回答72~75题:EArecentstudy,whileshowingagenerallypositiveattitudetowardscience,alsosuggestsawidespreadworrythatitmaybe"runningoutofcontr ol",Thisideaisdangerous.
Sciencecanbeaforceforevilaswellasforgood.Itsapplicationscanbechanneledeitherway,dependingonourdecisions.Thedecisionswemake,personallyorcollectively,willdeterminetheoutcomesofscience.Buthereisarealdanger.Scienceisadvancingsofastandissostr onglyinfluencedbybusinessesthatwearelikelytobelievewhateverdecisionswecometowillmakelittledifference.And,ratherthanfightingforthebestpossiblepolicies,wemaystepbackanddonothing.
Somepeoplegoevenfurther.Theysaythatd espitethemoralandlegalobjections(反对),whateverisscientificallypossiblewillbedone-somewhere,sometime.Theybelievethatsciencewillgetoutofcontr olintheend.Thisbeliefisdangeroustoo,becauseitfuelsasenseofhopelessnessanddiscouragesthenfrommakingeffortstobuildasaferworld.
Inourinterconnectedworld,thelackofagreementinandoutoftheworldofsciencecanleadtothefailuretocontr oltheuseofscience.Withoutacommonunderstanding,thechallengesof“contr olling"scienceinthiscenturywillbereallytough.Takehumancloningforexample.Despitethegeneralagreementamongscientistsonitspossiblehugeimpact(影响)ontr aditionalmoralvalues,somecountr iesstillgoaheadwiththeresearchanddevelopmentofitsrelatedtechniques.Theoutcomesarehardtopredict.
Therefore,discussionsonhowscienceisappliedshouldbeextendedfarbeyondscientificsocieties.onlythroughtheuntieseffortsofpeoplewithhope,canwebefullysafeagainstthemisuseofscienceandcansciencebestservemankindinthefuture
第17题:Whatcanweconcludefromtherecentstudy?
A.Peoplethinkhighlyofscience
B.Peopleholdmixedopinionsaboutscience
C.Scienceisgettingdangerouslyoutofcontr ol
D.Scienceisusedforbothgoodandbadpurposes
正确答案:B



