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  3. Change—or the ability to adapt oneself to a changing environment—is essential to evolution. The farmer whose land is required fo

Change—or the ability to adapt oneself to a changing environment—is essential to evolution. The farmer whose land is required fo

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问题     Change—or the ability to adapt oneself to a changing environment—is essential to evolution. The farmer whose land is required for housing or industry must adapt himself: He can move to another place and master the problems peculiar to it; he can change his occupation, perhaps after a period of training; or he can starve to death. A nation which can not adapt its trade or defense requirements to meet world conditions faces economic or military disaster. Nothing is fixed and permanently stable. There must be movement forward, which is progress of a sort, or movement backwards, which is decay and deterioration.
    In this context, tradition can be a force for good or for evil. As long as it offers a guide(without insisting that its path is the only one), it helps the ignorant and the uninformed to take a step forward, and thereby, to adapt themselves to changed circumstances. Tradition, or custom, can guide the hunter as effectively as it can influence the nervous hostess. But if we make an idol(偶像、崇拜)of tradition, it ceases to become a guide and becomes an obstacle lying across the path of change and progress. If we insist on trying to plot the future by the past, we clearly handicap ourselves and invite failure. The better course is to adopt the help which tradition can give but, realizing that it necessarily has its roots in the past, to be well aware of its limitations in a changing world.
The author warns us that______.
选项 A、it is misleading to accept tradition as a guide
B、excessive devotion to tradition may bring us troubles
C、we must accept the guidance tradition offers us
D、tradition is obstacle lying on the path of change
答案B
解析 作者意图题。文中第二段讲到，如果我们崇拜传统，它就不再会是向导，而且会成为挡在变革和进步道路上的绊脚石。如果我们试图坚持根据过去筹划未来，那显然就是作茧自缚，并招致失败。从中可知，作者是在提醒我们，过度崇拜传统就会给我们带来麻烦。D项“传统是挡在变革道路上的绊脚石”是因过度崇拜传统而招致的结果，不正确。正确答案是B。
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