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IV.閱讀測驗：20%  A)The science fiction genre of entertainment is considered by most to be fathered by Jules Verne (A Journey to the Center of the Earth and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea) and H. G. Wells (The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds). Sci-Fi, as it is commonly shortened, is a fictional story in which science and technology have a significant influence on the characters and plot. Many such works are speculative about what the futureholds and how scientific findings and technological advances will shape humankind.      Writing in the late 1800s, Jules Verne was remarkably successful in his guesses about future technologies with premonitions of air conditioning, automobiles, the Internet, television, and underwater, air, and space travel. Incredibly, of all places from which to choose, Jules Veme guessed Tampa, Florida, USA as the launching site of the first mission to the Moon, which was only 200 kilometers away from the actual 1969 location at Cape Canaveral, Florida.      One of the best-known science fiction books is Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Published in 1949, it was not meant as a prophecy, but as a warning: Orwell was describing what he saw as the outcome of the ideas, trends, and emerging technologies of his time. Repressive movements have often banned it. Many invented terms from this novel have become common in everyday use, such as “big brother，5c073977ec8a6.jpg“thought-crime.” Even the author’s name has been made into an adjective---Orwellian---and has become a warning descriptor for situations where privacy is lost and the individual becomes an inconsequential pawn under a totalitarian regime. Nineteen Eighty-Four was translated into 65 languages within five years of its publication, setting a record that still stands.      The stimulus for science fiction is usually a new discovery or innovation. The author creates a penetrating analysis of the potential implications and consequences and then wraps it in an engaging story. For example, the beginning of space exploration was followed a few years later by the Star Trek television program and movie series. Advances in genetics prompt utopian fantasies of the end of disease, dystopian horrors of eugenics and medically administered ethnic cleansing, and thrillers where extinct creatures are brought back to life. The science fiction author’s self-determined role is that of binoculars for humanity---searching the realm of future possibilities upon the road which we are traveling.(quoted from Success with Reading 4, pp. 284-286, by Cosmos)
21.What forms of enjoyment does science fiction NOT offer?
(A)A thoughtful look at the past and what brought us to this point in history.
(B)A thoughtful look at the future, given the current direction of technology.
(C)An estimation of how a new discovery could influence humanity.
(D)A warning of how a new technology could be used to harm humanity.

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答案：A
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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