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Mrs Brown always takes things _________ too seriously, which makes the people around her uneasy.
A．rather
B．quite
C．fairly
D．more
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Mrs Brown always takes things _________ too seriously, which makes the people around her uneasy.
A. rather B. quite C. fairly D. more
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"We must learn not to take traditional morals （道德）too seriously." So said the biologist J. B. S. Haldane in a 1923 talk on science and the future. Haldane forecasted that scientific progress would destroy every belief and value. The future would be bright only "if mankind can adjust its morality to its powers". Haldane had a point: our powers have led to challenges that have never existed before. Climate change is a threat unlike any we have ever seen. Our machines might become smarter than us. Genetic engineering（基因工程）could change humanity forever.
In the face of such challenges, our evolved moral sense often proves not enough. Part of the problem is scale （规模）.The anthropologist Robin Dunbar says we can keep no more than about 150 meaningful relationships at once. But today, all 7 billion of us are connected—if not in meaningful relationships, not in meaningless ones, either. “Society" is now too big a concept for our brains to analyze.
One result is conflicting demands that are hard to solve. The bad situation of our fellow humans makes us use every possible way to deal with climate change. But that could hurt our own way of life. And then there's the urge to just forget all that pressure and get on a plane to somewhere sunny. Given this cognitive（认知的）overload, our original emotional responses tend to win out. We do what feels right. But such responses don't necessarily produce the best results. So how can we make sure we do what really is right?
It's a hard nut, but never fear: moral philosophers are on the case. Some, such as those based at the Centre for Effective Altruism in Oxford, UK, aim to maximize the good we can do by quantifying the results of our actions. Many of their suggestions have raised eyebrows: that it may be better to become a generous banker than work for a charity, for example.
Others suggest modifying our moral brains directly, through drugs. The difficulties with this idea are obvious: who decides what makes improvement? Given the practical difficulties of large-scale morality hacking （入侵），we should perhaps stick to education. We are not simply prisoners of our emotions: we can reason our way to workable solutions. Science alone will not get us there. So no, we shouldn't take traditional morality too seriously where it fails to address modem problems.
1.J. B. S. Haldane forecasted that scientific development would ______.
A.lead to the corruption of public morals
B.present a challenge to traditional morals
C.bring disasters and fears to human beings
D.affect human beings powers of adjustment
2.We can learn from Paragraph 2 that ______.
A.collective wisdom is a good solution to modem challenges
B.Robin Dunbar thinks it is hard to build up meaningful relationships
C.our evolved moral sense is too limited to solve the problems of modem society
D.the large scale of social connections makes our relationships less meaningful
3.What is implied in the last paragraph?
A.Most people put the blame for modem problems on science.
B.Science can help with the modification of our moral brains.
C.The combination of reason and humanity can make more effective morality.
D.Human beings have a long way to go before they can overcome modem problems."
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(2013·潍坊高考模拟)Air pollution is getting more and more serious，so we must take action________it is too late.
A．before B．after
C．until D．when
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Air pollution is getting more and more serious, so we must take action ________ it is too late.
A．before B．after C．until D．when
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Air pollution is getting more and more serious, so we must take action ________ it is too late.
A．before B．after
C．until D．when
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Don’t take his remarks too seriously. He was so sad that I don’t think he really _________ what he was saying.
A. knew B. knows C. was knowing D. had known
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The year of 2014 saw smart people always busy inventing useful things，which have helped to
make the world better，smarter and a little more fun. Now，let's take a look at some of the inventions.
Super banana
Australian biogeneticist（生物遗传学家）James Dale
visited Uganda，a poor African country，in the early 2000s，
where he found that 15％-30% of children under 5 were at
the risk of going blind because they didn't get enough vitamin
A. Dale also learned that people there love bananas. They
eat 3 to 11 bananas a day. So hecame up with an idea to
plant bananas containing added nutrition in order to improve
Ugandans' health ．With the help of Bill Gates' foundation，Dale developed the“super banana，’·He added a gene to the fruit，making it rich in vitamin A.
1.Which of the following statements would James Dale agree with?
A. Children in Uganda should eat fewer bananas.
B. Vitamin A is largely found in fruits like bananas.
C ．Super bananas are definitely a safe biological product.
D. People's eating habits can be used to develop new food.
2.What is the biggest advantage of the 94Fifty Basketball?
A. The sensors hidden inside can help players run faster in a game.
B. It can help players to improve their shooting and ball-handling skills.
C. It allows players to connect to their smartphones while playing basketball.
D. The Bluetooth chip inside allows its users to listen to music while playing basketball.
3.What can we learn about the hovercraft from the text?
A. It enables its users to float off the ground freely.
B. It can work on many different kinds of surfaces.
C. It still needs to improve its power and efficiency.
D. It is an affordable means of transport for a family.
4.What do the hovercraft and wireless electricity have in common according to the text?
A. They create magnetic fields to produce power.
B. They apply technologies to many things in life.
C. They are technologies which can produce electricity.
D. They use wireless technology to improve their products.
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The year of 2014 saw smart people always busy inventing useful things，which have helped tomake the world better，smarter and a little more fun. Now，let's take a look at some of theinventions.
Super bananaAustralian biogeneticist（生物遗传学家）James Dalevisited Uganda，a poor African country，in the early 2000s，where he found that 15％-30% of children under 5 were at the risk of going blind because they didn't get enough vitamin A. Dale also learned that people there love bananas. They eat 3 to 11 bananas a day. So hecame up with an idea to plant bananas containing added nutrition in order to improve Ugandans' health ．With the help of Bill Gates' foundation，Dale developed the“super banana，’·He added a gene to the fruit，making it rich in vitamin A.
1.Which of the following statements would James Dale agree with?
A. Children in Uganda should eat fewer bananas.
B. Vitamin A is largely found in fruits like bananas.
C ．Super bananas are definitely a safe biological product.
D. People's eating habits can be used to develop new food.
2.What is the biggest advantage of the 94Fifty Basketball?
A. The sensors hidden inside can help players run faster in a game.
B. It can help players to improve their shooting and ball-handling skills.
C. It allows players to connect to their smartphones while playing basketball.
D. The Bluetooth chip inside allows its users to listen to music while playing basketball.
3.What can we learn about the hovercraft from the text?
A. It enables its users to float off the ground freely.
B. It can work on many different kinds of surfaces.
C. It still needs to improve its power and efficiency.
D. It is an affordable means of transport for a family.
4.What do the hovercraft and wireless electricity have in common according to the text?
A. They create magnetic fields to produce power.
B. They apply technologies to many things in life.
C. They are technologies which can produce electricity.
D. They use wireless technology to improve their products.
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Many people take it for granted that black is a color of bad things while white should always mean something good．This may be because, in their opinion, black is related to darkness and white to purity．However, that is not always the case．Did you know that the same one color may mean something differently in different places of the world?
In the English-speaking world, black is the color of mourning—people wear black at the funeral．Red is concerned with danger or bloodshed（伤亡）．Yellow is the word for fear．If you are afraid, you are yellow．Yet none of these sayings is true outside the English-speaking world．In China and Korea white is the color of mourning．In Russia, China and some other countries, red stands for beauty, life and excellence．In Italy and Germany, you are yellow with anger, not with fear．
Even within the English-speaking area, it is not difficult to find color contradictions（矛盾）．A redcap in the United States is a porter in a railway station．In Britain, however, a redcap is a military policeman．Both names are logical, because both men wear red caps．Similarly, the British term for an American white-collar worker is sometimes called a black-coated worker．
One does not have to cross an area to find color differences．Would you rather be red-blooded or a blue-blooded? If we go back to the origin, we find that both terms are logical as both names suggest．The expression “blueblood” comes from Spain, where some noble families proudly told the world that they had “blue blood”．Actually they meant that they had no Moorish or Jewish blood．But then why “blue” blood? Because they were fair-skinned, and it is only natural that their blood vessels （血管）stood out appearing blue．
1.Yellow is concerned with anger in ________________．
A．India B．Britain C．China D．Italy
2.Both Britain and America would probably agree that ________________．
A．a redcap is a porter in a station
B．black is the color of mourning
C．red stands for beauty and excellence
D．a black-coated worker is employed in an office
3.In Britain , a redcap is a
A．porter B．nobleman
C．clerk D．military policeman
4.The best title for this reading selection is ________________．
A．The Origin of Blue Blood
B．Colors that Carry Bad Meanings
C．The Meaning Concerned with Certain Colors
D．The Development of the Symbolic Use of Colors
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