英语阅读Weliveinatechnologicalsociety.Almosteveryaspectoflifeinthemodernworldisinfluenced(forbetterorworse)bytechnology.Communications,transportation,manufacturing,miningandexploration,theserviceindustries,medicine,agric

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　　Weliveinatechnologicalsociety.Almosteveryaspectoflifeinthemodernworldisinfluenced(forbetterorworse)bytechnology.Communications,transportation,manufacturing,miningandexploration,theserviceindustries,medicine,agricultureallaredominatedbymethodsandapparatuswhicharetheresultsoftechnologicaladvances.Thebasisoftechnologyisscience.withoutthefundamentaldiscoveriesandunderstandingprovidedbyscience,technologywouldbehit-or-miss(随意的)affair,lackingdirectionandmakinglittleprogress.Onecanarguethatoursocietyisbeginningtosufferfromtoomuchtechnology,butwewillneverreturntotheprimitivelifeofourancestors–technologyiswithusanditwillremainwithus.

　　Justasitisimportanttostudyhistorysothatwecanappreciatehowtheworldcametoitspresentstate,itisimportanttolearnsomeofthebasicconceptsofsciencesothatwecanappreciatetherolethattechnologyplaysinmodernsociety.Forwithoutsomeknowledgeofthescientificprinciplesbywhichtechnologyoperates,onecanneightercopewithtechnologynorassistindirectingitintotheproperchannels.

　　Inrecenttimes,wehavehadthegeneralattitudethatwhateveristechnologicallypossibleshouldbedone.Itisnowbecomingincreasinglyapparentthatourscientificandtechnologicalprogresshasoutstripped(超越)ourcapacitytoperformorabsorbeverythingthatispossible.Moreandmore,wewillhavedecisionstomake:inwhatdirectionsshouldthethrustofournewdiscoveriesbemade?Thesituationrequiresthatwemakeintelligentdecisions–decisionsbasedinaknowledgeandanunderstandingofwhatcanbedone,whatwillbethebenefits,andwhatwillbetheconsequences.Scientistsdonotmakethesedecisions;peoplemakethem.Itisthereforeincumbent(义不容辞的)oneveryindividualtoacquirethebasicknowledgethatwillpermithimtoparticipateintelligentlyindirectingthecourseofourtechnologicaladvancement.

　　是阅读理解，可是我问题放不上去了