【正文】 of perception 23. What field can our descendants know？ [A] The origin of human beings [B] Some questions that perplex us today. [C] Many philosophical problems which Marx and Engels wrote rather little. [D] The future. 24. How many kinds of ideas are there about the future？ [A] Two [B] Three [C] Four [D] Five 25. What are the functions of studying philosophies mentioned in the passage？ [A] The study of philosophies would make our own idea flexible. [B] The study of philosophies would help prepare us for the future and guide our actions. [C] The study of philosophies would enable us to understand how things develop as to better tackle the future. [D] All of the above. Text 2 This line of inquiry did not begin until earlier this month— more than three months after the accident— because there were “too many emotions ， too many egos， ” said retired Adm. Harold Gehman， chairman of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. [an error occurred while processing this directive] Testifying before the Senate Commerce Committee， Gehman said this part of his inquiry was in its earliest stages， starting just 10 days ago. But Gehman said he already has concluded it is “inconceivable” that NASA would have been unable or unwilling to attempt a rescue for astronauts in orbit if senior shuttle managers and administrators had known there was fatal damage to Columbia39。s senior shuttle managers and administrators to reject offers of satellite images of possible damage to Columbia39。s Comments on Columbia Accident [B] An Inquiry into Columbia Accident [C] Shedding Light on Shuttle39。s true that just about every cell in the body has the instructions to make a plete human， most of those instructions are inactivated， and with good reason： the last thing you want for your brain cells is to start churning out stomach acid or your nose to turn into a kidney. The only time cells truly have the potential to turn into any and all body parts is very early in a pregnancy， when so called stem cells haven39。s life. She is grateful to the friends she has met， places she has traveled to and the opportunity to get a glimpse into the entertainment world of film， television and performing. Nancy recalls the time she met her inspiration. She39。s currency lost half its value last year， many Korean executives believe— mistakenly— that foreign buyers will find their wares attractive in spite of their debts， analysts says. [B] Despite such aversion to foreign ownership， some deals are going through. Directors of Bank of Asia are believed to have approved the sale of a stake in their midsize bank to Dutch bank ABN Amro. For the Bank of Thailand， the central bank， the ABN Amro deal will send a much needed signal that the country is weling foreign capital. [C] “The attitude of Koreans is that only foreigners will pay the price they are as king， ” says Daniel Harwood of ABN Amro Asia in Seoul. But foreigners are looking at these business and saying “ How can I make a profit， ” not “Oh ， it39。 Clark Martirial Handling. Earlier， the chemical giant Hanwha group sold two affiliates to its Japanese and German partners. Despite the slow start， no one doubts that the bargains at Korea Inc. are for real. [G] Thai businesses39。t demonstrate that you can do the work the hiring manager needs done. （ 42） Don39。t do this stuff overnight ， ” says a senior official at a large Western bank in Seoul. [F] Still， the number of deals is growing by the day. On February 19， Samsung Heavy Industries simultaneously sold its excavator division to Sweden39。t any.” Chinese people ， said Peng， are far more content to think that both sides have flaws and virtues， because they have a holistic awareness that life is full of contradictions. They do far less blaming of the individual than do Americans， he added. In studies of interpersonal argument， for example， when subjects were asked to deal with contradictory information stemming from conflict between a mother and a daughter or a student and a school， Peng found that Americans were “nonpromising， blaming one side— usually the mother— for the causes of the problems， demanding changes from one side to attain a solution and offering no promise” in dealing with the conflict. 43） In tests of scientific thinking， however， the Chinese came up short. Asked to determine which statement was true— whether， for instance， smoking makes people gain or lose weight— Chinese respondents took the middle road， even when they believed one statement to be less true than another. 44） He believes that this tendency to find the middle way has hampered Chinese efforts to seek out scientific truth through aggressive argumentation， the classic Western method for fing a linear path through contradictory information， which results in identifying right and wrong answers. Dialectical thinking also has a Western version， which Americans often consider the highest， most sophisticated form of reasoning， said Peng. This type of reasoning allows people to proceed from thesis to antithesis， to synthesis. 45） ［ A］ In Chinese folk wisdom， by parison， people do not attempt to work through the contradictions， following a cultural tradition which holds that reality is “multilayer ， unpredictable and contradictory， ” and is in a constant state of change， Peng said. ［ B］ “It can hardly be right to move to the middle when you have just read e vidence for a less plausible view. Yet that is what the Chinese subjects did， ” said Peng. ［ C］ The Chinese could learn much from Western methods for determining scientific truth， and Americans could profit enormously from the Chinese tolerance for accepting contradictions in social and personal life. ［ D］ Compared to this angry， blaming A