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.
【C15】
选项 A、distinguish
B、distinct
C、distort
D、distract
答案A
解析 动同辨析。In looking at ordinary human inquiry，we need to distinguish between prediction and understanding．即考察人类的研究活动时，我们必须分清预测和理解。distinguish“把…和…分开，辨别，辨认”，一般和from或between搭配。distinct为形容词，意为“清楚的，明显的，截然不同的，独特的”；distort“歪曲，曲解”；distract常与．from连用，指“使…注意力转移，使分心”。
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