2014年职称英语考试《理工类C级》模拟题四
2013-12-18来源:和谐英语
第2部分：阅读判断(第16—22题，每题1分，共7分)下面的短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断：如果该句提供的是正确信息，请选择A；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请选择B；如果该句的信息文中没有提及，请选择C。
16、回答16-23题
Scotland: A Land of Wisdom
In the 1740s, the famous French philosopher Voltaire said "We look to Scotland for all ourideas of civilization. " That's not a bad advertisement for any country when it comes toattracting people to search for a first-class education.
According to the American author Arthur Herman, the Scots invented the modern worlditself. He argues that Scottish thinkers .and intellectuals worked out many of the most importantideas on which modern life depend -- everything from the scientific method to marketeconomics. Their ideas did not just spread among intellectuals, but to those people in business,government and the sciences who actually shaped the Western world.
It all started during the period that historians call the Scottish Enlightenment (启蒙运动),which is usually seen as taking place between the years 1740 and 1800, Before that, philosophywas mainly concerned with religion. For the thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment, the properstudy of humanity was mankind itself.
Their reasoning was practical. For the philosopher David Hume, humanity was the rightsubject for philosophy because we can examine human behavior and so find real evidence of howpeople think and feel. And from that we can make judgments about the societies we live in andmake concrete suggestions about how they can be improved, for universal benefit.
Hume' s enquiry into the nature of knowledge laid the foundations for the scientific method ——the pursuit of truth through experiment. His friend and fellow resident of Edinburgh, AdamSmith, famously applied the study of mankind to the ways in which mankind does business.Trade, he argued, was a form of information. In pursuing our own interests through trading inmarkets, we all come to benefit each other.
Smith's idea has dominated modern views of economics. It also has wide applications. Hewas one of the philosophers to point out that nations can become rich, free and powerful throughpeace, trade and invention.
Although the Scottish Enlightenment ended a long time ago, the ideas which evolved at thattime still underpin (构成……的基础 ) our theories of human exchange and enquiry. It als0exists in Scotland itself in an educational tradition that combines academic excellence withorientation ( 方向).
Scotland is the right place to receive a first-class education.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Not mentioned
17、According to Arthur Herman, the Scots developed many important ideas which modern life depends on.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Not mentioned
18、Philosophers had come to know the importance of studying humanity even before the Scottish Enlightenment took place.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Not mentioned
19、David Hume was the first philosopher to study mankind.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Not mentioned
20、Smith's idea has extensive applications,
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Not mentioned
21、Our current theories of human exchange and enquiry have nothing to do with the ideas developed during the Scottish Enlightenment.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Not mentioned
22、Smith died in 1800.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Not mentioned
16、回答16-23题
Scotland: A Land of Wisdom
In the 1740s, the famous French philosopher Voltaire said "We look to Scotland for all ourideas of civilization. " That's not a bad advertisement for any country when it comes toattracting people to search for a first-class education.
According to the American author Arthur Herman, the Scots invented the modern worlditself. He argues that Scottish thinkers .and intellectuals worked out many of the most importantideas on which modern life depend -- everything from the scientific method to marketeconomics. Their ideas did not just spread among intellectuals, but to those people in business,government and the sciences who actually shaped the Western world.
It all started during the period that historians call the Scottish Enlightenment (启蒙运动),which is usually seen as taking place between the years 1740 and 1800, Before that, philosophywas mainly concerned with religion. For the thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment, the properstudy of humanity was mankind itself.
Their reasoning was practical. For the philosopher David Hume, humanity was the rightsubject for philosophy because we can examine human behavior and so find real evidence of howpeople think and feel. And from that we can make judgments about the societies we live in andmake concrete suggestions about how they can be improved, for universal benefit.
Hume' s enquiry into the nature of knowledge laid the foundations for the scientific method ——the pursuit of truth through experiment. His friend and fellow resident of Edinburgh, AdamSmith, famously applied the study of mankind to the ways in which mankind does business.Trade, he argued, was a form of information. In pursuing our own interests through trading inmarkets, we all come to benefit each other.
Smith's idea has dominated modern views of economics. It also has wide applications. Hewas one of the philosophers to point out that nations can become rich, free and powerful throughpeace, trade and invention.
Although the Scottish Enlightenment ended a long time ago, the ideas which evolved at thattime still underpin (构成……的基础 ) our theories of human exchange and enquiry. It als0exists in Scotland itself in an educational tradition that combines academic excellence withorientation ( 方向).
Scotland is the right place to receive a first-class education.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Not mentioned
17、According to Arthur Herman, the Scots developed many important ideas which modern life depends on.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Not mentioned
18、Philosophers had come to know the importance of studying humanity even before the Scottish Enlightenment took place.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Not mentioned
19、David Hume was the first philosopher to study mankind.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Not mentioned
20、Smith's idea has extensive applications,
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Not mentioned
21、Our current theories of human exchange and enquiry have nothing to do with the ideas developed during the Scottish Enlightenment.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Not mentioned
22、Smith died in 1800.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Not mentioned
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