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专业英语八级（阅读）模拟试卷131(题后含答案及解析)

题型有：2.READINGCOMPREHENSION

PARTIIREADINGCOMPREHENSION

SECTIONAMULTIPLE-CHOICEQUESTIONSInthissectionthereareseveral

passagesfollowedbyfourteenmultiple-choicequestions.Foreachmultiple-choice

question,therearefoursuggestedanswersmarked[A],[B],[C]and[D].Choosethe

onethatyouthinkisthebestanswer.

Inlastweek’sTribune,therewasaninterestingletterfromMr.J.Stewart

Cook,inwhichhesuggestedthatthebestwayofavoidingthedangerofa“scientific

hierarchy”wouldbetoseetoitthateverymemberofthegeneralpublicwas,asfaras

possible,scientificallyeducated.Atthesametime,scientistsshouldbebroughtoutof

theirisolationandencouragedtotakeagreaterpartinpoliticsandadministration.

Asageneralstatement,Ithinkmostofuswouldagreewiththis,butInoticethat,as

usual,Mr.Cookdoesnotdefinescience,andmerelyimpliesinpassingthatitmeans

certainexactscienceswhoseexperimentscanbemadeunderlaboratoryconditions.

Thus,adulteducationtendstoneglectscientificstudiesinfavorofliterary,economic“

andsocialsubjects”,economicsandsociologynotbeingregardedasbranchesof

science,apparently.Thispointisofgreatimportance.Forthewordscienceisat

presentusedinatleasttwomeanings,butthewholequestionofscientificeducationis

obscuredbythecurrenttendencytododgefromonemeaningtotheother.

Scienceisgenerallytakenasmeaningeither(a)theexactsciences,suchaschemistry,

physics,etc.,or(b)amethodofthoughtwhichobtainsverifiableresultsbyreasoning

logicallyfromobservedfact.Ifyouaskanyscientist,orindeedalmostany

educatedperson,W