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Change—or the ability to adapt oneself to a changing environment—is essential to evolution. The farmer whose land is required for housing or industry must adapt himself. He can move to another place and master the problems peculiar to it; he can change his occupation, perhaps after a period of training; or he can starve to death. A nation which can not adapt its trade or defense requirements to meet world conditions faces economic or military disaster. Nothing is fixed and permanently stable. There must be movement forward, which is progress of a sort, or movement backward, which is decay and deterioration.In this context, tradition can be a force for good or for evil. As long as it offers a guide (without insisting that its path is the only one), it helps the ignorant and the uninformed to take a step forward, and thereby, to adapt themselves to changed circumstances. Tradition, or custom, can guide the hunter as effectively as it can influence the nervous hostess. But if we make an idol (偶像、崇拜)of tradition, it ceases to become a guide and becomes an obstacle lying across the path of change and progress. If we insist on trying to plot the future by the past, we clearly handicap ourselves and invite failure. The better course is to accept the help which tradition can give but, realizing that it necessarily has its roots in the past, to be well aware of its limitations in a changing world.1.The author maintains that if we want to get along with the world( ) .2.The farmer's case in Para. 1 is given as an example of( ).3.“The hunter and the nervous hostess” in Para. 2 are referring to people who( )4.The author warns us that()5.This passage manly discusses the relationship between()
A.industry must be developed at the expense of farmland B.farmers must try to get some job training C.trade and defense are essential D.change is indispensable
问题2:
A.the trend of economic development B.the course of human evolution C.the need of adaptability D.the importance of social change
问题3:
A.are ignorant and uninformed B.are well aware of custom's limitations C.become an obstacle on the path of progress D.constitute the force for good
问题4:
A.it is misleading to accept tradition as a guide B.excessive devotion to tradition may bring us troubles C.we must accept the guidance tradition offers us D.tradition is obstacle lying on the path of change
问题5:
A.industry and agriculture B.evil tradition and good tradition C.man and the changing world D.tradition and change