【正文】 re secure than that of physical systems because _____. (A) it is not based on personal experience (B) new discoveries are less likely to occur in social sciences (C) it is based on a fairly representative quantity of data (D) the records of social systems are more reliable 14. The chances of the physical sciences being subject to great changes are the biggest because _____. (A) contradictory theories keep emerging all the time (B) new information is constantly ing in (C) the direction of their development is difficult to predict (D) our knowledge of the physical world is inaccurate 15. We know less about the astronomical universe than we do about any social system because _____. (A) theories of its origin and history are varied (B) our knowledge of it is highly insecure (C) only a very small sample of it has been observed (D) few scientists are involved in the study of astronomy Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following: In the early days of nuclear power, the United States made money on it. But today opponents have so plicated its development that no nuclear plants have been ordered or built here in 12 years. The greatest fear of nuclear power opponents has always been a reactor meltdown (堆內(nèi)熔化 ). Today, the chances of a meltdown that would threaten . public health are very little. But to even further reduce the possibility, engineers are testing new reactors that rely not on human judgement to shut them down but on the laws of nature. Now General Electric is already building two advanced reactors in Japan. But don39。s Research Activities Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage: It is a curious paradox that we think of the physical sciences as hard, the social sciences as soft, and the biological sciences as somewhere in between. This is interpreted to mean that our knowledge of physical systems is more certain than our knowledge of biological systems, and these in turn are more certain than our knowledge of social systems. In terms of our capacity to sample the relevant universes, however, and the probability that our images of these universes are at least approximately correct, one suspects that a reverse order is more reasonable. We are able to sample earth39。s New Computer Technology (C) Apple39。s technology (B) incorporating features that make their products distinctive (C) making their puter more expensive (D) making their puters run much faster 10. The best title for the passage would be _____. (A) Apple39。s puters have certain features that their own models do not. The Apple line has always been popular for its sophisticated color graphics (圖形 ), whereas the IBM machines have always been favored in offices. In the future, there will probably be more patibility between the two panies39。 new attitude of giving customers the features they want. Making Apple puters capable of running IBM software is Apple39。s major petitors. Apple39。s characters (D) to discuss the various aspects of getting to know people Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage: The petition among producers of personal puters is essentially a race to get the best, most innovative products to the marketplace. Marketers in this environment frequently have to make a judgement as to their petitors39。s purpose in writing the passage is _____. (A) to give advice on appropriate conduct for social occasions (B) to provide ways of how to obtain information about people (C) to call the reader39。s suggestions that _____. (A) People do not reveal their true self on every occasion. (B) In most cases we should avoid contacting the observed person directly. (C) the best way to know a person is by making parisons. (D) facetoface interaction is the best strategy to uncover information about a person 4. In developing personal relationships, secrets and deceptions, in the author39。t ever fully know another person, it enables us to deal more easily with those things that get in the way of accurate knowledge such as secrets and deceptions. It will also keep us from being too surprised or shocked by seemingly inconsistent behavior. Ironically (諷刺性地 ) those things that keep us from knowing another person too well (e. g. , secrets and deceptions ) may be just as important to the development of satisfying relationship as those things that enable us to obtain accurate knowledge about a person (., disclosure and truthful statements). 1. The word pinpoint (Para. 1, Line 3) basically means ______. (A) appreciate (B) obtain (C) interpret (D) identify 2. What do we learn from the first paragraph? (A) People are better described in cold, objective terms. (B) The difficulty of getting to know a person is usually underestimated. (C) One should not judge people by their appearances. (D) One is usually subjective when assessing other people39。 asking people who have had or have frequent contact with the person about him or her。 deliberately structuring the physical or social environment so as to observe the person39。 behavior。1995年 1月六級試題 Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage: The process of perceiving other people is rarely translated ( to ourselves or others) into cold, objective terms. She was 5 feet 8 inches tall, had fair hair, and wore a colored skirt. More often, we try to get inside the other person to pinpoint his or her attitudes, emotions, motivations, abilities, ideas and characters. Furthermore, we sometimes behave as if we can acplish this difficult job very quicklyperhaps with a twosecond glance. We try to obtain information about others in many ways. Berger suggests several methods for reducing uncertainties about others: watching, without being noticed, a person interacting with others, particularly with others who are known to you so you can pare the observed person39。s behavior with the known others39。 obse