2013高考英语二轮阅读理解（四月）训练（5）及答案Whatisthenatureofthescientificattitude,theattitudeofthemanorwomanwhostudiesandappliesphysics,biology,chemistry,geology,engineering,medicineoranyotherscience?Weallknowthatscienceplaysanimportantroleinoursocieties．However,manypeoplebelievethatourprogressdependsontwodifferentaspectsofscience．Thefirstaspectistheapplicationofthemachines,productsandsystemsofknowledgethatscientistsandtechnologistsdevelop．ThesecondistheapplicationofthespecialmethodsofthoughtandactionthatscientistsuseintheirworkHedoesnotacceptstatementswhicharenotbasedonthemostcompleteevidenceavailable．Herejectsauthorityastheonlybasisfortruth．Scientistsalwayscheckstatementsandmakeexperimentscarefullyandobjectively．Furthermore,hedoesnotreadilyaccepthisownidea,sinceheknowsthatmanistheleastreliableofscientificinstrumentsandthatanumberoffactorstendtodisturbobjectiveinvestigation．Lastly,heisfullofimaginationsinceheoftenhastolookforrelationshipsindatawhicharenotonlycomplexbutalsofrequentlyincomplete．Furthermore,heneedsimaginationifhewantstoguesshowprocessesworkandhoweventstakeplace．Theseseemtobesomeofthewaysinwhichasuccessfulscientistortechnologistthinksandacts．10．Manypeoplebelievethatsciencehelpssocietytoprogressthrough_________A．knowledgeonly．B．morethanoneaspect．1C．technologyonly．D．theuseofmachines．11．WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutacuriousscientistisTRUE?A．Hedoesn’tfindconfidenceandpleasureinwork．B．Heisinterestedinproblemsthatareexplained．C．Hemakeseffortstoinvestigatepotentialconnections．D．Helooksfornewwaysofacting．12．Accordingtothepassage,asuccessfulscientistwouldNOT_______________．A．easilybelieveinuncheckedstatements．B．easilycriticizeothers'researchwork．C．alwaysusehisimaginationinwork．D．alwaysuseevidencefromobservation．13．Whichwordcanbeusedtodescribethedatathatagoodscientistuses?A．completeB．objectiveC．complicatedD．accurate14．Whatdoesthepassagemainlydiscuss?A．Applicationoftechnology．B．Progressinmodemsociety．C．Scientists'waysofthinkingandacting．D．Howtobecomeasuccessfulscientist．参考答案BCACC************************************************结束AThereisnodenyingthatstudentsshouldlearnsomethingabouthowcomputerswork,justasweexpectthematleasttounderstandthattheinternal-combustionengine(内燃机)hassomethingtodowithburningfuel,expandinggasesandpistons(活塞)beingdriven.Forpeopleshouldhavesomebasicideaofhowthethingsthattheyusedowhattheydo.Further,studentsmightbehelpedbyacoursethatconsidersthecomputer’simpactonsociety.Butthatisnotwhatismeantbycomputerliteracy.Forcomputerliteracyisnotaformofliteracy(读写能力);itisatradeskillthatshouldnotbetaughtasaliberalart.2Learninghowtouseacomputerandlearninghowtoprogramonearetwodistinctactivities.Acasemightbemadethatthecompetentcitizensoftomorrowshouldfreethemselvesfromtheirfearofcomputers.Butthisisquitedifferentfromsayingthatalloughttoknowhowtoprogramone.Leavethattopeoplewhohavechosenprogrammingasacareer.Whileprogrammingcanbelotsoffun,andwhileoursocietyneedssomepeoplewhoareexpertsatit,thesameistrueofautorepairandviolin-making.Learninghowtouseacomputerisnotthatdifficu1t,anditgetseasierallthetimeasprogramsbecomemore“user-friendly”.Letusassumethatinthefutureeveryoneisgoingtohavetoknowhowtouseacomputertobeacompetentcitizen.Whatdoesthephrase“learningtouseacomputer”mean?Itsoundslike“learn...
