首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Man is endlessly inventive. But his greatest invention is non-invention, the skill of transmitting intact(完美无损的)and unchanged fr
Man is endlessly inventive. But his greatest invention is non-invention, the skill of transmitting intact(完美无损的)and unchanged fr
admin
2018-02-08
36
问题
Man is endlessly inventive. But his greatest invention is non-invention, the skill of transmitting intact(完美无损的)and unchanged from one generation to the next the fundamental ways of doing things which he learned from the generation which preceded him. Children are conceived and reared, houses built, fish caught, and enemies killed in much the same way by most of the members of any society: and these patterns are maintained for relatively long periods of time. From the perspective of those in each new generation, and for the society as an enduring, historical entity(统一的), this process of cultural transmission yields enormous economy. Thanks to it, each generation need not rediscover at great cost in time and subject to great risk of failure, what those coming before have already learned. Not only is knowledge thus conserved, but the basis for communal life, resting on common information and understanding is thus established. Since all those in each generation receive more or less the same cultural
heritage
from the preceding generation, they can more easily relate to one another and more effectively coordinate their actions.
The grand total of all the objects, ideas, knowledge, ways of doing things, habits values, and attitudes which each generation in a society passes on to the next is what the anthropologist often refers to as the culture of a group. The transmission of culture is man’ s substitute for the instincts(本能)whereby most other living creatures are equipped with the means for coping with their environment and relating to one another. Yet it is more flexible than instinct, and can grow: that is, it can store new information, infinitely more rapidly than the process of mutation and biological evolution can enrich the instinctual storehouse of any other species.
In the last sentence of the passage, the author implies, but does not directly state, that______.
选项
A、human culture can further develop and grow
B、biological evolution can improve the instinct of creatures
C、human culture is more flexible and can store new information far more rapidly than instinct
D、the instinct of living creatures may also grow, but at a much slower pace
答案
D
解析
推断题。短文最后一句Yet it is more flexible than instinct, and can grow: that is, it can store new information,infinitely more rapidly than the process of mutation and biological evolution can enrich the instinctual storehouse of any other species.看出选项A、B、C表述的内容都是作者明确指出的,而选项D.the instinct of living creatures may also grow,but at a much slower pace作者并没有明确提出,只是一种暗示。故选D。
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/8QUFFFFM
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
A、Getinformationwhatwewant.B、Makeacertainlinkwiththelistener.C、Makefriendswithothers.D、Getothers’commentsono
A、Thecaptain.B、Thecommunicationsofficer.C、Thedoctor.D、Thefrogpeople.C父女俩只对那个医生有一致的评价,女儿说“宇宙飞船的医生很了不起……”之后,父亲肯定她的说法:“非常
Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessay.Youshouldstartyouressaywithabriefdescriptionofthepi
A、Todoimportantwrittenwork.B、Tomakegooduseoftheirknowledge.C、Togainthenecessaryexperience.D、Todealwithother
A、Americanliterature.B、Elementaryeducation.C、Developmentalpsychology.D、Children’sliterature.B女士发现男士也上儿童文学课,感到惊讶,便问男士“你的专
A、Enjoyedthewineanddeliciousfoods.B、Listenedtothestoriesoffriends.C、Sataloneandwaitedsomeonetocomeup.D、Talke
Pregnancymothersaregettinganewtooltohelpkeepthemselvesandtheirbabieshealthy:pregnancytipssentdirectlytotheir
A、Drinks.B、Food.C、Abathingsuit.D、ATent.C女士说:“所以你得自己带泳衣和睡袋。”C正确。表示具体物件的名词选项表明,此题问某个细节(而非全文主旨)。此类题的做题办法是:首先,看四个选项在原文是否提及。若原
"Wehavebeenignoringthebiggestglobalhealththreatofthe21stcentury."Thiswasthemessagespelledoutinareportlaunc
A、Intheearlynineteenthcentury.B、Inthelatenineteenthcentury.C、Intheearlytwentiethcentury.D、Inthelatetwentiethc
随机试题
由一群人所共同认可的、有意义地代表其自身以外的别的事物的象征,被称为【】
根据访问权限,访问控制技术将用户分为三类:其中系统管理员为()
公安机关对保证人作出的罚款决定书属于()
股骨颈内收型骨折是指Pauwells角()
股权投资基金的合格投资者若为个人,则其金融资产不低于()万元。
近代中国司法主权受到破坏,规定外国享有领事裁判权的条约是()。
【】是实现c++语言编译时多态性的机制,【】是实现C++语言运行时多态性的机制。
Inacompetitiveandfast-pacedmodernsociety,busybusinessexecutivesaresoengrossingintheirworkthattheyhardlyknow
Fromareviewofallthesevariouscriticismsofdailynewspapers,itwouldseemthatanumberofthematleasthavefallenshor
A、Theytriedtoeffectsocialchangebyforce.B、Theydisruptedthenation’ssocialstability.C、Theyservedasadrivingforce
最新回复
(
0
)