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
To live in the United States today is to gain an appreciation for Dahrendorf’s assertion that social change exists everywhere. T
To live in the United States today is to gain an appreciation for Dahrendorf’s assertion that social change exists everywhere. T
admin
2016-04-30
41
问题
To live in the United States today is to gain an appreciation for Dahrendorf’s assertion that social change exists everywhere. Technology, the application of knowledge for practical ends, is a major source of social change.
Yet we would do well to remind ourselves that technology is a human creation; it does not exist naturally. A spear or a robot is as much a cultural as a physical object. Until humans use a spear to hunt game or a robot to produce machine parts, neither is much more than a solid mass of matter. For a bird looking for an object on which to rest, a spear or robot serves the purpose equally well. The explosion of the Challenger space shuttle and the Russian nuclear accident at Chernobyl drive home the human quality of technology; they provide cases in which well-planned systems suddenly went haywire(变得混乱)and there was no ready hand to set them right. Since technology is a human creation, we are responsible for what is done with it. Pessimists worry that we will use our technology eventually to blow our world and ourselves to pieces. But they have been saying this for decades, and so far we have managed to survive and even flourish. Whether we will continue to do so in the years ahead remains uncertain. Clearly, the impact of technology on our lives deserves a closer examination.
Few technological developments have had a greater impact on our lives than the computer revolution. Scientists and engineers have designed specialized machines that can do the tasks that once only people could do. There are those who assert that the switch to an information-based economy is in the same camp as other great historical milestones, particularly the Industrial Revolution. Yet when we ask why the Industrial Revolution was a revolution, we find that it was not the machines. The primary reason why it was a revolutionary is that it led to great social change. It gave rise to mass production and, through mass production, to a society in which wealth was not confined to the few.
In somewhat similar fashion, computers promise to revolutionize the structure of American life, particularly as they free the human mind and open new possibilities in knowledge and communication. The Industrial Revolution supplemented and replaced the muscles of humans and animals by mechanical methods. The computer extends this development to supplement and replace some aspects of the mind of human beings by electronic methods. It is the capacity of the computer for solving problems and making decisions that represents its greatest potential and that poses the greatest difficulties in predicting the impact on society.
The passage is based on the author’s_____.
选项
A、keen insight into the nature of technology
B、prejudiced criticism of the role of the Industrial Revolution
C、cautious analysis of the replacement of the human mind by computers
D、exaggerated description of the negative consequences of technology
答案
A
解析
本题可用排除法。B中的“批判”、C中的“人类思维被电脑取代”在原文找不到作者的相关观点;虽然文中提 及科技带来负面的东西,却没有对技术的负面影响进行夸大的描述,D项也可排除,A正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/HCG7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
SevenStepstoaMoreFulfillingJobA)Manypeopletodayfindthemselvesinunfulfillingworksituations.Infact,oneinfourw
Wal-MartA)Wal-Martismorethanjusttheworld’slargestretailer.Itisaneconomicforce,aculturalphenomenonandalightni
A、Homeeconomics.B、Businessadministration.C、Computerprogramming.D、Historicalresearch.B推理题。四个选项都是职业类别,可推测对话涉及的是对话中的人所从事的职业
WhenIwasachild,myteethusedto【B1】______inseveraldifferentdirections,and【B2】______thatinvolvedratherexpensive【B3】__
Ithinkthat,fromabiologicalstandpoint,humanlifealmostreadslikeapoem.Ithasitsownrhythmandbeat,itsinternalcy
TheAmericaneconomicsystemisorganizedaroundabasicallyprivateenterprise.It’s【B1】______economyinwhichconsumersdeterm
A、Becausethepigwasinhisgarden.B、Becauseitwasinhispotatopatch.C、BecauseGriffinwasaBritishsoldier.D、BecauseGr
A、Citylifeismuchthesameinmanypartsoftheworld.B、IntheUnitedStates,farmfamiliesliveontheirownfarms.C、Inman
A、Theyworkonthesamefloorsinthesameshoppingcenter.B、Theyhaven’tmetbefore.C、Theyarebothbusinessmajors.D、Theya
A、Alargeamountofmoneywasdonatedbyanunknownplayer.B、Aschoolfellowraisedmillionsofdollarsfortheconstruction.C、
随机试题
改错题:阅读短文,改正文中的文字、标点符号差错。“废墟”这两个字目前在我国绝大多数人的心目中还只是一个跟文化和美学不相干的贬意词。《现代汉语词典》对“废墟”的解释仅仅是“城市、村庄遭受破坏或灾害后变成的荒凉地方”;《辞海》的解释也是简单的一句:“
“把自己当作泥土吧/让众人把你踩成一条道路”,这诗句的作者是()
患者,20岁,骨折愈合良好。5年后骨折处骨组织病理变化表现为
欲描述某省2010年鼻咽癌患者的职业构成情况,宜绘制的统计图是
设计总负责单位利用自身的()经验,负责对设计的进度控制和质量控制,往往更有利于建设项目设计进度和质量目标的实现。
关于银行卡的说法正确的有()。
我国对非公有制经济的基本政策是严格限制数量和规模,保护其合法收入。()
在我国古代,气象学还不是一门成熟、独立的学科,但观测天气气候的变化,却是自古就有的人类科学活动之一。殷商时代的甲骨文里,就有文字记载气象方面的观测资料。古代最原始测风器主要用于测量风向。开始将布帛之类挂在竿上,后来改用鸡毛做成条形或扇形的羽葆,风吹羽葆扬,
法律义务是指法律关系主体()。
在SELECT命令中,使用ASC时必须配合使用的短语是()。
最新回复
(
0
)