Passage 6
　　For me, scientific knowledge is divided into mathematical sciences, natural sciences or sciences dealing with the natural world (physical and biological sciences), and sciences dealing with mankind (psychology, sociology, all the sciences of cultural achievements, every kind of historical knowledge). Apart from these sciences is philosophy, about which we will talk later. In the first place, all this is pure or theoretical knowledge that is intrinsic and consubstautial to man. What distinguishes man from animal is that he knows and needs to know. If man did not know that the world existed, and that the world was of a certain kind, that he was in the world and that he himself was of a certain kind, he wouldn't be a man. The technical aspects or applications of knowledge are equally necessary for man and are of the greatest importance, because they also contribute to defining him as man and permit him to pursue a life increasingly more truly human.

　　But even while enjoying the results of technical progress, he must defend the primacy and autonomy of pure knowledge. Knowledge sought directly for its practical applications will have immediate and foreseeable success, but not the kind of important result whose revolutionary scope is in large part unforeseen, except by the imagination of the Utopians. Let me recall a we N-known example. If the Greek mathematicians had not applied themselves to the investigation of conic sections zealously and without the least suspicion that it might someday be useful, it would not have been possible centuries later to navigate far from shore. The first men to study the nature of electricity could not imagine that their experiments, carried on because of mere intellectual curiosity, would eventually lead to modern electrical technology, without which we can scarcely conceive of contemporary life. Pure knowledge is valuable for its own sake, be-cause the human spirit cannot resign itself to ignorance. But, in addition, the foundation for practical results would not have been reached if this knowledge had not been sought disinterestedly.

　　31. The most important advances made by mankind come from __.

　　A) technical applications

　　B) apparently useless information

　　C) the natural sciences

　　D) philosophy

　　32. The word "Utopians" in the 2nd sentence in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to __.

　　A) idealists

　　B) Greek mathematicians

　　C) scientists

　　D) true human

　　33. In the paragraph the follows this passage, we may expect the author to discuss __.

　　A) the value of technical research.

　　B) the value of pure research

　　C) philosophy

　　D) unforeseen discoveries

　　34. The word "resign" in the 6th sentence in the 2nd paragraph is closest in meaning to

　　A) dismiss

　　B) quit

　　C) remark

　　D) submit

　　35. The title that best expresses the ideas of this passage is __.

　　A) "Technical Progress"

　　B) "A Little Learning is a Dangerous Thing"

　　C) "Man's Distinguishing Characteristics"

　　D) "The Function of Theoretical Knowledge as Compared to Its Practical Applications"

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　　Passage 6

　　文章大意：

　　全文講述了理論知識的重要作用，說明理論知識的研究是人類理解世界的需求，同時也是實際應(yīng)用的基礎(chǔ)。科學(xué)知識就是純理論知識，尋求的目的只是為了理解，為了滿足人類本身固有的對未知的理解的渴求。這也正是人類和動物的區(qū)別，而知識的應(yīng)用也同樣重要，它也可以區(qū)分人和動物。第二段說明了純科學(xué)對應(yīng)用科學(xué)的作 用。我們現(xiàn)在享受應(yīng)用科學(xué)的成果，但不能忘了純科學(xué)的基礎(chǔ)作用和獨立性。

　　答案解析：

　　[31)B第二段中的兩個例子說明人類在進行科學(xué)探索時很多重大進步都來自表面上認為無用的信息。

　　[32]A第二段第二句說明應(yīng)用科學(xué)會產(chǎn)生立竿見影、可預(yù)見的效果，但這種成功與純科學(xué)不同，除非是烏托邦式的幻想，而幻想與理想接近，故選A。

　　[33]C第一段第二句說明作者打算把哲學(xué)放在后面的章節(jié)中講述。

　　[34]D倒數(shù)第二句說明科學(xué)研究本身就是有價值的工作，因為人類精神不愿向無知屈服或停留在無知狀態(tài)。

　　[35]D第二段最后兩句點明主旨。