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大学英语四级试练习卷

一、阅读理解

阅读理解（一）

Whytheinductiveandmathematicalsciences,aftertheirfirstrapid

developmentattheculminationofGreekcivilization,advancedsoslowlyfor

twothousandyears—andwhyinthefollowingtwohundredyearsaknowledge

ofnaturalandmathematicalsciencehasaccumulated,whichsovastlyexceeds

allthatwaspreviouslyknownthatthesesciencesmaybejustlyregardedas

theproductsofourowntimes—arequestionswhichhaveinterestedthemodern

philosophernotlessthantheobjectswithwhichthesesciencesaremore

immediatelyconversant.Wasittheemploymentofanewmethodofresearch,

orintheexerciseofgreatervirtueintheuseoftheoldmethods,thatthis

singularmodernphenomenonhaditsorigin?Wasthelongperiodoneofarrested

development,andisthemoderneraoneofnormalgrowth?Orshouldweascribe

thecharacteristicsofbothperiodstoso-calledhistoricalaccidents—tothe

influenceofconjunctionsincircumstancesofwhichnoexplanationispossible,

saveintheomnipotenceandwisdomofaguidingProvidence?

Theexplanationwhichhasbecomecommonplace,thattheancientsemployed

deductionchieflyintheirscientificinquiries,whilethemodernsemploy

induction,provestobetoonarrow,andfailsuponcloseexaminationtopoint

withsufficientdistinctnessthecontrastthatisevidentbetweenancientand

modernscientificdoctrinesandinquiries.Forallknowledgeisfoundedon

observation,andproceedsfromthisbyanalysis,bysynthesisandanalysis,byinductionanddeduction,andifpossiblebyverification,orbynewappeals

toobservationundertheguidanceofdeduction—bystepswhichareindeed

correlativepartsofonemethod;andtheancientsciencesaffordexamplesof

everyoneofthesemethods,orpartsofonemethod,whichhavebeengeneralized

fromtheexamplesofscience.

Afailuretoemployortoemployadequatelyanyoneofthesepartialmethods,

animperfectionintheartsandresourcesofobservationandexperiment,

carelessnessinobservation,neglectofrelevantfacts,byappealto

experimentandobservation—thesearethefaultswhichcauseallfailuresto

ascertaintruth,whetheramongtheancientsorthemoderns;butthisstatement

doesnotexplainwhythemodernispossessedofagreatervirtue,andbywhat

meansheattainedhissuperiority.Muchlessdoesitexplainthesuddengrowth

ofscienceinrecenttimes.

Theattempttodiscovertheexplanationofthisphenomenonintheantithesis

of“facts”and“theories”or“facts”and“ideas”—intheneglectamong

theancientsoftheformer,andtheirtooexclusiveattentiontothelatter

—provesalsotobetoonarrow,aswellasopentothechargeofvagueness.

Forinthefirstplace,theantithesisisnotcomplete.Factsandtheories

arenotcoordinatespecies.Theories,iftrue,arefacts—aparticularclass

offactsindeed,generallycomplex,andifalogicalconnectionsubsists

betweentheirconstituents,haveallthepositiveattributesoftheories.

Nevertheless,thisdistinction,howeverinadequateitmaybetoexplainthe

sourceoftruemethodinscience,iswellfounded,andconnotesanimportant

characterintruemethod.Afactisapropositionofsimple.Atheory,ontheotherhand,iftruehasallthecharacteristicsofafact,exceptthatits

verificationispossibleonlybyindirect,remote,anddifficultmeans.To

converttheoriesintofactsistoaddsimpleverification,andthetheorythus

acquiresthefullcharacteristicsofafact.

"1.Thetitlethatbestexpressestheideasofthispassageis"

[A].Philosophyofmathematics.[B].TheRecentGrowthin

Science.

[C].TheVerificationofFacts.[C].MethodsofScientific

Inquiry.

"2.Accordingtotheauthor,onepossiblereasonforthegrowthofscience

duringthedaysoftheancientGreeksandinmoderntimesis"

[A].thesimilaritybetweenthetwoperiods.

[B].thatitwasanactofGod.

[C].thatbothtriedtodeveloptheinductivemethod.

[D].duetothedeclineofthedeductivemethod.

"3.Thedifferencebetween“fact”and“theory”"

[A].isthatthelatterneedsconfirmation.

[B].restsonthesimplicityoftheformer.

[C].isthedifferencebetweenthemodernscientistsandtheancientGreeks.

[D].helpsustounderstandthedeductivemethod.

"4.Accordingtotheauthor,mathematicsis"

[A].aninductivescience.[B].inneedofsimpleverification.

[C].adeductivescience.[D].basedonfactandtheory.

"5.Thestatement“Theoriesarefacts”maybecalled."[A].ametaphor.[B].aparadox.

[C].anappraisaloftheinductiveanddeductivemethods.

[D].apun.

阅读理解（二）

Flyingoveradesertareainanairplane,twoscientistslookeddownwith

trainedeyesattreesandbushes.Afteranhour'sflightoneofthescientists

wroteinhisbook,'Lookhereforprobablemetal'Scientistsinanother

airplane,flyingoveramountainregion,sentamessagetootherscientists

ontheground,'Goldpossible.'Walkingacrosshillyground,fourscientists

reported,'Thisgroundshouldbesearchedformetals.'Fromanairplaneover

ahillywastelandascientistsentbackbyradiooneword,'Uranium'.Noneof

thescientistshadX-rayeyes:theyhadnomagicpowersforlookingdownbelow

theearth'ssurface.Theyweremerelyputtingtouseoneofthenewestmethods

oflocationmineralsintheground---usingtreesandplantsassignsthat

certainmineralsmayliebeneaththegroundonwhichthetreesandplantsare

growing.Thisnewestmethodofsearchingformineralsisbasedonthefact

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Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each

conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the

conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each

question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four

choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer.

Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line

through the center.

Example:

You will hear:

You will read:

A) At the office.

B) In the waiting room.

C) At the airport.

D) In a restaurant.

From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they

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C) modern

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2.After working all day, he was so tired that he was in no ________ to go to

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C) held on

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