对后文的预测 2015 年 湖北卷 E 篇 Science has a lot of uses. It can uncoverlaws of nature, cure diseases, make bombs, and help bridges to stand up. Indeedscience is so good at what it does that there’s always a temptation( 诱惑 )to drag it into problems where it may not be helpful. David Brooks, author ofThe Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement,appears to be the latest in a long line of writers who have failed to resistthe temptation. Brooks gained fame for several books. Hislatest book The Social Animal, however, is more ambitious and serious than hisearlier books. It is an attempt to deal with a set of weighty topics. The bookfocuses on big questions: What has science revealed about human nature? Whatare the sources of character? And why are some people happy and successfulwhile others aren’t? To answer these questions, Brooks surveys awide range of disciplines (学科) . Considering this, you might expect the bookto be a dry recitation of facts. But Brooks has structured his book in an unorthodox( 非常规的 ), and perhaps unfortunate, way. Instead of introducing scientifictheories, he tells a story, within which he tries to make his points, perhapsin order to keep the reader’s attention. So as Harold and Erica, the hero andheroine in his story, live through childhood, we hear about the science ofchild development and as they begin to date we hear about the theory of ualattraction. Brooks carries this through to the death of one of his characters. On the whole, Brooks’s story is acceptable ifuninspired. As one would expect, his writing is mostly clear and, to be fair,some chapters stand out above the rest. I enjoyed, for instance, the chapter inwhich Harold discovers how to think on his own. While Harold and Erica arecertainly not strong or memorable characters, the more serious problems withThe Social Animal lie elsewhere. These problems partly involve Brooks’s attemptto translate his tale into science. 70. What is theauthor likely to write about after the last paragraph? A. Problems with the book. B. Brooks’s life experience. C. Death of the characters. D. Brooks’s translation skills.