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  3. Can we generate the new cultural attitudes required by our technological virtuosity? History is not very reassuring here. It has

Can we generate the new cultural attitudes required by our technological virtuosity? History is not very reassuring here. It has

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问题      Can we generate the new cultural attitudes required by our technological virtuosity? History is not very reassuring here. It has taken centuries to learn how to live【B1】______ in the family, the tribe, the city, the state, and the nation. Each new【B2】______ of human sensitivity and loyalty has taken generations to become firmly【B3】______ in the human psyche. And now we are forced into a quantum leap from the mutual suspicion and【B4】______ that have marked the past relations between peoples in a world in which mutual respect and【B5】______ are necessary.
     Even events of recent decades provide little basis for【B6】______ .Increasing physical proximity has brought no millennium in human relations. If anything, it has appeared to intensify the divisions among people rather than to create a broader【B7】______ . Every new reduction in physical distance has made us more painfully aware of the psychic distance that divides people and has increased alarm over real or imagined differences. If today people occasionally choke on what seem to be indigestible differences between rich and poor, male and female, specialist and non-specialist within cultures, what will happen tomorrow when people must assimilate and cope with still greater【B8】______ in life styles?【B9】______ Time and space have long cushioned intercultural encounters, confining them to touristic exchanges. But this insulation is rapidly wearing thin.【B10】______ There we will be surrounded by foreigners for long periods of time, working with others in the closest possible relationships.【B11】______ ?
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答案optimism
解析 意为“乐观”。空格后在一句中的brought no millennium含有否定含义和消极的感情色彩，由此可推断空格处很可能是表达“不容乐观”的意思。
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