首页
登录
职称英语
It is perhaps, no accident that many of the outstanding figures of the past
It is perhaps, no accident that many of the outstanding figures of the past
游客
2025-04-15
33
管理
问题
It is perhaps, no accident that many of the outstanding figures of the past were amazingly versatile men. Right up until comparatively recent times, it was possible for an intelligent person to acquaint himself with almost every branch of knowledge. Thus, a man of genius like Leonardo da Vinci engaged in many careers at once as a matter of course. Da Vinci was so busy with his numerous inventions that he barely found the time to complete his paintings. He came very near to fulfilling the Renaissance ideal of the "universal man" , the man who was proficient at everything. Today, we rarely, if ever, hear that a musician has just invented a new type of submarine.
Knowledge has become divided and sub-divided into countless, narrowly-defined compartments. The specialist is respected; the versatile person, far from being admired, is more often regarded with suspicion. The modern world is a world of highly-skilled "experts" who have had to devote the greater part of their lives to a very limited field of study in order to compete with their fellows. But this has not been achieved without considerable cost. The scientist, who outside his own particular subject is little more than a moron, is a modern phenomenon; as is the man of letters who is barely aware of the tremendous strides that have been made in technology. Similarly, specialization has indirectly affected quite ordinary people in every walk of life. Many activities which were once pursued for their own sakes, are often given up in despair; they require techniques, the experts tell us, which take a life-time to master. Why learn to play the piano, when you can listen to the world’s greatest pianists in your own drawing-room?
Little by little, we are becoming more and more isolated from each other. It is almost impossible to talk to your neighbor about his job, even if he is engaged in roughly the same work as you are. The Royal Society in Britain includes among its members only the most eminent scientists in the country. Yet it is highly disturbing to find that even here, as one of its members put it, at a lecture only 10% of the members can understand 50% of what is being said! [br] The passage implies that______.
选项
A、men of remarkable achievements in the past were accidentally versatile
B、no great man in the past was qualified as universal except da Vinci
C、nowadays versatile men are generally highly regarded
D、nowadays it is nearly impossible for a man to be versatile
答案
D
解析
细节推理题。原文首段尾句中的rarely与选项D中的nearly impossible对应,现在博学精通的人很少。故答案为D。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/4038107.html
相关试题推荐
Amongpicturebooksfor4—8yearsolds,severaloutstandingworksappearedthat
Thegovernmentclaimedthatitwasaccidental,butthehollowand______excuseco
Idon’tknowhowtogetthereeither,perhapswe’dbetter______amap.(复旦大学2011年试
AreweatthebeginningofanotherAgeofExploration?Perhapsevenmoreimp
AreweatthebeginningofanotherAgeofExploration?Perhapsevenmoreimp
AreweatthebeginningofanotherAgeofExploration?Perhapsevenmoreimp
AreweatthebeginningofanotherAgeofExploration?Perhapsevenmoreimp
AreweatthebeginningofanotherAgeofExploration?Perhapsevenmoreimp
AreweatthebeginningofanotherAgeofExploration?Perhapsevenmoreimp
AreweatthebeginningofanotherAgeofExploration?Perhapsevenmoreimp
随机试题
ResolvingConflictinaMulticulturalEnvironmentI.Definitionofculture—Cul
Leaddeposits,whichaccumulatedinsoilandsnowduringthe1960’smid7O’s,
ComparingtheTOEFL,IELTS,andTOEICTestsThreepopular
Toomanyvulnerablechild-freeadultsarebeingruthlessly(无情的)manipulatedi
[originaltext]M:Anewbookexplainswhygirlsfeelthepressuremorethanboys
下列选项中,通过“应收票据”核算的是()。[2019年真题]A.签发银行本票
关于凝胶剂的叙述,错误的是()。A.卡波姆的黏度大小主要由卡波姆的用量所决定
把下面的六个图形分为两类,使每一类图形都有各自的共同特征或规律,分类正确的一项是
和广域网相比,局域网( )。A.有效性好但可靠性差 B.有效性差但可靠性高
下列选项中,属于商业银行风险偏好定性描述方式的是( )。A.维持现有的红利水平
最新回复
(
0
)