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1、2010PARTVREADINGCOMPREHENSION[25MIN]Inthissectiontherearefourpassagesfollowedbyquestions or unfinishedstatements,eachwithfoursuggestedanswersmarkedA,B,CandD.Choosetheonethatyouthinkisthebestanswer.MarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEETTWO.TEXTA科学家思考演练方式Scientists
2、'waysofthinkingandacting.Whatisthenatureofthescientificattitude,theattitudeoftheman or womanwhostudiesandappliesphysics,biology,chemistry,geology[dʒiˈɔlədʒi]n.地质学Hemajorsingeology.他主修地质学。,engineering,medicine or anyotherscience?Weallknowthatscienceplays
3、animportantroleinthesocietiesinwhichwelive.Manypeoplebelieve,however,thatourprogressdependsontwodifferentaspectsofscience.81答案Thefirstoftheseistheapplicationofthemachines,productsandsystemsofappliedknowledgethatscientistsandtechnologistsdevelop.Throught
4、echnology,scienceimprovesthestructureofsocietyandhelpsmantogainincreasingcontroloverhisenvironment.Thesecondaspectistheapplicationbyallmembersofsocietyofthespecialmethodsofthoughtandactionthatscientistsuseintheirwork.Whatarethesespecialmethodsofthinking
5、andacting?Firstofall83,itseemsthatasuccessfulscientistisfullofcuriosity[ˌkjuəriˈɔsiti]n.好奇心,爱打听的癖性-hewantstofindouthowandwhytheuniverseworks.Heusuallydirectshisattentiontowardsproblemswhichhenoticeshavenosatisfactoryexplanation,andhiscuriositymakeshimlo
6、okforunderlyingrelationshipsevenifthedataavailableseemtobeunconnected.Moreover,hethinkshecanimprovetheexistingconditionsandenjoystryingtosolvetheproblemswhichthisinvolves.Heisagoodobserver,accurate,patientandobjectiveandapplieslogicalthoughttotheobserva
7、tionshemakes.Heutilizesthefactsheobservestothefullestextent.Forexample,trainedobserversobtainaverylargeamountofinformationaboutastarmainlyfromtheaccurateanalysisofthesimplelinesthatappearinaspectrum[ˈspektrəm]n.光谱范围,系列.Heisskeptical[ˈskeptikəl]adj.怀疑性的,
8、好怀疑的,〈口〉无神论的-hedoesnotacceptstatementswhicharenotbasedonthemostcompleteevidenceavailable-andthereforerejectsauthorityasthesolebasisfortruth.Scientistsalwayscheckstatementsandmakeexperimentscarefullyandobjectivelytoverifythem.Furt
