1996Passage5Rumorhasitthatmorethan20booksoncreationism/evolutionareinthepublisher'spipelines.Afewhavealreadyappeared.Thegoalofallwillbetotrytoexplaintoaconfusedandoftenunenlightenedcitizenrythattherearenottwoequallyvalidscientifictheoriesfortheoriginandevolutionofuniverseandlife.Cosmology,geology,andbiologyhaveprovidedaconsistent,unified,andconstantlyimprovingaccountofwhathappened."Scientific"creationism,whichisbeingpushedbysomefor"equaltime"intheclassroomswheneverthescientificaccountsofevolutionaregiven,isbasedonreligion,notscience.Virtuallyallscientistsandthemajorityofnon-fundamentalistreligiousleadershavecometoregard"scientific"creationismasbadscienceandbadreligion.ThefirstfourchaptersofKitcher'sbookgiveaverybriefintroductiontoevolution.Atappropriateplaces,heintroducesthecriticismsofthecreationistsandprovidesanswers.Inthelastthreechapters,hetakesoffhisglovesandgivesthecreationistsagoodbeating.Hedescribestheirprogrammesandtactics,and,forthoseunfamiliarwiththewaysofcreationists,theextentoftheirdeceptionanddistortionmaycomeasanunpleasantsurprise.Whentheirbasicmotivationisreligious,onemighthaveexpectedmoreChristianbehavior.Kitcherisphilosopher,andthismayaccount,inpart,fortheclarityandeffectivenessofhisarguments.Thenon-specialistwillbeabletoobtainatleastanotionofthesortsofdataandargumentthatsupportevolutionarytheory.Thefinalchapteronthecreationistswillbeextremelycleartoall.Onthedustjacketofthisfinebook,StephenJayGouldsays:"Thisbookstandsforreasonitself."Andsoitdoes—andallwouldbewellwerereasontheonlyjudgeinthecreationism/evolutiondebate.67."Creationism"inthepassagerefersto________.[A]evolutioninitstruesenseastotheoriginoftheuniverse[B]anotionofthecreationofreligion[C]thescientificexplanationoftheearthformation[D]thedeceptivetheoryabouttheoriginoftheuniverse68.Kitcher'sbookisintendedto________.[A]recommendtheviewsoftheevolutionists[B]exposethetruefeaturesofcreationists[C]cursebitterlyatthisopponents[D]launchasurpriseattackoncreationists69.Fromthepassagewecaninferthat________.[A]reasoninghasplayedadecisiveroleinthedebate[B]creationistsdonotbasetheirargumentonreasoning[C]evolutionarytheoryistoodifficultfornon-specialists[D]creationismissupportedbyscientificfindings70.Thispassageappearstobeadigestof________.[A]abookreview[B]ascientificpaper[C]amagazinefeature[D]anewspapereditorial重点词汇：pipeline（管道；流水线）←pipe+line。cosmology（宇宙学）即cosmo+logy，cosmo即cosmos“宇宙”，-logy后缀表学科。non-fundamentalist（非原教旨主义者）←non-否定前缀+fundamentalist（原教旨主义者）。fundamentalist—anyonewhotakestheWordofGodtooseriously原教旨主义者——任何对上帝的话太认真的人。motivation（动机）←motiv(e)+ation。motivation—theartofgettingpeopletodowhatyouwantthemtodobecausetheywanttodoit动机——使人们因为自己想做而做你想让他们做的事情的能力。dustjacket精装书的护封。digest（v.消化n.摘要）。当初指责中国《读者文摘》（即现在的《读者》）刊名侵权的美国著名杂志叫Read’sDigest。Toeatishuman,todigest,divine.能吃的是人，能消化的是神。难句解析：①Thegoalofallwillbetotrytoexplaintoaconfusedandoftenunenlightenedcitizenrythattherearenottwoequallyvalidscientifictheoriesfortheoriginandevolutionofuniverseandlife.▲句子的主干结构是Thegoal...willbetotrytoexplain...