武漢理工大學高級英漢翻譯理論與實踐2009--2010學年第 一 學期期末試卷ab及答案

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2、 texts are preferred. 1. In 1517 an obscure German monk named Martin Luther sought a scholarly debate on certain practices of the Roman Catholic Church. The church, which had long been the most influential inst

3、itution in Europe, suffered from corruption at the hands of members of its hierarchy and, over the years, reformers frequently called for change. But to Luther’s great surprise, his action ignited a firestorm

4、 of religious, political, and social rebellion that burned through Germany, into the Netherlands, and eventually throughout Europe. In 1518 the Catholic Church moved to silence Luther’s criticisms, but its opposition

5、 only fanned the flames. From the resulting conflagration would be born not only a new religious pluralism, but also a golden age of commerce and culture. 2. Because the discoveries of science can affect the way w

6、e think of and act toward other creatures and the environment. It becomes clear that science cannot truly be separated from values. The pursuit of knowledge is itself a value; the decision to test a hypothesis rather tha

7、n rely on hearsay or on venerable authority is a value-based decision. Of course, traditional values that have been highly esteemed for ages may be usurped (for better or worse), but value itself is never usurped in the

8、search for truth. “Science is not mechanism,“ Jacob Bronowski writes in Science and Human Values (1965), “but a human progress, and not a set of findings but a search for them. Those who think that science is ethically n