题目内容
【题目】D
Something big is happening to the human race， something that could be called the Great Transformation.
The Transformation consists of all the changes that are occurring in human life due to advancing technology. For thousands of years such progress occurred slowly. Now everything is changing so fast that you may find yourself wondering where all this progress is really leading.
Nobody knows what all these changes really will mean in the long run. But this mysterious Transformation is the biggest story of all time. it is the story of the human race itself.
Some people worry about what will happen when the deposits (蕴藏) of petroleum are gone， but already researchers are finding all kinds of new ways to obtain energy. Someday， solar power collected by satellites circling the earth or fission (裂变) power produced by mankind may give us all the energy we need for an expanding civilization. Space exploration promises to open up much new land for human settlement， as well as leading to the harvest of mineral resources.
Like it or not， our advancing technology has made us masters of the earth. We not only control all the other animals， but we are reshaping the world's plant life and even its soil and rocks， its waters and surrounding air.
Technology gives us the power to build a magnificent new civilization， if we can just agree on what we want it to be. But today， there is little global agreement on goals and how we should achieve them.
So it remains to be seen what will happen as a result of our technology. Pessimists (悲观者) worry that we will use the technology eventually to blow ourselves up. But they have been saying that for decades， and so far we have escaped. Whether we will continue to do so remains unknown， but we can continue to hope.
【1】The great Transformation is caused by___________.
A. changes in human life
B. the development of science and technology
C .space exploration
D. unknown reasons
【2】Today it is impossible for people to build a remarkable new civilization because___________.
A. nobody is optimistic about the future
B. human beings are unable to do so
C. people disagree with each other in many ways
D. people are worried too much
【3】 According to the passage， pessimists believe that___________ .
A .the future of the world will remain unknown
B. technological advances will destroy the human race at last
C. technological advances help little in people's life
D. there is no need to develop technology
【答案】【1】B
【2】C
【3】B
【解析】【1】 由第二段第一句可知。
【2】 由文章倒数第二段可知，如果我们能在建立一种什么样的文明方面达成一致的话，技术就会使我们有能力建设一种新的文明，但现在人们并未达成一致意见，说明人们不可能建立一个新的文明。
【3】 由文章最后一段第二句可知。
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