三级句子、易错单词、短语.docx

三级句子、易错单词、短语

第一篇：三级句子、易错单词、短语Insciencethemeaningoftheword“explain”sufferswithcivilization’severystepinsearchofreality.Sciencecannotreallyexplainelectricity,magnetism,andgravition;theireffectscanbemeasuredandpredicted,butoftheirnaturenomoreisknowntothemodernscientistthantoThaleswhofirstlookedintothenatureoftheelectrificationofphysicistsrejectthenotionthatmancaneverdiscoverwhatthesemysteriousforces“really”are.Electricity,BertrandRussellsays,isnotathing,likeSt.Paul’sCathedral;itisawayinwhichthingsbehave.Whenwehavetoldhowthingsbehavewhenthryareelectrified,andunderwhatcircumstancestheyareelectrified,wehavetoldallthereistotell.Untilrecentlyscientistswouldhavedisapprovedofsuchanidea.Aristotle,forexample,whosenaturalsciencedominatedWesternthoughtfortwothousandyears,believedthatmancouldarriveatanunderstandingofrealitybyreasoningfromself-evidentprinciple.Hefelt,forexample,thatitisaself-evidentprinciplethateverythingintheuniversehasitsproperplace,henceonecandeducethatobjectsfalltothegroudbecausethat’swheretheybelong,andsmokegoesupbecausethat’swhereitbelongs.ThegoalofAristoteliansciencewastoexplainwhythingshappen.ModernsciencewasbornwhenGalileobegantryingtoexplainhowthingshappenandthusoriginatedthemethodofcontrolledexperimentwhichnowformsthebasisofscientificinvestigation.Theaimofcontrolledscientificexperimentsis_____.[ANSWER]A)toexplainwhythingshappenB)toexpalinhowthingshappenC)todescribeself-evidentprinciplesD)tosupportAristelianscienceWhatprinciplesmostinfluencedscientificthoughtfortwothoudsandyears?[ANSWER]A)ThespeculationsofThales.B)Theforcesofelectricity,magnetismandgravity.C)Aristotle’snaturalscience.D)Galileo’sdiscoveries.BertrandRussell’snotionaboutelectricityis_____.[ANSWER]A)disapprovedofbymostmodernscientistsB)inagreementwithAristotle’stheoryofself-evidentprincipleC)inagreementwithscientificinvestigationdirectedtoward“how”thingshappenD)inagreementwithscientificinvestigationdirectedtoward“why”thingshappenThepassagesaysthatuntilrecentlyscientific[ANSWER]A)thatthereare