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  Have you ever wondered what you would look like if you were an Asian, Middle Eastern, black, white or Indian person? By stepping into the Human Race Machine, you can find out.When you sit inside it, the machine creates a digital image of your face.After pushing certain buttons, the machine uses various photos of people of a certain ethnic group mixed with your own facial features.From this, it can come up with an image showing how you would look as a member of a different race.

  The machine is part of a traveling retrospective(回顾展)called “ Seeing and Believing:The Art of Nancy Burson.” Burson is a famous American photographer and inventor.The show of 100 photos and multimedia works was on view at the Grey Art Gallery in New York on April 20.

  “It is a strange feeling, just like stepping into someone else’s skin.” said Hathy Zajchenko, a museum visitor from Pennsylvania, US.As soon as she sat down, she tried out a range of ethnic groups.“The Middle Eastern image worked pretty well for me,” she said with a smile.

  According to Burson, the machine is a prayer for unity.It is about seeing through differences to find the things we all share in common.Burson added the database of Middle Eastern faces, both Arab and Jewish, after the terrorist attacks on September 11.“I have always wanted to allow people to see differently.I am a photographer.I am recording the unseen, because what we can not see is so much more interesting than what we can see,” Burson said.

  For those who missed the show, the Human Race machine will be on view at the New York Hall of Science in the Queens district full-time as of June.

(1)

The Human Race Machine can _________.

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A.

tell you what you would look like if you were a member of another ethnic group

B.

create a digital image of your face and change it

C.

turn your pray into reality

D.

let people step into someone else’s skin

(2)

The phrase “come up with” in the first paragraph means _________.

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A.

get nearer

B.

produce

C.

come out

D.

change

(3)

When Kathy Zajchenko said that the Middle Eastern image worked well for her, she meant that _________.

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A.

she would like to change her face

B.

she had a strange feeling

C.

she was satisfied with what she looked like as a Middle Eastern person

D.

she could buy the Human Race machine

(4)

The underlined sentence “The machine is a prayer for unity.” means _________.

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A.

the Human Race machine can unite the facial feather of a different ethnic group with your own

B.

the machine shows that no matter what race people are, there are some things we all have in common

C.

one can pray before the machine

D.

if you want, the machine can change your face

(5)

Burson added the database of Middle Eastern faces after the September 11 attack because _________.

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A.

she wanted to show people what terrorists look like

B.

she wanted to record what people cannot see

C.

she wanted to be famous as a photographer

D.

she wanted to let people see the foreign people

答案:1.A;2.B;3.C;4.B;5.B;
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  The literal meaning of philosophy is “love of wisdom”.But this meaning does not tell us very much.Unlike the other discilines(学科), philosopjy cannot e defined by what you study , because it si actually unlimited.Anything can be the subject matter of philosophy:are, history, law, language, literature, mathematics, and in fact, the other academic disciplines are directly related to philosopkhy.For this reason you get a Doctorate(博士学位)of Philosoophy(Ph.D.)in biochemisty, or computer science, or psychology.

  Two broad sub-fields of philosophy are logic and the history of philosophy.Logic is the science of argument and eritical thinkging.It provides sound methods for distinguishing good from bad reasonign.The history of philosopjy involives the study of major philosophers and perrsiad in the development of philosophy.

  Of what use is philosophy? First it is useful in educational advancemet.It is necessary for undesrtanding other disciplines.Only philosopjy questiong the nature of the concepts used in a discipline, and its relatin to other disco[;omes.And throught the stdy of philosophy, one develops sound methods of research and analysis that can be applied to any field.

  There are a number of gengral uses of philosophy.It strengthens one’s ability to solve problesm, to communieate, to organize ideas and issues, to presuade, and to takewhat is the most important form a large quamity of data.These general uses are of great benefit in the career firld, not necessarily ofr boutaining onej’s first job after graduation , but for preparing for posttions of responsibility, managemetn and leadershin later on.It is very shor sihte after all, to take a course of studies only for the purpose of getting one’s first job.The useful skills developed throught the study of philosophy hav significang long-term benefits in canreer advancement.No other discipline systematically follows the ideals of wisdom, leadership, and capacity to reasolve human conflict.

(1)

Accprdomg to Paragraph 1.philosophy can best be described as the study of ________

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A.

social sciences

B.

natural sciences

C.

both social and natural sciences

D.

the subject matter of politics

(2)

With the study of philosophy, you can ________

[  ]

A.

become a great leader

B.

succeed in everything

C.

find a good job soon after graduation

D.

make progress in your career development

(3)

According to the passage, which of the follwing statements is TRUE?

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A.

Philosophy is an independent discipline.

B.

Logic helps you to become a better thinker.

C.

The study of philosophy brings you immediate benefits.

D.

The meaning of philosophy is too limited to define.

(4)

From the passage, we can conclude ________

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A.

not all the subjects have to do with philosophy

B.

a person will get a Ph.D.if he/she studies philosophy

C.

philosophy can be helpful for the study of any other subjects

D.

philosophy is the only solution to all the probleras in the world

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