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1、SAT长篇阅读练习题精选14篇（附答案）SATReadingComprehensionTest110mins-7questionsTheextractistakenfromabookwrittensixtyyearsagobyaBritishscientistinwhichheconsiderstherelationshipbetweenscienceandsociety.Thepioneersoftheteachingofscienceimaginedthatitsintroductionintoeducationwould
2、removetheconventionality,artificiality,andbackward-lookingnesswhichwerecharacteristic;ofclassicalstudies,buttheyweregravelydisappointed.So,too,in5theirtimehadthehumaniststhoughtthatthestudyoftheclassicalauthorsintheoriginalwouldbanishatoncethedullpedantryandsupersti
3、tionofmediaevalscholasticism.Theprofessionalschoolmasterwasamatchforbothofthem,andhasalmostmanagedtomaketheunderstandingofchemicalreactionsasdull10andasdogmaticanaffairasthereadingofVirgil'sAeneid.Thechiefclaimfortheuseofscienceineducationisthatitteachesachildsometh
4、ingabouttheactualuniverseinwhichheisliving,inmakinghimacquaintedwiththeresultsofscientific15discovery,andatthesametimeteacheshimhowtothinklogicallyandinductivelybystudyingscientificmethod.Acertainlimitedsuccesshasbeenreachedinthefirstoftheseaims,butpracticallynoneat
5、allinthesecond.Thoseprivilegedmembersofthecommunitywhohavebeenthroughasecondaryorpublicschool20educationmaybeexpectedtoknowsomethingabouttheelementaryphysicsandchemistryofahundredyearsago,buttheyprobablyknowhardlymorethananybrightboycanpickupfromaninterestinwireless
6、orscientifichobbiesoutofschoolhours.Astothelearningofscientificmethod,thewholethingispalpably25afarce.Actually,fortheconvenienceofteachersandtherequirementsoftheexaminationsystem,itisnecessarythatthepupilsnotonlydonotlearnscientificmethodbutlearnpreciselythereverse,
7、thatis,tobelieveexactlywhattheyaretoldandtoreproduceitwhenasked,whetheritseemsnonsensetothemor30not.Thewayinwhicheducatedpeoplerespondtosuchquackeriesasspiritualismorastrology,nottosaymoredangerousonessuchasracialtheoriesorcurrencymyths,showsthatfiftyyearsofeducatio
8、ninthemethodofscienceinBritainorGermanyhasproducednovisibleeffectwhatever.Theonlywayoflearningthe35methodofscienceisthelongandbitterwayofp
