2. 外语
  3. Have you ever wondered what our future is like? Practically all people【C1】______a desire to predict their future【C2】______. Peop

Have you ever wondered what our future is like? Practically all people【C1】______a desire to predict their future【C2】______. Peop

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问题     Have you ever wondered what our future is like? Practically all people【C1】______a desire to predict their future【C2】______. People seem inclined to【C3】______this task using causal reasoning. First, we generally【C4】______that future  circumstances  are【C5】______caused or conditioned by present【C6】______We learn that getting an education will【C7】______how much money we earn later and that swimming be yond the reef may bring an unhappy【C8】______with a shark.
    Second, people also learn that such【C9】______of cause and effect are probabilistic(概率)in nature. That is, the effects occur more often when the causes occur than when the causes are【C10】______, but not always.【C11】______, students learn that studying hard【C12】______good grades in most instances, but not every time. Science makes these concepts of causality and probability more explicit and【C13】______techniques for dealing【C14】______them more rigorously than does causal human inquiry. In looking at ordinary human inquiry, we need to【C15】______between prediction and understanding.  Often, even if we don’t understand why, we are willing to act【C16】______the basis of a demonstrated predictive ability.
    Whatever the primitive drives that【C17】______human beings, satisfying them depends heavily on the ability to predict future circumstances. The attempt to predict is often played in a【C18】______of knowledge and understanding. If you can understand why certain regular patterns【C19】______, you can predict better than if you simply observe those patterns. Thus, human inquiry aims【C20】______answering both" what" and "why" questions, and we pursue these goals by observing and figuring out.
【C13】
选项 A、prevents
B、proceeds
C、provides
D、predicts
答案C
解析 动词辨析。原来的句子为：科学使得这些因果性和可能性的概念更清晰，并提供了一定的技巧，比起一般的研究方法，让人们能更有效地把握这些概念。这里需要的词，应该表示“提供，给予”等意义的词汇，因此只有provide最合适。prevent“避免”；produce“制造”；predict“预言”，这三项均不符合原文逻辑。
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