Have you ever wondered what our future is like?Practically all people _1_ a desire to predict their future _2_.Most people seem inclined to _3_ this task using causal reasoning.First we _4_ recognize that future circumstances are _5_ caused or conditioned by present ones.We learn that getting an education will _6_ how much money we earn later and that swimming beyond the reef may bring an unhappy _7_ with a shark.Second,people also learn that such _8_ of cause and effect are probabilistic(可能的) in nature.That is,the effects occur more often when the causes occur than when the causes are _9_, but not always.Thus,students learn that studying hard _10_ good grades in most instances,but not every time.Science makes these concepts of causality and probability more _11_ and provides techniques for dealing _12_ then more accurately than does causal human inquiry.In looking at ordinary human inquiry,we need to _13_ between prediction and understanding.Often,even if we don't understand why,we are willing to act _14_ the basis of a demonstrated predictive ability.Whatever the primitive drives _15_ motivate human beings,satisfying them depends heavily on the ability to_16_future circumstances.The attempt to predict is often played in a _17_ of knowledge and understanding.If you can understand why certain regular patterns _18_,you can predict better than if you simply observe those patterns.Thus,human inquiry aims _19_ answering both "what" and "why" question,and we pursue these _20_ by observing and figuring out.

　　1. [A]exhibit [B]exaggerate [C]examine [D]exceed

　　2. [A]contexts [B]circumstances [C]inspections [D]intuitions

　　3.[A]underestimate [B]undermine [C]undertake [D]undergo

　　4. [A]specially [B]particularly [C]always [D]generally

　　5. [A]somehow [B]somebody [C]someone [D]something

　　6. [A]enact [B]affect [C]reflect [D]inflect

　　7. [A]meeting [B]occurrence [C]encounter [D]contact

　　8. [A]patterns [B]designs [C]arrangements[D]pictures

　　9. [A]disappointde [B]absent [C]inadequate [D]absolute

　　10.[A]creates [B]produces [C]loses [D]protects

　　11.[A]obscure [B]indistinct [C]explicit [D]explosive

　　12.[A]for [B]at [C]in [D]with

　　13.[A]distinguish [B]distinct [C]distort [D]distract

　　14.[A]at [B]on [C]to [D]under

　　15.[A]why [B]how [C]that [D]where

　　16.[A]predict [B]produce [C]pretend [D]precede

　　17.[A]content [B]contact [C]contest [D]context

　　18.[A]happen [B]occur [C]occupy [D]incur

　　19.[A]at [B]on [C]to [D]beyond

　　20.[A]purposes [B]ambitions [C]drives [D]goals


　　參考答案及解析:

　　1.A 詞義辨析 exhibit"展出，表現",exaggerate"夸張",exceed"超越，勝過" 原句意為：實際上，人們會對未來的生活懷有(展示出)一定的愿望。

　　2.B 詞義辨析 context"上下文"，circumstance"環境"，inspection"檢查，視察"，intuition"直覺"

　　3.C 詞義辨析 underestimate"低估",undermine"破壞"，undertake"承擔，擔任",undergo"經歷，遭受"。undertake a task為常見搭配，意為"開始進行一項任務"

　　4.D 詞義辨析 選項C、D看似均可，但always顯得有些武斷。

　　5.A 篇章邏輯 somehow"不知何故，以某種方式"

　　6.B 詞義辨析 enact"制定法律，頒布"，inflect"彎曲"

　　7.C 詞義辨析 encounter指沒有事先計劃的、未料到的、短暫的相遇

　　8.A 詞義辨析 pattern模式，式樣;design設計，圖案;第一段中提到過人們習慣用因果關系去推斷，這是一種思考模式。

　　9.B 詞義辨析 absent缺少的，不在的;inadequate不充分的;根據文中意思應選一個與occur意思相反的詞。

　　10.B 詞義辨析 create創造 produce產生，得到。原句意為學生知道努力學習在大多數情況下會得到高的分數。

　　11.C 詞義辨析 obscure朦朧的，模糊的;indistinct不清楚的;explicit外在的，清楚地;explosive爆炸的;原句意為：科學使因果性和可能性的觀念變的更加清楚

　　12.D 短語搭配 deal in經營 eg:He deals in a small shop. deal with處理，安排

　　13.A 詞義辨析 distinguish區別，辨別;distinct清楚地，明顯的;distort扭曲，歪曲;distract轉移。distinguish between為常用搭配，意為"區別...和..."

　　14.B 短語搭配 on the basis of以...為基礎

　　15.C 語法結構 drive在此為名詞，意為“動力”，空格后部分是對drive進行修飾，故選關系代詞that引導定語從句。

　　16.A 詞義辨析 predict預言;pretend假裝;precede在...之前

　　17.D 詞義辨析 content內容;contact接觸;contest爭論，競賽;context上下in the context of意為"在...情況下"

　　18.B 詞義辨析 occur發生，出現;occupy占用，占領;incur招致

　　19.A 短語搭配 aim at瞄準，針對

　　20.D 詞義辨析 purpose目的，以圖;ambition野心;drive推動力;goal目的，目標

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