首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
Human beings are animals. We breathe, eat and digest, and reproduce the same life (1)_____ common to all animals. In a biologica
Human beings are animals. We breathe, eat and digest, and reproduce the same life (1)_____ common to all animals. In a biologica
admin
2011-10-20
67
问题
Human beings are animals. We breathe, eat and digest, and reproduce the same life (1)_____ common to all animals. In a biological laboratory, rats, monkeys, and humans seem very much the same.
However, biological understanding is not enough: (2)_____ itself, it can never tell us what human beings are. (3)_____ to our physical equipment—the naked human body—we are not an (4)_____ animal. We are tropical creatures, (5)_____ hairless and sensitive to cold. We are not fast and have neither claws nor sharp teeth to defend ourselves. We need a lot of food but have almost no physical equipment to help us get it. In the purely physical (6)_____, our species seems a poor (7)_____ for survival.
But we have survived—survived and multiplied and (8)_____ the earth. Some day we will have a (9)_____ living on the moon, a place with neither air nor water and with temperatures that mm gases into solids. How can we have done all these things? Part of the answer is physical.
(10)_____ its limitations, our physical equipment has some important (11)_____. We have excellent vision and hands that can (12)_____ objects with a precision unmatched by any other (13)_____ Most importantly, we have a large brain with an almost (14)_____ number of neural (15)_____.
We have used this physical equipment to create culture, the key to our survival and success. If we live in the Arctic, we supply the warmth for our tropical bodies need (16)_____ clothing, shelter, and (17)_____ heat. If a million people want to live in a desert that supplies natural food for only a few hundred, we find water to grow food and (18)_____ deficits by transporting supplies from distant places. Inhabitants of our eventual moon colony will bring their own food and oxygen and then create an artificial earth environment to supply necessities. With culture, we can overcome our natural limitations.
It was not always (19)_____ Our distant ancestors were just animals, faced with the limits of their physical equipment. They had no (20)_____ and lacked the physical Capacity to use it.
选项
A、this
B、thus
C、hence
D、that
答案
B
解析
词义辨析。thus在这里作副词,"意思是"这样的情形",相当于so。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/0Tp4777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
WecanlearnfromthetextthatFCC’smandateWhichofthefollowing,accordingtothetext,istrue?
Thephrase"savehisskin"(Paragraph1)denotesItcanbeinferredfromthelastparagraphthatMr.Spitzer
Amarketiscommonlythoughtofasaplacewherecommoditiesareboughtandsold.Thusfruitandvegetablesaresoldwholesalea
Amarketiscommonlythoughtofasaplacewherecommoditiesareboughtandsold.Thusfruitandvegetablesaresoldwholesalea
Inthefollowingtext,somesentenceshavebeenremoved.ForQuestions41-45,choosethemostsuitableonefromthelist(A、B、C、
Onhisfifty-fifthbirthdaythepresidentdecidedto(1)_____someprisonersofthe(2)_____ageasagestureofgoodwillNott
ItcanbeinferredthatAmericansbeingapproachedtocloselybyMiddleEasternerswouldmostprobably______Incountriesother
Theneedtogotocollegeisrealized,______offersopportunitiesforbettercareers.
Thestatement"victoryhasmanyfathersanddefeatisanorphan"(Para.1)isusedtointroduceBysayingthat"It’sanimaget
FIAwouldgiveitspartnertherighttostagetheracingtill______.Mr.Ecelestonewillwinbecause______.
随机试题
直流电动机的换向过程,是一个比较复杂的过程,换向不良的直接后果是()。
磁共振现象为成像技术提供了一种全新思路:将人体置于特殊磁场中,用无线电射频脉冲激发人体内氢原子核,引起氢原子核共振,并吸收能量;在停止射频脉冲后,氢原子核按特定频率发出射电信号,并将吸收的能量释放出来,被人体外的接收器收录,经电子计算机处理获得图像。许多
F公司是一家电子生产企业,厂区占地面积达2000m×1800m,厂区西南角有一个制氢站(下风向),占地约50m×60m。燃气锅炉房位于制氢站东650m,锅炉房内有3台额定功率为2.5MPa,额定蒸发量为10t/h的蒸汽锅炉(其中1台备用)。电镀车间紧邻锅
在防止事故发生的众多技术措施当中,能够从根本上防止事故发生固然是最好的,但受实际技术、经济条件的限制,有些危险源不能被彻底根除,这时应该设法限制它们拥有的能量或危险物质的量,降低其危险性。下列安全技术措施当中,不属于限制能量或危险物质的是(
“从后归类”的原则是进行商品归类时优先采用的原则。()
某建筑工程公司拟购买一物业进行经营,以补充工程任务不足时公司的正常运营。如果该物业有价值,则进行投资。根据调查、分析和市场预测,基本情况是:投入运营后初期投资约6.5亿元,该值将随着谈判的进程而逐步明确;运营期预计为50年,每年的销售收益可达2.8亿元,销
()是企业劳动安全卫生保护工作的职业道德行为准则。
现在我们常用“阳春白雪”和“下里巴人”指代高雅和通俗的文艺作品。请问这两个成语最初指的是()。
在市场经济条件下,能够引导市场自动调节供求关系,从而保证供需平衡的大致信号是()。
Perhapsmostimportant,thereportcould______morelight,thoughitdoesgivesome,onhowchildwelfareischangingovertime.
最新回复
(
0
)