年职称英语考试试题及答案(理工类B级)(6)

XXXX年职称英语考试试题及答案(理工类B级)(6)

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LookingintotheFutureBertrandRussell,afamousphilosopher,saidin1944,“T heonethingthestudyofthepastteachesusisthatthefutureisneverhowpeopleim agineitwillbe.”In1946,physicistspredictedthatwithintwentyyears,mosto ftheworld’senergywouldbesuppliedbynuclearpower.__________(46)InXXXX, afamoussurgeonsaidthatheandhiscolleagueswereconfidentthat“bytheendof theXXXXs,acureformostifnotallcancerswillhavebeenfound.”InXXXX,anA mer icaneconomistpredictedAmericanswouldgoongettingricherandricher.______ _____(47).IntheyearXXXX,anautomationengineerworkingforMaxFactorCosmet icsinBritainsaidthat“withintwentyortwenty-fiveyearsfactoriesthattoda yemployhundredsofworkerswillneedonlyfiveortencomputertechnicianstorun them.”_____________(48).IntheearlyXXXXs,thereweremanypredictionsthat beforetheendofthecenturymosthomesintheUnitedStates,EuropeandJapanwoul dhavecomputersinthem.___________(49)LongbeforeXXXX,itwaspredictedthat insteadoflettingnatureandluc kchoosetheirchildren’scharacteristics,pe oplewouldhavetodecidewhichcharacteristicstheywantedtheirchildrentoinh eritfromthemandpreviousgenerationsintheirfamilies.____________(50)Wem aybeabletohave“undesirable”characteristicschangedordestroyedthrough genetictherapy.PerhapswemayevenbegintowishthatBertrandRussellwasright whenhesaidthathistoryteachesusthatthefutureisneverlikethatfutureweima gine.A“Bytheendofthecentury,”hesaid,“therewillbenopovertyanywherei nthecountry.”BIfthispredictioncomestrue,wewillbefacedwithamuchg reate rresponsibilitythaneverbefore.CAccordingtothesamepredictions,thiswoul dresultin“aninformationexplosion”aswellas“radicalandrevolutionaryc hangesinthewaywework,learn,anddobusiness.”DWhenthispredictioncametru e,morepeoplewouldbekilledthaneverbefore.ETheywerecertainthatthiswould notonlybe“farcleanerthancoalandotherfossilfuelsbutfarsaferandmuchche aper.”FHeaddedthatthis“willleadtoenormoussocialproblemsforunskilled manualworkersinparticular,whowillbeunabletofindwork.”