新视野大学英语 读写教程 第二版 第1册 期末试卷及答案 (郑树棠)

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书名：新视野大学英语 读写教程 第二版 第1册
作者：郑树棠
出版社：外语教学与研究出版社

期末试卷概述：

21. The author’s main purpose in writing this passage is to state that ____________. A) most scientific discoveries are not reliable B) mass media is misleading because it looks at the research results only C) scientific research is a process filled with reverses and requires slow and patient work D) repeated experiments are necessary before medicine can be used in patients 22. Publication of a scientific finding signifies __________. A) a challenge to fellow scientists to prove it wrong B) the end of a process C) the beginning of a new scientific inquiry D) the soundness of the result 23. Einstein’s words are used to show that he thought___________. A) experiments have proved him right B) scientists do not need so many experiments C) one experiment is not enough to prove him wrong. D) scientific ideas are never free from challenge 24. NASA’s announcement of the discovery of evidence of ancient life on Mars shows _________. A) the way human beings learn about nature B) the failure of the scientific method C) the fruitlessness of human search for life on another world D) the excitement brought by scientific findings 25. It can be inferred from the passage that the media is interested in __________. A) the process of scientific research B) the results of scientific research C) the scientists who do the research D) the effects of scientific research on human life