问答题
It is hard to predict how science is going to turn out, and if
it is really good science it is impossible to predict. If the things to be found
are actually new, they are by definition unknown in advance. You cannot make
choices in this matter. (46) {{U}}You either have science or you don't, and if you
have it you are obliged to accept the surprising and disturbing pieces of
information, along with the neat and promptly useful bits.{{/U}}
The only solid piece of scientific truth about which I feel totally
confident is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature. Indeed, I regard this
as the major discovery of the past hundred years of biology. It is, in its way,
an illuminating piece of news. (47) {{U}}It would have amazed the brightest minds
of the 18th century Enlightenment to be told by any of us how little we know and
how bewildering the way ahead seems.{{/U}} (48) {{U}}It is this sudden confrontation
with the depth and scope of ignorance that' represents the most significant
contribution of the 20th century science to the human intellect.{{/U}} In earlier
times, we either pretended to understand how things worked or ignored the
problem, or simply made up stories to fill the gaps. Now that we have begun
exploring in earnest, we are getting glimpses of how huge the questions are, and
how far from being answered. Because of this, we are depressed. (49) {{U}}It is
not so bad being ignorant if you are totally ignorant the hard thing is knowing
in some detail the reality of ignorance, the worst spots and here and there the
not so bad spots, but no true light at the end of the tunnel nor even any
tunnels that can yet be trusted.{{/U}}
But we are making a
beginning and there ought to be some satisfaction. There are probably no
questions we can think up that can't be answered, sooner or later, including
even the matter of consciousness. (50) {{U}}To be sure, there may well be
questions we can't think up, ever, and therefore limits to the reach of human
intellect, but that is another matter.{{/U}} Within our limits, we should be able
to work our way through to all our answers if we keep at it long enough, and pay
attention.
【正确答案】
【答案解析】要么拥有科学，要么得不到它。如果你拥有的话，你就必须接受那些令人惊讶又烦恼的信息，以及有条不紊、迅速及时而有用的数据传输。
[结构分析] 句子框架是You either have science or you don't，and．．．you are obliged to accept the．．． pieces of information...。and连接两个并列句。前面分句补充完整为you either have science or you don't have science；其中either．．．or．．．结构译成“要么…，要么…”。后面分句中有汀引导的条件状语从句，此从句中的it代指前面提到的science。bit原意为“(二进制)位；比特”，此处引申为“数据传输”。
【正确答案】
【答案解析】如果你是彻底无知的话，无知也就不那么糟了。困难的是了解无知这一事实的具体情况，最差的地方以及这里或者那里不这么差的地方，但是通道的尽头没有真正灯光指引，而且至今还没有可以信赖的任何通道。
[结构分析] 句子框架是It is not so bad being ignorant if...；the hard thing is knowing．．．the reality... but no true light．．．nor even any tunnels...。分号连接两个并列句。前面的分句句首it为形式主语，真正的主语为being ignorant；if引导条件状语从句。后一分句的knowing和no true light．．．nor even any tunnels由but连接作谓语；句尾that引导的定语从句修饰tunnels。