1996-1999年考研英语真题及解析张剑版本(7)

张剑经典英语真题,讲解超级详细

clear to all. On the dust jacket of this fine book, Stephen Jay Gould says: “This book stands for reason itself.” And so it does - and all would be well were reason the only judge in the creationism/evolution debate.

27. “Creationism” in the passage refers to ［A］ evolution in its true sense as to the origin of the universe

［B］ a notion of the creation of religion

［C］ the scientific explanation of the earth formation

［D］ the deceptive theory about the origin of the universe

28. Kitcher s book is intended to.

［A］ recommend the views of the evolutionists

［B］ expose the true features of creationists

［C］ curse bitterly at his opponents

［D］ launch a surprise attack on creationists

29. From the passage we can infer that ［A］ reasoning has played a decisive role in the debate

［B］ creationists do not base their argument on reasoning

［C］ evolutionary theory is too difficult for non-specialists

［D］ creationism is supported by scientific findings

30. This passage appears to be a digest of ［A］ a book review ［B］ a scientific paper

［C］ a magazine feature ［D］ a newspaper editorial

Part ⅢEnglish—Chinese Translation

Directions:

Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (15 points)

The differences in relative growth of various areas of scientific research have several causes.

31）Some, however, are less reasonable processes of different growth in which preconceptions of the form scientific theory ought to take, by persons in authority, act to alter the growth pattern of different areas. This is a new problem probably not yet unavoidable; but it is a frightening trend. 32）arise which will require specific scientific answers. It is therefore generally valuable to treat the scientific establishment as a resource or machine to be kept in functional order. 33）This kind of support, like all government support, requires decisions about the appropriate recipients of funds. Decisions based on utility as opposed to lack of utility are straightforward. But