2012英语专业八级改错模拟题(8)

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  Why does the idea of progress loom so large in themodern world? Surely because progress of particularkind is actually taking place around us and is more andmore manifesting. Although mankind has underg- __1__

  one no general improvement in intelligence or morali-

  ty, it has made extraordinary progress in theaccumulation of

  knowledge. Knowledge begins to increase as __2__

  soon as the thoughts of one individual could be com-

  municated to another by mean of speech. With the in- __3__

  vention of writing, knowledge could be communicated

  and stored. Libraries made education possible, and

  education in turn added libraries: the growth of knowl- __4__

  edge followed a kind of compound-interest law,

  which was greatly enhanced by the invention of print-

  ing. All this was comparatively slow until, with the

  coming of science, the tempo was suddenly risen. __5__

  then knowledge began to be accumulated according to

  a systematic plan. However, as soon as new knowl- __6__

  edge is acquired, it is now turned to practical ac-

  count. What is called “modern civilization” is not the

  result of a balanced development of all man’s nature,

  but not of accumulated knowledge applied to practical __7__

  life. The problem now facing humanity is: what is go-

  ing to be done with all this knowledge? Like is often __8__

  pointed out, knowledge is a two edged weapon which

  could be used equally for good or evil. It is now being __9__

  used indifferently for both. Could any spectacle, for

  instance, be more grimly whimsical than that gunners __10__

  using science to shatter men’s bodies while, close at

  hand, surgeons use it to restore them.

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