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1、Manyexpertscomplainthatmediatoooftentakeadvantage阅读理解答案 Manyexpertscomplainthatmediatoooftentakeadvantageofthesciencefictionaspectsofnanotech.ReportsofnanotechoftenrefertoK.EricDrexler’sbookEnginesofcreations,whichpredictsanagefullofdominantmolecularmanufacturingandaworldwithoutmate
2、rialscarcity.Whateverhumansneedwillonedaybebuiltcheaplywithmicroscopicself-replicatingmachinesthatputatomstogethertocreatecopiesofanythingaliveintheworld--fromtreestohumanbodies. Infact,thescientificcommunityisdeeplydividedoverwhetherself-replicatingmachinesarepossible.Iftheyare,maj
3、ordangerscouldexist.Dr.Drexlerhimselfthoughtthatself-replicatingmachinescouldgooutofcontrol.Hewritesinhisbookthatman-made“plants”withleavesnomoreefficientthantoday’ssolarcellscouldwinoverrealplantscrowdingtheearthwithleavesthatarenotsuitabletobeeaten.Tough“bacteria”couldbemorecompeti
4、tivethantherealbacteria,theycouldspread everywhere,replicateswiftly,andreducetheearthtodustinamatterofdays. Criticsofnanotechhavemadeuseofsuchimages,callingforadelayoncommercialnanotechuntilregulationsareestablished.Theyalsopointtothepossiblemilitaryusesofnanotech.BillJoy,theco-f
5、ounderofSunMicrosystems,wroteinaWiredmagazineessayin2000thatifnanotechfallsintothewronghands,itcouldbringdangerstosociety. OpponentssayMr.Joyisover-reacting,“Inaway,callingforbansonresearch,intomolecularmanufacturingislikecallingforadelayonfaster-than-lighttravelbecausenooneisdoingi
6、t.”saysGlennReynolds,aUniversityofTennesseelawprofessor. ProfessorReynoldssaysitisagoodideatoregulatenanotech,butinwaysthegovernmentwouldregulateanythatcouldbedangerous.Expertcontrolsandcertificationsystemsfornanotechcompaniesareexamples.USlawmakerslaveputforthfourbillsonnanotechres
7、earchanddevelop ment. 66.K.EricDrexlerinhisbookpredictsafutureworldwithsufficientmaterial,because________. A.man-madeplantscouldreplacerealplantsandgrowmorequickly B.plantsproducedbynanotechwouldbeassufficientastoday’ssolar C.man-madebacteriawouldbewide-spreadandcapableofself-
8、replicating
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