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Paage One
Reading Comprehension
Multiple Choice
For me, scientific knowledge is divided into mathematical sciences, natural sciences or sciences dealing with the natural world(physical and biological sciences), and sciences dealing with mankind(psychology, sociology, all the sciences of cultural achievements, every kind of historical knowledge).Apart from these sciences is philosophy, about which we will talk later.In the first place, all this is pure or theoretical knowledge, sought only for the purpose of understanding, in order to fulfill the need to understand what is intrinsic and consubstantial to man.What distinguishes man from animal is that he knows and needs to know.If man did not know that the world existed, and that the world was of a certain kind, he wouldn't be man.The technical aspects or applications of knowledge are equally neceary for man and are of the greatest importance, because they also contribute to defining him as man and permit him to pursue a life increasingly more truly human.But even while enjoying the results of technical progre, he must defend the primacy and autonomy of pure knowledge.Knowledge sought directly for its practical applications will have immediate and foreseeable succe, but not the kind of important result whose revolutionary scope is in large part unforeseen, except by the imagination of the Utopians.Let me recall a well-known example.If the Greek mathematicians had not applied themselves to the investigation of conic(锥体)sections zealously and without the least suspicion that it might someday be useful, it would not have been poible centuries later to navigate far from shore.The first men to study the nature of electricity cannot imagine that their experiments, carried on because of mere intellectual curiosity, would eventually lead to modem electrical technology, without which we can scarcely conceive of contemporary life.Pure knowledge is valuable for its own sake, because the human spirit cannot resign itself to ignorance.But, in addition, it is the foundation for practical results that would not have been reached if this knowledge had not been sought disinterestedly.1.The most important advances made by mankind come from _______.[A] technical applications
[B] the natural sciences
[C] apparently usele information
[D] sciences deal with mankind
2.The author does not include among the sciences the study of _______.[A] chemistry[B] astronomy
[C] anthropology[D] philosophy
3.The author points out that the Greeks who studied conic sections ______.[A] were mathematicians
[B] were interested in navigation
[C] were unaware of the value of their studies
[D]worked with electricity
4.The title below that best exprees the idea of this paage is “_______”.[A]Technical progre
[B] Man’s Distinguishing Characteristics
[C] Learning for its Own Sake
[D] The Difference between Science and Philosophy
5.The practical scientist __________
[A] knows the value of what he will discover
[B] is interested in the unknown
[C] is a philosopher
[D] conceives of contemporary life
Paage Two
Read the following paage and translate the underlined parts into Chinese.Terrorist plots in Europe
Foiled, this time
Sep 6th 2007 | BERLIN AND COPENHAGEN
From The Economist print edition
A timely reminder of the risk of terrorism in Europe
That terrorist conspiracies could be hatched in Denmark and Germany is not a complete surprise.The Danes have staged three terrorism swoops in three years.Last year two men of Lebanese origin planted suitcase bombs on two trains in Germany;they failed to explode.There have been many reports of young Germans going to Pakistan for training seions.The interior minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, has given warning of high risks.Yet most Germans aumed their country was relatively safe, mainly because(unlike Britain, Denmark and Spain)it did not send troops to Iraq.“Germans don't take the threat as seriously as they should,” said Guido Steinberg, a former adviser to the chancellery on terrorism, days before the arrests.（乌兹别克斯坦）in 2004.They may have been planning to strike on the
Germany's law-enforcement coup may also boost Mr Schäuble's campaign for a law that would allow the authorities to spy on suspected terrorists by secretly inserting “remote forensic software” into their computers.That proposal has sparked an outcry in a country that is especially sensitive to the poibility of abuse by secret police.Since the law has not yet been paed, the authorities could not use such spyware to catch the would-be bombers, Mr Schäuble said.But he added that, since terrorists use “modern communications”, so should the government.
