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1.《大纲》要求
2.形式
5篇文章,各500字左右,后附4小题,共20小题,40分
PartII文章体裁
1.结论说明型
Passage1
Sciencehaslonghadanuneasyrelationshipwithotheraspectsofculture.ThinkofGalileo’s17th-centurytrialforhisrebellingbeliefbeforetheCatholicChurchorpoetWilliamBlake'
sharshremarksagainstthemechanisticworldviewofIsaacNewton.Theschismbetweenscienceandthehumanitieshas,ifanything,deepenedinthiscentury.
Untilrecently,thescientificcommunitywassopowerfulthatitcouldaffordtoignoreitscritics-butnolonger.Asfundingforsciencehasdeclined,scientistshaveattacked"
anti-science"
inseveralbooks,notablyhighersuperstition,byPaulR.Gross,abiologistattheUniversityofVirginia,andNormanLeavitt,amathematicianatRutgersUniversity;
andThedemon-Hauntedworld,byCarlSaganofCornellUniversity.
Defendersofsciencehavealsovoicedtheirconcernsatmeetingsuchas"
TheFlightfromScienceandReason,"
heldinNewYorkCityin1995,and"
ScienceintheAgeof(Mis)information,"
whichassembledlastJunenearbuffalo.
Anti-scienceclearlymeansdifferentthingstodifferentpeople.GrossandLeavittfindfaultprimarilywithsociologists,philosophersandotheracademicswhohavequestionedscience'
sobjectivity.Saganismoreconcernedwiththosewhobelieveinghosts,creationismandotherphenomenathatcontradictthescientificworldview.
Asurveyofnewsstoriesin1996revealsthattheanti-sciencetaghasbeenattachedtomanyothergroupsaswell,fromauthoritieswhoadvocatedtheeliminationofthelastremainingstocksofsmallpoxvirustoRepublicanswhoadvocateddecreasedfundingforbasicresearch.
FewwoulddisputethatthetermappliestotheUnabomber,whosemanifesto,publishedin1995,scornsscienceandlongsforreturntoapre-technologicalutopia.Butsurelythatdoesnotmeanenvironmentalistsconcernedaboutuncontrolledindustrialgrowthareanti-science,asanessayinUSNews&
WorldReportlastMayseemedtosuggest.
Theenvironmentalists,inevitably,respondtosuchcritics.Thetrueenemiesofscience,arguesPaulErichofStanfordUniversity,apioneerofenvironmentalstudies,arethosewhoquestiontheevidencesupportingglobalwarming,thedepletionoftheozonelayerandotherconsequencesofindustrialgrowth.
Indeed,someobserversfearthattheanti-scienceepithetisindangerofbecomingmeaningless."
Theterm'
anti-science'
canlumptogethertoomany,quitedifferentthings,"
notesHarvardUniversityphilosopherGoralsHoltoninhis1993workScienceandAnti-Science."
Theyhaveincommononlyonethingthattendtoannoyorthreatenthosewhoregardthemselvesasmoreenlightened."
2.新老观点型
Passage2
FewpeoplewoulddefendtheVictorianattitudetochildrenbutifyouwereaparentinthosedays,atleastyouknewwhereyoustood;
childrenweretobeseenandnotheard.Freudandcompanydidawaywithallthatandparentshavebeenbewilderedeversince.Thechild'
shappinessisall-important,thepsychologistssay,butwhatabouttheparents'
happiness?
Parentssufferconstantlyfromfearandguiltwhiletheirchildrengailyrompaboutpullingtheplaceapart.Agoodold-fashionedspankingisoutofthequestion:
nomodernchild-rearingmanualwouldpermitsuchbarbarity.Thetroubleisyouarenotallowedeventoshout.Whoknowswhatdeeppsychologicalwoundsyoumightinflict.Thepoorchildmayneverrecoverfromthedreadfultraumaticexperience.Soitisthatparentsbendoverbackwardstoavoidgivingtheirchildrencomplexwhichahundredyearsagohadn'
tevenbeenheardof.Certainlyachildneedslove,andalotofit.Buttheexcessivepermissivenessofmodernparentsissurelydoingmoreharmthangood.Psychologistshavesucceededinunderminingparents'
confidenceintheirownauthority.Andithasn'
ttakenchildrenlongtogetwindofthefact.Inadditiontothegreatmodernclassicsonchildcare,therearecountlessarticlesinmagazinesandnewspapers.Withsomuchunsolicitedadviceflyingabout,mumanddadjustdon'
tknowwhattodoanymore.Intheend,theydonothingatall.So,fromearlychildhood,thekidsareinchargeandparents'
livesareregulatedaccordingtotheneedsoftheiroffspring.Whenthelittledearsdevelopintoteenagers,theytakecompletecontrol.Laxauthorityovertheyearsmakesadolescentrebellionagainstparentsallthemoreviolent.Iftheyoungpeoplearegoingtohaveaparty,forinstance,parentsareaskedtoleavethehouse.Theirpresencemerelyspoilsthefun.Whatelsecanthepoorparentsdobutobey?
Childrenarehardycreatures(farhardierthatthepsychologistswouldhaveusbelieve)andmostofthemsurvivetheharmfulinfluenceofextremepermissivenesswhichisthenormalconditioninthemodernhousehold.Butagreatmanydonot.Thespreadofjuveniledelinquencyinou