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
外语
In the thrilling progressive years of the early 20th century, few things were more attractive than the promise of scientific kno
In the thrilling progressive years of the early 20th century, few things were more attractive than the promise of scientific kno
admin
2014-05-30
29
问题
In the thrilling progressive years of the early 20th century, few things were more attractive than the promise of scientific knowledge. In a world struggling with rapid industrialization, massive immigration, and chaotic urban growth, science and technology seemed to offer solutions to almost every problem. Two world wars and a Great Depression rocked the confidence of many people that scientific expertise alone could create a prosperous and ordered world. After World War II, the academic world turned with new enthusiasm to humanistic studies, which seemed to many scholars the best way to ensure the survival of democracy and to resist tyranny(暴政).
Behind every statistic, there’s a good story: facts and figures can add up to something greater than each of themselves.
In the America of our own time, the great educational challenge has become an effort to strengthen the teaching of what is now known as the STEM disciplines(science, technology, engineering, and math). There is considerable and justified concern that the United States is falling behind much of the rest of the developed world in these essential disciplines.
At the same time, perhaps inevitably, the humanities have experienced a significant decline. Humanistic disciplines are seriously underfunded. Humanists are usually among the lowest-paid faculty members at most institutions and are often lightly regarded because they do not generate grant income and because they provide no obvious certificates for most nonacademic careers.
There is no doubt that American education should be training more scientists and engineers and should be teaching scientific literacy to everyone else. But the idea that institutions or their students must decide between humanities and science is false. Our society could not survive without scientific and technological knowledge. But we would be equally ruined without humanistic knowledge as well. Science and technology teach us what we can do. Humanistic thinking can help us understand what we should do.
The humanities are not simply vehicles of aesthetic reward and intellectual inspiration. Science and technology aspire to clean, clear answers to problems. The humanities address ambiguity, doubt, and skepticism—essential supports in a complex and diverse society and a turbulent world.
It is not surprising that many of our greatest scientists are also deeply committed to humanistic knowledge and values. Nor should it be surprising that many humanistic fields find scientific tools essential to their work. Among academics, scientists and humanists not only coexist, but often work together. It is mostly in the politics of education that debates over the relative value of these different disciplines take place.
It is almost impossible to imagine our society without thinking of the extraordinary achievements of scientists and engineers in building our complicated world But try to imagine our world as well without the remarkable works that have defined our culture and values. We have always needed, and we still need, both.
What is the author’s attitude towards the concern that the United States is falling behind in the STEM disciplines?
选项
A、He finds it groundless.
B、He finds it sensible.
C、He looks at it with doubt.
D、He looks at it with caution.
答案
B
解析
原文该句中的justified表明作者觉得人们的担心是“有道理的”、“正确的”,因此,本题应选B。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/Ge17777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
A、Peaceful.B、Regretful.C、Ordinary.D、Satisfactory.D说话者在短文最后表达了自己对50年来生活的看法:mostofmyfirstfiftyyearshavebeengoldenones
12ThingsI’veLearnedFromTravelingAroundtheWorldforThreeYearsOnMarch13,2007,Ihandedoverthekeystomyhouse,
A、Hethinksneitheroftheworkpatternsisgood.B、Hebelievesthatlongerworkinghoursarebetter.C、Heprefersshorterworki
A、Tenantandlandlord.B、Studentanddormkeeper.C、Studentandteacher.D、Buyerandhouse-owner.B女士问如果要更换住宿安排的话应该找谁;男士回答自己就是管这
A、Customerandsalesperson.B、Teacherandstudent.C、Bossandsecretary.D、Guestandwaitress.C关键是听到男士让女士复印20份并送给执行总裁以及各部门经理,女士
A、Stricterinternaldisciplinesshouldbemaintained.B、Moregoodexamplesshouldbesetforpeopletofollow.C、Morerestrictio
TheFutureIsAnotherCountryAcoupleofmonthsorsoafterbecomingBritain’sprimeminister,DavidCameronwantedafewt
Hadhebeenworkingthereformanyyears,theauthorofthereport______(会非常了解医院存在的问题).
A、BecauseAmericannegotiatorshavenopatience.B、BecauseAmericannegotiatorswouldn’tcompromise.C、Becauseforeignnegotiato
随机试题
行政授权的依据是()。
路堤填土高度为75cm,其基底压实度需满足( )。
按房屋承重结构形式分类,可分为()。
下列关于基金信息披露的禁止行为的说法错误的是()。
根据营业税法律制度的规定,下列业务中,属于营业税征税范围的是()。
办公室有甲、乙、丙、丁4位同志,甲比乙大5岁,丙比丁大2岁。丁三年前参加工作,当时22岁。他们四人现在的年龄之和为127岁。那么乙现在的年龄是()。
Inthissection,youareaskedtowriteanessaybasedonthefollowinginformation.Makecommentsandexpressyourownopinion.
A、 B、 C、 D、 B图片上显示的是,在喷泉正前方盛开着很多花,所以正确答案是(B)。虽然能看到汽车,但是只能远远地在喷水池后方才能看到,由此可知选项(A)是错误的。而瀑布和岩石是看不到的,所以选项(C)
"Nonewtaxes."Thisisaquotewerememberthe1992【S1】______presidentialelection.Therearethingdonein
TheHistoryofChineseAmericans[A]ChinesehavebeenintheUnitedStatesforalmosttwohundredyears.Infact,theChines
最新回复
(
0
)