，這是一種思考模式。
9.B 詞義辨析 absent缺少的，不在的;inadequate不充分的;根據(jù)文中意思應(yīng)選一個(gè)與occur意思相反的詞。
10.B 詞義辨析 create創(chuàng)造 produce產(chǎn)生，得到。原句意為學(xué)生知道努力學(xué)習(xí)在大多數(shù)情況下會(huì)得到高的分?jǐn)?shù)。
11.C 詞義辨析 obscure朦朧的，模糊的;indistinct不清楚的;explicit外在的，清楚地;explosive爆炸的;原句意為：科學(xué)使因果性和可能性的觀念變的更加清楚
12.D 短語(yǔ)搭配 deal in經(jīng)營(yíng) eg:He deals in a small shop. deal with處理，安排
13.A 詞義辨析 distinguish區(qū)別，辨別;distinct清楚地，明顯的;distort扭曲，歪曲;distract轉(zhuǎn)移。distinguish between為常用搭配，意為"區(qū)別...和..."
14.B 短語(yǔ)搭配 on the basis of以...為基礎(chǔ)
15.C 語(yǔ)法結(jié)構(gòu) drive在此為名詞，意為“動(dòng)力”，空格后部分是對(duì)drive進(jìn)行修飾，故選關(guān)系代詞that引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句。
16.A 詞義辨析 predict預(yù)言;pretend假裝;precede在...之前
17.D 詞義辨析 content內(nèi)容;contact接觸;contest爭(zhēng)論，競(jìng)賽;context上下in the context of意為"在...情況下"
18.B 詞義辨析 occur發(fā)生，出現(xiàn);occupy占用，占領(lǐng);incur招致
19.A 短語(yǔ)搭配 aim at瞄準(zhǔn)，針對(duì)
20.D 詞義辨析 purpose目的，以圖;ambition野心;drive推動(dòng)力;goal目的，目標(biāo)
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