다음 글의 요지로 가장 적절한 것은?Through discoveries… | [9급 국가직 영어] 14년 1회차 기출문제 상세 페이지

다음 글의 요지로 가장 적절한 것은?
Through discoveries and inventions, science has extended life, conquered disease and offered new material freedom. It has pushed aside gods and demons and revealed a cosmos more intricate and awesome than anything produced by pure imagination. But there are new troubles in the peculiar paradise that science has created. It seems that science is losing the popular support to meet the future challenges of pollution, security, energy, education, and food. The public has come to fear the potential consequences of unfettered science and technology in such areas as genetic engineering, global warming, nuclear power, and the proliferation of nuclear arms.

Science is very helpful in modern society.

Science and technology are developing quickly.

The absolute belief in science is weakening.

Scientific research is getting more funds from private sectors.

글의 요지는 "The absolute belief in science is weakening."(과학에 대한 절대적 믿음이 약해지고 있다)이다.
앞부분에서 과학의 성과를 나열한 뒤 "But"으로 전환하여 "science is losing the popular support"(과학이 대중의 지지를 잃고 있다)라고 하고, 대중이 통제되지 않은 과학기술의 결과를 두려워하게 되었다고 서술한다.
"Science is very helpful in modern society." — But 앞의 도입부 내용일 뿐 요지가 아니다.
"Science and technology are developing quickly." — 발전 속도는 다루지 않는다.
"Scientific research is getting more funds from private sectors." — 민간 자금은 언급되지 않는다.