首页
登录
职称英语
To live in the United States today is to gain an appreciation for Dahrendorf
To live in the United States today is to gain an appreciation for Dahrendorf
游客
2025-04-20
27
管理
问题
To live in the United States today is to gain an appreciation for Dahrendorf’s assertion that social change exists everywhere. Technology, the application of knowledge for practical ends, is a major source of social change.
Yet we would do well to remind ourselves that technology is a human creation: it does not exist naturally. A spear or a robot to produce machine parts, neither is much more than a solid mass of matter. For a bird looking for an object on which to rest, a spear or robot serves the purpose equally well. The explosion of the Challenger space shuttle and the Russian nuclear accident at Chernobyl make people see how important the human quality of technology is: they provide cases in which well-planned systems suddenly became completely disordered and there was no ready hand to set them right. Since technology is a human creation, we are responsible for what is done with it. Pessimists worry that we will use our technology eventually to blow our world and ourselves to pieces. But they have been saying this for decades, and so far we have managed to survive and even flourish. Whether we will continue to do so in the years ahead remains uncertain. Clearly, the impact of technology on our lives deserves a closer examination.
Few technological developments have had a greater impact on our lives than the computer revolution. Scientists and engineers have designed specialized machines that can do the tasks that once only people could do. There are those who assert that the switch to an information-based economy is in the same camp as other great historical milestones, particularly the Industrial Revolution. Yet when we ask why the Industrial Revolution was a revolution, we find that it was not the machines. The primary reason why it was a revolution is that it led to great social change. It gave rise to mass production and, through mass production, to a society in which wealth was not confined to the few.
In somewhat similar fashion, computers promise to revolutionize the structure of American life, particularly as they free the human mind and open new possibilities in knowledge and communication. The Industrial Revolution supplemented and replaced the muscles of humans and animals by mechanical methods. The computer emends this development to supplement and replace some aspects of the mind of human beings by electronic methods. It is the capacity of the computer for solving problems and making decisions that represents its greatest, potential and poses the greatest difficulties in predicting the impact on society. [br] The passage is based on the author’s______.
选项
A、keen insight into the nature of technology
B、prejudiced criticism of the role of the Industrial Revolution
C、cautious analysis of the replacement of the human mind by computers
D、exaggerated description of the negative consequences of technology
答案
A
解析
题目问:该文章建立在作者的什么的基础上?根据文章内容可知,作者主要是在向读者介绍科技知识。科技作为理论知识的实际运用,是导致社会变革的一个主要原因。所以,答案是A。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/4045680.html
相关试题推荐
ThementalhealthmovementintheUnitedStatesbeganwithaperiodofconsi
ThementalhealthmovementintheUnitedStatesbeganwithaperiodofconsi
ThementalhealthmovementintheUnitedStatesbeganwithaperiodofconsi
ThebeginningofwhatwastobecometheUnitedStateswascharacterizedbyi
ThebeginningofwhatwastobecometheUnitedStateswascharacterizedbyi
ThebeginningofwhatwastobecometheUnitedStateswascharacterizedbyi
In1784,fiveyearsbeforehebecamepresidentoftheUnitedStates,GeorgeWa
In1784,fiveyearsbeforehebecamepresidentoftheUnitedStates,GeorgeWa
ThestatementsaidthepeopleofSrebrenica______tothepresidentsoftheUnited
TheFourteenthAmendmenttotheUnitedStatesConstitution,ratifiedin1868
随机试题
Aswithahumanbaby,youmustbepatient,______andunderstandingofyourpets
Maybeunemploymentisn’tsobadafterall.Anewstudysaysthathavingade
用水量决定水泥混凝土的流动性,因此必须检测水泥标准稠度用水量。
南京爱德华印刷公司是全国最大的《圣经》印刷厂,目前已印刷各类《圣经》超过(
A. B. C. D.
根据《岩土工程勘察规范》(GB50021-2001)对岩溶地区的二、三级工程基
下列属于服务招标投标活动。()A.工程建设项目施工招标投标B.建设工程的
甘氨酸参与的代谢过程有 A.肌酸的合成B.嘌呤核苷酸的合成 C.嘧啶核苷酸
在以下几种记录类文书中属机关法定公文的是()。A.会议记录 B.纪要 C.接
期货公司的业务按大类划分为()。A.期货经纪业务 B.期货投资咨询业务
最新回复
(
0
)