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
It is perhaps, no accident that many of the outstanding figures of the past were amazingly versatile men. Right up until compara
It is perhaps, no accident that many of the outstanding figures of the past were amazingly versatile men. Right up until compara
admin
2014-01-13
72
问题
It is perhaps, no accident that many of the outstanding figures of the past were amazingly versatile men. Right up until comparatively recent times, it was possible for an intelligent person to acquaint himself with almost every branch of knowledge. Thus, a man of genius like Leonardo da Vinci engaged in many careers at once as a matter of course. Da Vinci was so busy with his numerous inventions that he barely found the time to complete his paintings. He came very near to fulfilling the Renaissance ideal of the "universal man" , the man who was proficient at everything. Today, we rarely, if ever, hear that a musician has just invented a new type of submarine.
Knowledge has become divided and sub-divided into countless, narrowly-defined compartments. The specialist is respected; the versatile person, far from being admired, is more often regarded with suspicion. The modern world is a world of highly-skilled "experts" who have had to devote the greater part of their lives to a very limited field of study in order to compete with their fellows. But this has not been achieved without considerable cost. The scientist, who outside his own particular subject is little more than a moron, is a modern phenomenon; as is the man of letters who is barely aware of the tremendous strides that have been made in technology. Similarly, specialization has indirectly affected quite ordinary people in every walk of life. Many activities which were once pursued for their own sakes, are often given up in despair; they require techniques, the experts tell us, which take a life-time to master. Why learn to play the piano, when you can listen to the world’s greatest pianists in your own drawing-room?
Little by little, we are becoming more and more isolated from each other. It is almost impossible to talk to your neighbor about his job, even if he is engaged in roughly the same work as you are. The Royal Society in Britain includes among its members only the most eminent scientists in the country. Yet it is highly disturbing to find that even here, as one of its members put it, at a lecture only 10% of the members can understand 50% of what is being said!
Which of the following is the best possible title for the passage?
选项
A、How to Become a Versatile Man.
B、Versatile Men.
C、How to Become an Intelligent Man.
D、Intelligent Men.
答案
B
解析
全文主旨题。全文的首段为主旨段,提到在过去的时代里,很多杰出的人都多才多艺,或许这并不使人感到意外和偶然,而现在却很少有这样的人,接着以举例子的方式论述了这一观点。故答案为B(多才多能的通才)。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/q7hO777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
Thesepeopleactivelytryto________whattheybelievetobebadEnglishandassiduouslycultivatewhattheyhopetobegoodEngl
Computersarehavingaprofoundeffectonsocialbehavior.51.Witheasyaccesstoprocessingpower,individualswho,ineveryo
(51)Itisusefultorememberthathistoryistothenationasmemoryistotheindividual.Aspersonsdeprivedofmemorybecome
AnOhioStateUniversitystudyhaslinkedbehaviorinyoungchildren【C1】______thetypeofjobtheirmotherhas.Motherswithcom
Areyoualwayssureyouknowwhatpeoplemeanwhentheytrytodescribetheirfeelingstoyou?Weusebothwordsandgesturesto
Areyoualwayssureyouknowwhatpeoplemeanwhentheytrytodescribetheirfeelingstoyou?Weusebothwordsandgesturesto
AtatimeJaneAustin’snovelswerepublished--between181land1818--Englishliteraturewasnotpartofanyacademiccurriculum
BritainandSpainhavethehighestproportionofcocaineusersintheEU,accordingtoapan-Europeandrugssurveypublishedtod
Thevisionofthatbigblackcarhittingthesidewalkafewfeetfromuswillneverbe______frommymemory.
随机试题
治疗首选治疗成功后修复缺损的方法最合适的是
关于吩噻嗪类抗精神病药物中毒,说法错误的是()。
关于项目管理和工程管理的说法,正确的是()。
财务报表分为年度财务报表和中期财务报表。中期财务报表一般包括月度报告、季度报告、半年度报告等。()
增强型新股申购理财产品可以申购的对象有()。
甲公司是我国一家长期向X国出口摩托车的企业。2013年,X国对我国出口的摩托车大幅度提高了关税。面对这种情况,甲公司在X国与当地企业组建了一家合资公司,生产销售摩托车。甲公司在X国组建合资公司规避的风险有()。
属于藏族文化的著名典籍是()。
根据我国教师法规的有关规定,“弄虚作假、骗取教师资格的”与“品德不良、侮辱学生、影响恶劣”的教师,其教师资格将()。
I______getthisdoneimmediatelyoritwillbetoolate.
Weaskyoutocompareourpricewiththoseoftheothercompanies.
最新回复
(
0
)