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vt. 假定，設想，承擔; (想當然的)認為
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Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
For most thinkers since the Greek philosophers, it was self-evident that the re is something called human nature, something that constitutes the essence of man. There were various views about what constitutes it, but there was agreement that such an essence exists—that is to say, that there is something by virtue of which man is man. Thus man was defined as a rational being, as a social animal, an animal that can make tools, or a symbol-making animal.
More recently, this traditional view has begun to be questioned. One reason for this change was the increasing emphasis given to the historical approach to man. An examination of the history of humanity suggested that man in our epoch is so different from man in previous times that it seemed unrealistic to assume that men in every age have had in common something that can be called “human nature.” The historical approach was reinforced, particularly in the United States, by studies in the field of cultural anthropology (人類學). The study of primitive peoples has discovered such a diversity of customs, values, feelings, and thoughts that many anthropologists arrived at the concept that man is born as a blank sheet of paper on which each culture writes its text. Another factor contributing to the tendency to deny the assumption of a fixed human nature was that the concept has so often been abused as a shield behind which the most inhuman acts are committed. In the name of human nature, for example, Aristotle and most thinkers up to the eighteenth century defended slavery. Or in order to prove the rationality and necessity of the capitalist form of society, scholars have tried to make a case for acquisitiveness, competitiveness, and selfishness as innate (天生的) human traits. Popularly, one refers cynically to “human nature” in accepting the inevitability of such undesirable human behavior as greed, murder, cheating and lying.
Another reason for skepticism about the concept of human nature probably lies in the influence of evolutionary thinking. Once man came to be seen as developing in the process of evolution, the idea of a substance which is contained in his essence seemed untenable. Yet I believe it is precisely from an evolutionary standpoint that we can expect new insight into the problem of the nature of man.
31. The traditional view of “human nature” was strongly challenged by ________.
A) the emergence of the evolutionary theory
B) the historical approach to man
C) new insight into human behavior
D) the philosophical analysis of slavery（A）
32. According to the passage, anthropologists believe that human beings ________.
A) have some traits in common
B) are born with diverse cultures
C) are born without a fixed nature
D) change their characters as they grow up（C）
33. The author mentioned Aristotle, a great ancient thinker, in order to ________.
A) emphasize that he contributed a lot to defining the concept of “human nature”
B) show that the concept of “human nature” was used to justify social evils
C) prove that he had a profound influence on the concept of “human nature”
D) support the idea that some human traits are acquired（D）
34. The word “untenable” (Line 3) in the last paragraph of the passage most probably means ________.
A) invaluable
B) imaginable
C) changeable
D) indefensible（D）
35. Most philosophers believed that human nature ________.
A) is the quality distinguishing man from other animals
B) consists of competitiveness and selfishness
C) is something partly innate and partly acquired
D) consists of rationality and undesirable behavior
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| assume | [ə'sju:m] |
想一想再看 |
聯想記憶 | |
| postpone | [pə'spəun] |
想一想再看 vt. 延期，推遲 |
聯想記憶 | |
| dose | [dəus] |
想一想再看 n. 劑量，一劑，一服 |
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| unrealistic | [.ʌnriə'listik] |
想一想再看 adj. 不切實際的，不實在的 |
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| concept | ['kɔnsept] |
想一想再看 n. 概念，觀念 |
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| popularity | [.pɔpju'læriti] |
想一想再看 n. 普及，流行，名望，受歡迎 |
聯想記憶 | |
| surgery | ['sə:dʒəri] |
想一想再看 n. 外科，外科手術，診所 |
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| fulfillment | [ful'filmənt] |
想一想再看 n. 滿足，完成，履行 |
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| perform | [pə'fɔ:m] |
想一想再看 v. 執行，運轉，舉行，表演 |
聯想記憶 | |
| reflect | [ri'flekt] |
想一想再看 v. 反映，反射，歸咎 |
聯想記憶 |
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