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
2023-02-20
30
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 n, 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.
By mentioning the "good story" "behind every statistic", the author intends to ________.
选项
A、value both science and humanities
B、indicate the correct way of research
C、put facts and figures before statistic
D、illustrate his point by using statistic
答案
A
解析
本题实际上是主旨大意题。只要通读全文,就可以发现作者将科学学科和人文学科的关系比喻为facts和figures之间的关系,而第2段表明应将facts和figures结合起来,由此可见,facts和figures是同等重要的,即科学学科和人文学科也是同等重要的,因此选A。B和D都没有顾及全文的主题,只停留在第2段本身,因此不正确;C的research纯属臆造。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/kuvD777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
TheexactnumberofEnglishwordsisnotknown.Thelargedictionarieshaveoverhalfamillionentries,butmanyofthesearec
W:Doyouknowthegirlinredunderthetree?M:【D1】________W:Right.Doyouknowher?M:Ofcourse.She’sLily.【D2】________W
Fromherepeoplecanseethebridge________construction.
Althoughitisnotuncommonforjournaliststoportraypoliticalinexperienceonthepartofpublicofficialsasan(i)________,
Becausechemistry’spositionasoneofthenaturalscienceshaslongseemed________,historianshavegenerallytreatedthefound
Givenchildren’sactivefantasylives,onemightthinkoftruthfulnessasayoungchild’s(i)________virtue,itturnsoutthat
Wemustbecommitted_____thedeepgreenhousegasreductionssinceweneedtoavoidtheworstoutcomesofclimatechange.
Theword"brick"didnotappearintheEnglishlanguagebeforethe15thcentury.Bricks_______【C1】havebeenknowninBritainbef
中国人素有“家园”“故乡”的文化传统,表达了一方人与方水土的关系。一个城市的人居环境往往成为一方人物、土地、生活、历史理想未来的复杂聚合体,成为家园意识最好的物质载体。古代先贤在规划建设城市的时候,早已把自己的内心世界全都放在物质空间里了,他们的规划与生俱
人生中,不可能永远风平浪静,总是会充满大大小小的坎坷,总会有顺境和逆境穿插交织,因为事物发展的规律原本如此。顺境,也许是我们渴望的,但逆境总会遭遇到,而且它普遍存在。当失败这一客观事实发生后,我们所能做的除了承认外,更多的是面对。虽然我们失败了,但并不意味
随机试题
Thenewsreportershurriedtotheairport,only______thefilmstarshadleft.
下列软膏剂基质中,不属于油脂性基质的是
经外奇穴是指
与非处方药西咪替丁同用,可增加出血危险的处方药是()。
护士对慢性肺源性心脏病患者双下肢水肿原因的正确解释是
下列不具有自律性的结构是()
某施工单位承包的机电安装单项工程办理了中间交接手续,进入联动试运行阶段。建设单位未按合同约定,要求施工单位组织并实施联动试运行,由设计单位编制试运行方案。施工单位按要求进行了准备,试运行前进行检查并确认:①已编制了试运行方案和操作规程。②建立了试运行须知,
下列关于行业内竞争程度的说法,错误的有()。
某教材设置有“品味诗歌中的传统文化”专题,教师在教学这一专题时提到许多诗歌中都蕴含着有趣的中国传统节日文化。为帮助学生进一步理解此类诗歌内容,感受诗歌中的独特文化与丰富趣味,教师举出以下例子,其中不符合要求的一项是()。
Childrenhavebeensaidtohavebrain-injuredchildsyndrome,hyperactive(极度活跃的)childsyndromeandattention-deficitdisorder
最新回复
(
0
)