育明考博,专注考博英语,开设考博英语长期班,阶段班,一对一班,周末班,专项班,模考班,一对一班,押题班等各类班型,同时开设考博英语北大班,清华班,人大班,社科院班,中科院班,医学班,北航班等各个学校班,同时育明考博针对北京的各个高校的绝大多数专业进行专业课的一对一辅导。育明考博,只用成绩说话。

对外经济贸易大学考博英语阅读理解习题（6）

Forme,scientificknowledgeisdividedintomathematicalsciences,naturalsciencesorsciencesdealingwiththenaturalworld(physicalandbiologicalsciences),andsciencesdealingwithmankind(psychology,sociology,allthesciencesofculturalachievements,everykindofhistoricalknowledge).Apartfromthesesciencesisphilosophy,aboutwhichwewilltalklater.Inthefirstplace,allthisispureortheoreticalknowledgethatisintrinsicandconsubstautialtoman.Whatdistinguishesmanfromanimalisthatheknowsandneedstoknow.Ifmandidnotknowthattheworldexisted,andthattheworldwasofacertainkind,thathewasintheworldandthathehimselfwasofacertainkind,hewouldn'tbeaman.Thetechnicalaspectsorapplicationsofknowledgeareequallynecessaryformanandareofthegreatestimportance,becausetheyalsocontributetodefininghimasmanandpermithimtopursuealifeincreasinglymoretrulyhuman.

Butevenwhileenjoyingtheresultsoftechnicalprogress,hemustdefendtheprimacyandautonomyofpureknowledge.Knowledgesoughtdirectlyforitspracticalapplicationswillhaveimmediateandforeseeablesuccess,butnotthekindofimportantresultwhoserevolutionaryscopeisinlargepartunforeseen,exceptbytheimaginationoftheUtopians.LetmerecallaweN-knownexample.IftheGreekmathematicianshadnotappliedthemselvestotheinvestigationofconicsectionszealouslyandwithouttheleastsuspicionthatitmightsomedaybeuseful,itwouldnothavebeenpossiblecenturieslatertonavigatefarfromshore.Thefirstmentostudythenatureofelectricitycouldnotimaginethattheirexperiments,carriedonbecauseofmereintellectualcuriosity,wouldeventuallyleadtomodernelectricaltechnology,withoutwhichwecanscarcelyconceiveofcontemporarylife.Pureknowledgeisvaluableforitsownsake,be-causethehumanspiritcannotresignitselftoignorance.But,inaddition,thefoundationforpracticalresultswouldnothavebeenreachedifthisknowledgehadnotbeensoughtdisinterestedly.

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31.Themostimportantadvancesmadebymankindcomefrom__.

A)technicalapplications

B)apparentlyuselessinformation

C)thenaturalsciences

D)philosophy

32.Theword"Utopians"inthe2ndsentenceinparagraph2isclosestinmeaningto__.

A)idealists

B)Greekmathematicians

C)scientists

D)truehuman

33.Intheparagraphthefollowsthispassage,wemayexpecttheauthortodiscuss__.

A)thevalueoftechnicalresearch