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[单项选择]A more sober look at the future comes from Michio Kaku, who teaches theoretical physics at the City College of New York, Setting out to chart the direction technological progress will take in the 21st century, Mr Kaku is aware that history is replete with unfulfilled prophecies. To avoid his joining their ranks, he adopts a cautious three-pronged strategy.
First, he rejects any ideas that are at odds with what is currently understood about the fundamental laws of physics. No teleportation, wormholes or flitting between dimensions, then, at least until 2100, when Mr Kaku’s story ends.
Second, he dismisses innovations which, though possible in theory, go against the grain of human nature. Psychologically, man has changed precious little from the savannah—roaming brute of 100,000 years ago and is unlikely to do so in the next century. One example is humans’ preference for the palpable. This would explain why, say, the oft-prophesied paperless office never came to pass.
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A. Kaku teaches theoretical physics at the City College of New York.
B. Kaku foretells what will happen to technology in the 21st century.
C. Kaku thinks prophecies in history can never be fulfilled in the future.
D. Kaku adopts his three-pronged strategy in a prudent manner.
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After one migration (迁移) the next comes more easily. New arrivals in America usually want to settle down and work as quickly as they can, but they may well move again sooner or later. American life has always had its element of change, of movement, some say of restlessness, and this is still so now. In some states only one house in five has people living in it who have been there for more than five years.
In this story of constant movement we think at first of the early pioneers journeying westwards, taking a step further the adventure that had brought them or their parents across the Atlantic. Now there is movement, short or long, in every direction. Some leave their homes because changing economic conditions have put them out of work; others (more commonly now) go to better jobs, or move because they have been promoted.
Even now some go without security and full of anxiety; but others, more fortunate, can move in comfort, with a good job and a new home ready for
A. American Life
B. A People on the Move
C. Constant Movement of the Pioneers
D. Movement for Better Fortune
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As more and more material from other cultures became
available, European scholars came to recognize even greater complexity in
mythological traditions. Especially valuable was the evidence provided by
ancient Indian and Iranian texts such as the Bhagavad-Gita and the Zend-A-vesta.
From these sources it became apparent that the character of myths varied widely,
not only by geographical region but also by historical period.
66. ______.
He argued that the relatively simple Greek
myth of Persephone reflects the concerns of a basic agricultural community,
whereas the more involved and complex myths found later in Homer are the product
of a more developed society.
Scholars also attempted to tie
various myths of the world together in some way. From the late 18th century
through the early 19th century, the comparative study of languages had led to
the reconstruction of a hypothetical parent language to account for striking
similarities
