D．trying to make its employees aware of their own potential

　　答案：D　[综合题， 综合全文可知。]

　　Ⅲ.任务型(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

　　The Birth of Sociology

　　Auguste Comte (1798－1857)，widely considered the “father of sociology，” became interested in studying society because of the changes that took place as a result of the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution.During the French Revolution，which began in 1789，France’s class system changed dramatically.Aristocrats (贵族)suddenly lost their money and status，while peasants，who had been at the bottom of the social ladder，rose to more powerful and influential positions.The Industrial Revolution followed on the heels of the French Revolution，unfolding in Western Europe throughout the 1800s.During the Industrial Revolution，people abandoned a life of agriculture and moved to cities to find factory jobs.They worked long hours in dangerous conditions for low pay.New social problems appeared and，for many decades，little was done to solve the difficulty of the urban poor.

　　Comte looked at the extensive changes brought about by the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution and tried to make sense of them.He felt that the social sciences that existed at the time，including political science and history，couldn’t adequately explain the confusion and changes he saw around him.He decided an entirely new science was needed.He called this new science sociology，which comes from the root word socius，a Latin word that means “companion” or “being with others.”

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