Social science is that branch of intellectual enquiry which seeks to study humans a
第2题
Many theories for predicting the relationship between cause and effect ______.
A.testify their complete conformity with general scientific principles
B.justify the identity of dependent, independent, and intervening variables
C.specify the time periods of bodily cycles in terms of psychological tests
D.verify their prediction by variables inconsistent with conventions of science
第3题
Which statement about the U.S. Constitution is NOT true?
A. It is the supreme law of the land.
B. It is the oldest written constitution in the world.
C. It was adopted in 1781 at the Second Continental Congress.
D. It provides the basis for political stability, economic growth and social progress.
第4题
The Aristotle example is used to make the point that______
A.universities in the UK have produced too much good for graduates
B.such abstract subjects as philosophy is no longer useful
C.education should serve the social needs
D.it is advisable for today' s philosophers to know computer science
第5题
The way to answer the first question is to find the best conditions, external and internal, which have in the past helped the progress of science and to anticipate the changed needs of the present and future. The answer to the second question, which depends on the first, is set out towards the end of this chapter. Some of the external conditions for the flourishing of science in the past have already been discussed. 72. In essence they are provided only in periods of social and economic advance, when science is given social importance and material means and is continually stimulated to new activity by problems presented to it from the economic and social spheres.
73. Now these problems have been essentially, as we have seen, those that touched the interests of the ruling class of the time, whether real, like navigation, or imaginary, like astrology. The opportunity and the honor given to the practitioners of science at any time are a measure of the degree to which they serve at these interests. They are greatest in periods of active advance, because then the people who are occupied with science are closely in touch with the main economic interests, and are often drawn from the directing classes themselves or are brought into their counsels because of their abilities. We have had many examples in these pages such as: Archimedes, Grosseteste, Leonardo, Galileo, Boyle, Davy, Pasteur, Kelvin.
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第6题
Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 5?
A. Arc helps limit the scope of futurological studies.
B. Technology offers solutions to social problem.
C. The interest in science fiction is on the rise.
D. Our Immediate future is hard to conceive.
第7题
第8题
A)一般的科学家为了在社会上发展,都想尽快地申请科研项目。
B)总的说来,科学技术在各个领域的应用必将加速社会的发展。
C)大体上,对科学技术的应用都会使社会各个领域加速发展。
D)总之,科学家对科研项目的申请都是为了促进社会的发展。
E)总的说来,应用各个领域的科学技术都必将加速社会的发展。
第9题
Albert Einstein once attributed (把......归因于) the creativity of a famous scientist to the fact that he "never went to school, and therefore kept the rare gift of thinking freely". There is undoubtedly a truth in Einstein's observation; many artists and geniuses seem to view their schooling as a disadvantage. But such a truth is not a criticism of schools. It is the function of schools to civilize, not to train explorers. The explorer is always a lonely person whether his or her pioneering be in art, music, science, or technology. The creative explorer of unmapped lands shares with tile genius what William James described as the gift for thinking in an unusual way. As schools teach set patterns, they tend to destroy creativity and genius. But if schools could somewhat exist only to cultivate genius, then society would break down. For the social order demands unity and widespread agreement, which r, re destructive to creativity and genius.
Albert Einstein once thought that schools ______.
A.helped develop the creativity of a scientist
B.kept a rare gift for a scientist
C.prevented a scientist from thinking freely
D.contributed a lot to science and technology
第10题
In education, there should be a good balance among the branches of knowledge that contribute to effective thinking and wise judgment. Such balance is defeated by too much emphasis on any one field. This question of balance involves not only the relation of the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the arts but also relative emphases among the natural sciences themselves.
Similarly, we must have a balance between current and classical knowledge. The attention of the public is continually drawn to new possibilities in scientific fields and the discovery of new knowledge; these should not be allowed to mm our attention away from the sound, established materials that form. the basis of courses for beginners.
According to the first paragraph, the task of education is fairly complicated because ______.
A.the current public school system is too complicated to be understood
B.the public school system has no choice of what to teach
C.it is difficult to decide whether elementary science should be taught in public schools
D.the educators have to take care of both ordinary and gifted students