Haveyoueverwonderedwhatourfutureislike?Practicallyallpeople_1_adesiretopredicttheirfuture_2_.Mostpeopleseeminclinedto_3_thistaskusingcausalreasoning.Firstwe_4_recognizethatfuturecircumstancesare_5_causedorconditionedbypresentones.Welearnthatgettinganeducationwill_6_howmuchmoneyweearnlaterandthatswimmingbeyondthereefmaybringanunhappy_7_withashark。
Second,peoplealsolearnthatsuch_8_ofcauseandeffectareprobabilistic(可能的)innature.Thatis,theeffectsoccurmoreoftenwhenthecausesoccurthanwhenthecausesare_9_,butnotalways.Thus,studentslearnthatstudyinghard_10_goodgradesinmostinstances,butnoteverytime.Sciencemakestheseconceptsofcausalityandprobabilitymore_11_andprovidestechniquesfordealing_12_thenmoreaccuratelythandoescausalhumaninquiry.Inlookingatordinaryhumaninquiry,weneedto_13_betweenpredictionandunderstanding.Often,evenifwedon'tunderstandwhy,wearewillingtoact_14_thebasisofademonstratedpredictiveability。
Whatevertheprimitivedrives_15_motivatehumanbeings,satisfyingthemdependsheavilyontheabilityto_16_futurecircumstances.Theattempttopredictisoftenplayedina_17_ofknowledgeandunderstanding.Ifyoucanunderstandwhycertainregularpatterns_18_,youcanpredictbetterthanifyousimplyobservethosepatterns.Thus,humaninquiryaims_19_answeringboth"what"and"why"question,andwepursuethese_20_byobservingandfiguringout。
1.[A]exhibit[B]exaggerate[C]examine[D]exceed
2.[A]contexts[B]circumstances[C]inspections[D]intuitions
3.[A]underestimate[B]undermine[C]undertake[D]undergo
4.[A]specially[B]particularly[C]always[D]generally
5.[A]somehow[B]somebody[C]someone[D]something
6.[A]enact[B]affect[C]reflect[D]inflect
7.[A]meeting[B]occurrence[C]encounter[D]contact
8.[A]patterns[B]designs[C]arrangements[D]pictures
9.[A]disappointde[B]absent[C]inadequate[D]absolute
10.[A]creates[B]produces[C]loses[D]protects
11.[A]obscure[B]indistinct[C]explicit[D]explosive
12.[A]for[B]at[C]in[D]with
13.[A]distinguish[B]distinct[C]distort[D]distract
14.[A]at[B]on[C]to[D]under
15.[A]why[B]how[C]that[D]where
16.[A]predict[B]produce[C]pretend[D]precede
17.[A]content[B]contact[C]contest[D]context
18.[A]happen[B]occur[C]occupy[D]incur
19.[A]at[B]on[C]to[D]beyond
20.[A]purposes[B]ambitions[C]drives[D]goals
1.A词义辨析exhibit"展出，表现",exaggerate"夸张",exceed"超越，胜过"原句意为：实际上，人们会对未来的生活怀有(展示出)一定的愿望。
2.B词义辨析context"上下文"，circumstance"环境"，inspection"检查，视察"，intuition"直觉"
3.C词义辨析underestimate"低估",undermine"破坏"，undertake"承担，担任",undergo"经历，遭受"。undertakeatask为常见搭配，意为"开始进行一项任务"
4.D词义辨析选项C、D看似均可，但always显得有些武断。
5.A篇章逻辑somehow"不知何故，以某种方式"
6.B词义辨析enact"制定法律，颁布"，inflect"弯曲"
7.C词义辨析encounter指没有事先计划的、未料到的、短暂的相遇
8.A词义辨析pattern模式，式样;design设计，图案;第一段中提到过人们习惯用因果关系去推断，这是一种思考模式。
9.B词义辨析absent缺少的，不在的;inadequate不充分的;根据文中意思应选一个与occur意思相反的词。
10.B词义辨析create创造produce产生，得到。原句意为学生知道努力学习在大多数情况下会得到高的分数。
11.C词义辨析obscure朦胧的，模糊的;indistinct不清楚的;explicit外在的，清楚地;explosive爆炸的;原句意为：科学使因果性和可能性的观念变的更加清楚
12.D短语搭配dealin经营eg:Hedealsinasmallshop.dealwith处理，安排
13.A词义辨析distinguish区别，辨别;distinct清楚地，明显的;distort扭曲，歪曲;distract转移。distinguishbetween为常用搭配，意为"区别...和..."
14.B短语搭配onthebasisof以.。。为基础
15.C语法结构drive在此为名词，意为“动力”，空格后部分是对drive进行修饰，故选关系代词that引导定语从句。
16.A词义辨析predict预言;pretend假装;precede在.。。之前
17.D词义辨析content内容;contact接触;contest争论，竞赛;context上下文inthecontextof意为"在.。。情况下"
18.B词义辨析occur发生，出现;occupy占用，占领;incur招致
19.A短语搭配aimat瞄准，针对20.D词义辨析purpose目的，以图;ambition野心;drive推动力;goal目的，目标。
