第2部分：阅读判断(第16～22题，每题1分，共7分)下面的短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子作出判断；如果该句提供的是正确信息，请选择A；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请选择B；如果该句的信息文中没有提及，请选择C。
16、回答16-23题
Scotland: A Land of Wisdom
In the 1740s, the famous Frenchphilosopher Voltaire said, "We look to Scotland for all our ideas ofcivilization." That's not a bad advertisement for any country when itcomes to attracting people to search for a first-class education.
According to the American author ArthurHerman, the Scots invented the modern world itself.He argues that Scottishthinkers and intellectuals worked out many of the most important ideas on whichmodern life depends — everything from the scientific method to marketeconomics.Their ideas did not just spread among intellectuals, but to thosepeople in business, government and the sciences who actually shaped the Westernworld.
It all started during the period thathistorians call the Scottish Enlightenment (启蒙运动),which is usually seen as taking placebetween the years 1740 and 1800.Before that, philosophy was mainly concernedwith religion.For the thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment, the proper
studyof humanity was mankind itself.
Their reasoning was practical.For thephilosopher David Hume, humanity was the right subject for philosophy becausewe can examine human behavior and so find real evidence of how people think andfeel.And from that we can make judgments about the societies we live in andmake concrete suggestions about how they can be improved, for universalbenefit.
Hume's enquiry into the nature ofknowledge laid the foundations for the scientific method — the pursuit of truththrough experiment.His friend and fellow resident of Edinburgh, Adam Smith,famously applied the
study of mankind to the ways in which mankind doesbusiness.Trade, he argued, was a form of information.In pursuing our owninterests through trading in markets, we all come to benefit each other.
Smith's idea has dominated modern views ofeconomics.It also has wide applications.He was one of the philosophers topoint out that nations can become rich, free and powerful through peace, trade andinvention.
Although the Scottish Enlightenment endeda long time ago, the ideas which evolved at that time still underpin (构成......的基础 ) our theories of humanexchange and enquiry.It also exists in Scotland itself in an educationaltradition that combines academic excellence with orientation ( 方向).
Scotland is theright place to receive a first-class education.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Notmentioned
17、According to Arthur Herman, the Scots developed many important ideas which modernlife depends on.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Notmentioned
18、Philosophers had come to know the importance of
studying humanity even before theScottish Enlightenment took place.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Notmentioned
19、David Hume was the first philosopher to
study mankind.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Notmentioned
20、Smith's idea has extensive applications.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Notmentioned
21、Ourcurrent theories of human exchange and enquiry have nothing to do with the ideasdeveloped during the Scottish Enlightenment.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Notmentioned
22、Smith died in 1800.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Notmentioned
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