The author thinks the reason why custom has been ignored in the academic world is that ________.

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• 1The passage is based on the author’s ________.

  A.keen insight into the nature of technology

  B.prejudiced criticism of the role of the industrial Revolution

  C.cautious analysis of the replacement of the human mind by computers

  D.exaggerated description of the negative consequences of technology

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• 2By using the phrase “the human quality of technology”, the author refers to, the fact that technology ________.

  A.has a great impact on human life

  B.has some characteristics of human nature

  C.can replace some aspects of the human mind

  D.does not exist in the natural world

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• 3According to the author, the introduction of the computer is a revolution mainly because ________.

  A.the computer has revolutionized the workings of the human mind

  B.the computer can do the tasks that could only be done by people before

  C.it has helped to switch to an information technology

  D.it has a great potential impact on society

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• 4The examples of the Challenger and Chernobyl cited by the author serve to show that ________.

  A.if not given close examination, technology could be used to destroy our world

  B.technology is a human creation, so we are responsible for it

  C.technology usually goes wrong, if not controlled by man

  D.being a human creation, technology is liable to error

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• 5A spear or a robot has the quality of technology only when it ________.

  A.is used both as a cultural and a physical object

  B.serves different purposes equally well

  C.is utilized by man

  D.can be of use to both man and animal

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• 6Which of the following is true according to John Dewey、

  A.An individual can exercise very little influence on the cultural tradition into which he is born.

  B.Custom is the direct result of the philosophical probing of a group of people.

  C.An individual is strongly influenced by the cultural tradition even before he is born.

  D.Custom represents the collective wisdom which benefits the individual.

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• 7The world “custom” in this passage most probably means ________.

  A.the concept of the true and the false of a society

  B.the independently developed social orders

  C.the adjustment of the individual to the new social environment

  D.the patterns and standards of behavior of a community

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• 8According to the passage a person’s life, from his birth to his death, ________.

  A.is constantly shaping the cultural traditions of his people

  B.is predominated by traditional custom

  C.is continually influenced by the habits of other communities

  D.is chiefly influenced by the people around him

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• 9The author’s pump in writing this passage is ________.

  A.to urge individuals to follow traditional customs

  B.to stress the strong influence of customs on an individual

  C.to examine the interaction of man and axial customs

  D.to show man’s adjustment to traditional customs

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• 10It has been estimated that the earth’s surface temperature has increased ________ one quarter to three quarters of a degree since 1805.

  A.to

  B.be

  C.at

  D.with

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