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Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked [A], [B], [Gl and [D] on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Have you ever wondered what our future is like? Practically all people 67 a desire to predict their future 68 . People seem inclined to 69 this task using causal reasoning. First, we generally 70 that future circumstances are 71 caused or conditioned by present ones. We learn that getting an education will 72 how much money we earn later and that swimming beyond the reef may bring an unhappy 73 with a shark.
Second, people also learn that such 74 of cause and effect are probabilistic in nature. That is, the effects occur more often when the causes occur than when the causes are 75 , but not always. 76 , students learn that studying hard produces good grades 77 most instances, but not every time. Science makes these concepts of causality and probability more clear and 78 techniques for dealing with them more 79 than does causal human inquiry. In looking at ordinary human inquiry, we need to 80 between prediction and understanding. Often, even if we don’t understand why, we are willing to act on the basis of a demonstrated 81 ability.
Whatever the primitive drives that 82 human beings, satisfying them depends heavily on the ability to predict future circumstances. The attempt to predict is often played in the 83 of knowledge and understanding. If you can understand why certain regular patterns 84 , you can predict better than if you simply observe those patterns. Thus, human inquiry’ aims 85 answering both "what" and "why" questions, and we 86 these goals by observing and figuring out.
注意：此部分試題請在答題卡2上作答。
67.
A exhibit
B exploit
C release
D expose
68.
A occasions
B circumstances
C prospects
D occurrences
69.
A maintain
B undergo
C experience
D undertake
70.
A recall
B recommend
C reckon
D recognize
71.
A somehow
B somewhat
C anyhow
D whereas
72.
A effect
B affect
C relate
D decide
73.
A experience
B occurrence
C encounter
D sighting
74.
A patterns
B designs
C arrangements
D styles
75.
A scarce
B absent
C rare
D present
76.
A Thus
B Yet
C However
D Therefore
77.
A on
B in
C at
D with
78. A prevents
B produces
C provides
D predicts
79.
A dominantly
B increasingly
C heavily
D seriously
80.
A distinguish
B determine
C identify
D distract
81.
A precautious
B predictive
C assumptive
D watchful
82. A provoke
B discourage
C motivate
D annoy
83.
A content
B contact
C contest
D context
84.
A happen
B occur
C occupy
D vanish
85. A at
B on
C to
D beyond
86.
A search
B pursue
C chase
D follow
