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  3. What is John Ingham’ s report about? According to Harvard professor Steven Pinker, predictions about the future ______.

What is John Ingham’ s report about? According to Harvard professor Steven Pinker, predictions about the future ______.

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问题 What is John Ingham’ s report about?
According to Harvard professor Steven Pinker, predictions about the future ______.
选项 A、may invite trouble
B、may not come true
C、will fool the public
D、do more harm than good
答案B
解析 由题干中的Harvard professor Steven Pinker定位到文章第六段第二句：Harvard professor Steven Pinker says：“This is an invitation to look foolish，as with the predictions of domed cities and nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners that were made 50 years ago．”本题的解题关键是对话语中的an invitation to look foolish的理解，这是Steven Pinker教授所打的比喻，实际上是指题干中出现的prediction of the future，也就是说，教授认为，对未来的这些预测就像一封愚蠢的邀请函一样，说明他不相信这些预测能够实现。后面的话语中举出的两个例子——生化危机和核动力真空吸尘器——都是没有实现的预测，这更证明了教授对这些预测表示怀疑。所以正确答案为B。
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