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[简答题]S3. Because of modern technology like the satellite that travel around the world, information travels fast.
[单项选择]Technology does not inflate like a balloon, expanding human power over nature evenly in all directions and at all scales. It grows like a sea urchin: long spines of ability radiate out towards specific needs and desires. Some of those spines now reach dizzying distances, allowing what would once have been impossible tasks; coaxing kilowatt hours by the million from the inner workings of atoms, or driving tiny oil pipes miles through the crust of the Earth. But the spines are brittle, and they stand alone. When one breaks—as happened on board the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico a year ago, or at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in Japan last month—there is no ameliorative technology on a par with that which has failed. Instead there is floundering; there is improvisation; and there is vast damage. What was a continuous, miraculous conduit from the depths of the Earth or the heart of the atom becomes a noxious, tangled and inaccessible mess about which, for months, nothin
A. Technology brings people whatever they need and desire.
B. The author made a distinction between central and peripheral technology.
C. Technology has now extended to where needs and desires are beyond control.
D. The author warns people of the danger brought about by technology.
[填空题] Simon:
I work not because I like it but that I have to, so I often count the minutes until stopping work or holidays. However, my sister is totally different. She enjoys her work so much that she often spends extra time on her job even take work home with her. I think she is so crazy about work just as some people are about drugs or alcohol. I could hardly understand it.
Matthew:
Work is a core element of our lives. It gives us a sense of identity in the larger world outside the personal circle of family and friends. However, there are some people for whom work occupies an even more central place in their lives. Workaholics are a stereotype of modem life, and they are both praised and criticized. On the one hand, it may be the accepted way of earning promotion. On the other hand, workaholics are often viewed as neglecting aspects of life such as family and leisure that are important for maintaining a healthy equilibrium.
Andrew:
[单项选择]A. Because I like you.
B. Because I’m not angry with you.
C. Because it’s a bad idea.
