考博英語閱讀理解若干篇篇章與問題 2
????A)?a?great?deal?of?agony?both?in?body?and?in?spirit
????B)?mental?distress?once?they?are?wounded
????C)?only?body?pains?without?feeling?sad
????D)?crawling?into?the?comer?to?die
7.?Supporters?of?game?shooting?may?argue?that?animals?______.
???A)?cannot?control?their?muscular?contractions
???B)?have?developed?a?capacity?of?feeling?no?pain
???C)?are?not?as?acutely?sensitive?as?human?beings?to?injuries
???D)?can?endure?all?kinds?of?disorders
8.?The?author?feels?sure?that?_____.
???A)?animals?don’t?show?suffering?to?us
???B)?dogs?are?more?endurable?than?human?children
???C)?we?cannot?know?what?animals?feel
???D)?comparing?animals?with?human?beings?is?not?appropriate
9.?What?is?the?author’s?opinion?about?animal?hunting?
???A)?We?should?feel?the?same?as?the?hunted?animals?do.
???B)?We?should?protect?and?save?all?the?animals.
???C)?We?shouldn’t?cause?suffering?to?them.
???D)?We?should?take?care?of?them?if?we?can.
10.?This?passage?seems?to?____.
????A)?argue?for?something??????????B)?explain?something
????C)?tell?a?story??????????????????D)?describe?an?object
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Passage?3
????In?science,?a?theory?is?a?reasonable?explanation?of?observed?events?that?are?related.?A?the-ory?often?involves?an?imaginary?model?that?helps?scientists?picture?the?way?an?observed?event?could?be?produced.?A?good?example?of?this?is?found?in?the?kinetic?molecular?theory,?in?which?gases?are?pictured?as?being?made?up?of?many?small?particles?that?are?in?constant?motion.
????A?useful?theory,?in?addition?to?explaining?past?observations,?helps?to?predict?events?that?have?not?as?yet?been?observed.?After?a?theory?has?been?publicized,?scientists?design?experi-merits?to?test?the?theory.?If?observations?confirm?the?scientists’?predictions,?the?theory?is?sup-ported.?If?observations?do?not?confirm?the?predictions,?the?scientists?must?search?further.?There?may?be?a?fault?in?the?experiment,?or?the?theory?may?have?to?be?revised?or?rejected.
??????Science?involves?imagination?and?creative?thinking?as?well?as?collecting?information?and?performing?experiments.?Facts?by?themselves?are?not?science.?As?the?mathematician?Jules?Henri?Poincare?said:?"Science?is?built?with?facts?just?as?a?house?is?built?with?bricks,?but?a?collection?of?facts?cannot?be?called?science?any?more?than?a?pile?of?bricks?can?be?called?a?house."
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