恩波学校2005年春季大学英语六级第一次模考试题加答案（之三） .docxVIP

恩波学校2005年春季大学英语六级第一次模考试题加答案（之三） Questi ons 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.??? Many ecologists and demographers predict that an ecological disaster is on the way, most likely in the form of a devastating famine in the Third World. Although everyone is not so pessimistic, there is no disagreement about the fact that we have been destroying the very ecosystems that sustain us. Such irrational behavior is not easy to explain. Its complex causes have roots stretching far back into history. Ironically, the same characteristics that have made humans such a successful species—high intelligence and an enormous ability to manipulate the environment—have also contributed to the development of the technology and cultural orientation that are now threatening many forms of life on earth.??? More and more people are coming to realize that the magnificent technological advances that have made life so much more comfortable have a dark side as well. As we have seen, agricultural technology has brought havoc to the biosphere; industrial technology is polluting the environment; and military technology has for the first time in history given humanity the means to destroy itself. And even if we do not destroy ourselves directly with nuclear bombs, we may do it indirectly by disrupting ecosystems, food chains, and the whole life-supporting system.??? Condemning technology as though it were separated from the humans who use it is both pointless and misleading. Every group of humans，from prehistoric times to the present, has used some form of technology to meet its needs for food, clothing, and shelter. Only a few of those technologies, however, have caused serious damage to the environment. The real culprit is exploitative technology, designed to produce the greatest immediate rewards without regard to the long-term consequences to the environment of or the quality of human life.??? This problem is nothing new. Although the ea rliest hunting and gathering did little damag