公共课考研英语英语1987年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

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• 21The 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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• 22What 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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• 23Bertrand 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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• 24The passage says that until recently scientists disagreed with the idea ________.

  A.that there are mysterious forces in the universe

  B.that man cannot discover what forces “really” are

  C.that there are self-evident principles

  D.that we can discover why things behave as they do

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• 25Modern 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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• 26As scheduled, the communications satellite went into ________ round the earth.

  A.circle

  B.orbit

  C.path

  D.course

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• 27When 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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• 28It 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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• 29George 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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• 30Is there anyone who ________ the plans put forward by the committee、

  A.differs

  B.opposes

  C.disagrees

  D.refuses

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