PassageThree
Questions31to35arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Thephysicistinvestigatingtherelationshipbetweentimeandspace,thechemistexploringthepropertiesofanewsubstance,thebiologistprobingthemysteriesofthecontinuityoflife.andtheanthropologist(人类学家)searchingforhumanoriginsshareacommontr ait(特征),curiosity.Notthatnonscientistarenotcurious;mostpeoplepossessthischaracteristic.Thescientist,however,usesaspecificmethodtomakeresearchesintotheseenigmatic(难以理解的)problems-thescientificmethod.
Unfortunately,scienceanditsmethodaremisunderstood,themultiplicationofourknowledgeinmedicineandtechnologyhasledtotheideathatsciencecancureallandexplainallandthatonlyenoughtime,moneyandintelligenceareneeded.Intr uth.sciencecannotprovideallanswers.Infact,manyphenomenaarenotevensubjecttoscientificexplanations.
Ontheothersideofthecoin,sciencehasbeenattackedasacauseofmostcontemporaryproblems.Itissaidtoberesponsibleforthedepersonalization(使失去个性)oftheindividual,forstr ipping(夺去)creativityfromhumanbehavior,andforcreatingmassivethreatstothespeciesthroughthedevelopmentofnuclearpower,insecticides,andpollutingmachinery.Ifweanalyzethesituation,wecanseethatitwasnottheoriginalintentofthepeoplewhodevelopedcomputerstodebasehumankind,norwasmassproductionproposedasamethodtocrushcreativity.Itiswhatsociety,policymakersespecially,doeswithscientificachievementsthatmakesthemsocialorantisocial.Thereisnothinginherentlygoodorbadaboutscience.
Whichofthefollowingisthemaintopicofthepassage?
A.Scientistsandtheircuriosity.
B.Scienceandscientificmethod.
C.Understandingsofscience.
D.Misunderstandingsofscience.
正确答案:D[解析]见第二段第一句话点题。



