单选题
专四
2014-02-26
What's the author's purpose of citing the examples of the Challenger and Chemobyl?
A．To show that technology could be used to destroy our world．
B．To stress that technology is a human creation, so we are responsible for it．
C．To prove that technology usually goes wrong, if not controlled by man．
D．To demonstrate that being a human creation, technology is liable to error．
参考答案
B
答案解析
B。本题出题点在举例处。根据题干信息the Challenger and Chemobyl将答案锁定在文章第二段。第二段的中间举了Challenger space shuttle和nuclear accident at Chemobyl的例子；而后在第二段的第六句作者提出科技是人类的发明，故人类要为其负责任，所以选B。
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