The passage says that until recently scientists disagreed with the idea ________.

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• 1Bertrand Russell’s notion about electricity is ________.

  A.disapproved of by most modern scientists

  B.in agreement with Aristotle’s theory of self-evident principles

  C.in agreement with scientific investigation directed toward “how” things happen

  D.in agreement with scientific investigation directed toward “why” things happen

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• 2What principles most influenced scientific thought for two thousand years、

  A.the speculations of Thales

  B.the forces of electricity, magnetism, and gravity

  C.Aristotle’s natural science

  D.Galileo’s discoveries

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• 3The aim of controlled scientific experiments is ________.

  A.to explain why things happen

  B.to explain how things happen

  C.to describe self-evident principles

  D.to support Aristotelian science

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• 4Nowadays, the athletes’ expenses are paid for ________.

  A.out of the prize money of the winners

  B.out of the funds raised by the competing nations

  C.by the athletes themselves

  D.by contributions

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• 5Modern athletes’ results cannot be compared with those of ancient runners because ________.

  A.the Greeks had no means of recording the results

  B.they are much better

  C.details such as the time were not recorded in the past

  D.they are much worse

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• 6Modern science came into being ________.

  A.when the method of controlled experiment was first introduced

  B.when Galileo succeeded in explaining how things happen

  C.when Aristotelian scientist tried to explain why things happen

  D.when scientists were able to acquire an understanding of reality of reasoning

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• 7As scheduled, the communications satellite went into ________ round the earth.

  A.circle

  B.orbit

  C.path

  D.course

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• 8When I saw Jane, I stopped and smiled, but she ________ me and walked on.

  A.refused

  B.ignored

  C.denied

  D.missed

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• 9It was a good game, and at the end the ________ was Argentina 3, West Germany 2.

  A.mark

  B.account

  C.record

  D.score

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• 10George took ________ of the fine weather to do a day’s work in his garden.

  A.chance

  B.interest

  C.advantage

  D.charge

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