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考博英语阅读理解若干篇篇章与问题 2

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6。Animal-loversassumethatanimals,beinghunted,wouldsufferfrom____。
A)agreatdealofagonybothinbodyandinspirit
B)mentaldistressoncetheyarewounded
C)onlybodypainswithoutfeelingsad
D)crawlingintothecomertodie
7。Supportersofgameshootingmayarguethatanimals______。
A)cannotcontroltheirmuscularcontractions
B)havedevelopedacapacityoffeelingnopain
C)arenotasacutelysensitiveashumanbeingstoinjuries
D)canendureallkindsofdisorders
8。Theauthorfeelssurethat_____。
A)animalsdon’tshowsufferingtous
B)dogsaremoreendurablethanhumanchildren
C)wecannotknowwhatanimalsfeel
D)comparinganimalswithhumanbeingsisnotappropriate
9。Whatistheauthor’sopinionaboutanimalhunting?
A)Weshouldfeelthesameasthehuntedanimalsdo。
B)Weshouldprotectandsavealltheanimals。
C)Weshouldn’tcausesufferingtothem。
D)Weshouldtakecareofthemifwecan。
10。Thispassageseemsto____。
A)argueforsomethingB)explainsomething
C)tellastoryD)describeanobject

Passage3
Inscience,atheoryisareasonableexplanationofobservedeventsthatarerelated。Athe-oryofteninvolvesanimaginarymodelthathelpsscientistspicturethewayanobservedeventcouldbeproduced。Agoodexampleofthisisfoundinthekineticmoleculartheory,inwhichgasesarepicturedasbeingmadeupofmanysmallparticlesthatareinconstantmotion。
Ausefultheory,inadditiontoexplainingpastobservations,helpstopredicteventsthathavenotasyetbeenobserved。Afteratheoryhasbeenpublicized,scientistsdesignexperi-meritstotestthetheory。Ifobservationsconfirmthescientists’predictions,thetheoryissup-ported。Ifobservationsdonotconfirmthepredictions,thescientistsmustsearchfurther。Theremaybeafaultintheexperiment,orthetheorymayhavetoberevisedorrejected。
Scienceinvolvesimaginationandcreativethinkingaswellascollectinginformationandperformingexperiments。Factsbythemselvesarenotscience。AsthemathematicianJulesHenriPoincaresaid:"Scienceisbuiltwithfactsjustasahouseisbuiltwithbricks,butacollectionoffactscannotbecalledscienceanymorethanapileofbrickscanbecalledahouse。"


Mostscientistsstartaninvestigationbyfindingoutwhatotherscientistshavelearnedaboutaparticularproblem。Afterknownfactshavebeengathered,thescientistcomestothepartoftheinvestigationthatrequiresconsiderableimagination。Possiblesolutionstotheproblemare
formulated。Thesepossiblesolutionsarecalledhypotheses。
Inaway,anyhypothesisisaleapintotheunknown。Itextendsthescientist’sthinkingbeyondtheknownfacts。Thescientistplansexperiments,performscalculations,andmakesob-servationstotesthypotheses。Forwithouthypotheses,furtherinvestigationlackspurposeanddirection。Whenhypothesesareconfirmed,theyareincorporatedintotheories。
11。Theword"this"inthe3rdsentenceinparagraph1refersto______。
A)agoodexampleB)animaginarymodel
C)thekineticmoleculartheoryD)anobservedevent
12。Bricksarementionedinthe3rdparagraphtoindicatehow____。
A)mathematiciansapproachscience
B)buildingahouseislikeperformingexperiments
C)scienceismorethanacollectionoffacts
D)scientificexperimentshaveledtoimprovedtechnology
13。Inthelastparagraph,theauthorreferstoahypothesisas"aleapintotheunknown"inor-dertoshowthathypotheses______。

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