IV. Reading & comprehension( 20%):
 Read the following passages and answer the following questions.
       Seventy thousand years ago, Homo Sapiens was still an insignificant animal minding itsown business in a corner of Africa. In the following millennia it transformed itself into themaster of the entire planet and the terror of the ecosystem. Today it stands on the verge ofbecoming a god, poised to acquire not only eternal youth, but also the divine abilities of creationand destruction.                             Unfortunately, the Sapiens regime on earth has so far produced little that we can be proudof. We have mastered our surroundings, increased food production, built cities, establishedempires and created far-flung trade networks. But did we decrease the amount of suffering in theworld? Time and again, massive increases in human power did not necessarily improve the well-being of individual Sapiens, and usually caused immense misery to other animals.        In the last few decades we have at least made some real progress as far as the humancondition is concerned, with the reduction of famine, plague and war. Yet the situation of otheranimals is deteriorating more rapidly than ever before, and the improvement in the lot ofhumanity is too recent and fragile to be certain of.
       Moreover, despite the astonishing things that humans are capable of doing, we remainunsure of our goals and we seem to be as discontented as ever. We have advanced from canoesto galleys to steamships to space shuttles--but nobody knows where we're going. We are morepowerful than ever before, but have very little idea what to do with all that power. Worse still,humans seems to be more irresponsible than ever. Self-made gods only with the laws of physicsto keep us company, we are accountable to no one. We are constantly wreaking havoc on ourfellow animals and on the surrounding ecosystem, seeking little more than our own comfort andamusement, yet never finding satisfaction.        Is there anything more dangerous than dissatisfied and irresponsible gods who don'tknow what they want?(excerpt from Sapiens –A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Hariri)
【題組】41. According to the author, we have made real progress in
(A) environmental protection
(B) ecological conservation
(C) technological advancement
(D) spiritual development