Have you ever wondered what our future is like? Practically,all people【B1】_____ a desire to predict their future 【B2】_____ Most

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问题 Have you ever wondered what our future is like? Practically,all people【B1】_____ a desire to predict their future 【B2】_____ Most people seem inclined to【B3】_____this task using causal reasoning.
    First,we【B4】_____recognize that future circumstances are【B5】_____ caused or conditioned by present ones.We learn that getting an education will【B6】_____ how much money we earn later and that swimming beyond the reef may bring an unhappy 【B7】_____with a shark.
    Second,people also learn that such 【B8】_____ of cause and effect are probabilistic(可能的)in nature.That is,the effects occur more often when the causes occur than when the causes are【B9】_____,but not always.Thus,students learn that studying hard 【B10】_____good grades in most instances,but not every time.Science makes these concepts of causality and probability more 【B11】_____ and provides techniques for dealing 【B12】_____ then more accurately than does causal human inquiry.In looking at ordinary human inquiry,we need to 【B13】_____ between predicting and understanding.Often,even if we don’t understand why,we are willing to act【B14】_____the basis of a demonstrated predictive ability.
    Whatever the primitive drives 【B15】_____motivate human beings,satisfying them depends heavily on the ability to【B16】_____future circumstances.The attempt to predict is often played in a 【B17】_____of knowledge and understanding.If you can understand why certain regular patterns 【B18】_____,you can predict better than if you simply observe those patterns.Thus,human inquiry aims【B19】_____answering both“what”and“why” question,and we pursue these【B20】_____by observing and figuring out.
【B8】

选项 A、patterns  
B、designs  
C、arrangements
D、pictures

答案A

解析 第一段提到过人们习惯用因果关系去推断,这是一种思考模式,故选择patterns(模式、式样)。
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