SAT阅读练习题:Reading Comprehension Test 1
<p> <span word="SAT">SAT</span> <span word="Reading">Reading</span> <span word="Comprehension">Comprehension</span> <span word="Test">Test</span> 1</p><p> 10 <span word="mins">mins</span> - 7 <span word="questions">questions</span></p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="extract">extract</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="book">book</span> <span word="written">written</span> <span word="sixty">sixty</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="scientist">scientist</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="considers">considers</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="relationship">relationship</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="science">science</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="society">society</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="pioneers">pioneers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="teaching">teaching</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="science">science</span> <span word="imagined">imagined</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="itsintroduction">itsintroduction</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="education">education</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="remove">remove</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="conventionality">conventionality</span>,<span word="artificiality">artificiality</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="backward">backward</span>-<span word="lookingness">lookingness</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="characteristic">characteristic</span>;<span word="of">of</span> <span word="classical">classical</span> <span word="studies">studies</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="gravely">gravely</span> <span word="disappointed">disappointed</span>. <span word="So">So</span>, <span word="too">too</span>, <span word="in">in</span>5 <span word="their">their</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="humanists">humanists</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="classical">classical</span> <span word="authors">authors</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="original">original</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="banish">banish</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dull">dull</span> <span word="pedantry">pedantry</span> <span word="andsuperstition">andsuperstition</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mediaeval">mediaeval</span> <span word="scholasticism">scholasticism</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="professional">professional</span> <span word="schoolmaster">schoolmaster</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="match">match</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="managed">managed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="understanding">understanding</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="chemical">chemical</span> <span word="reactions">reactions</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="dull">dull</span> 10 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="dogmatic">dogmatic</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="affair">affair</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="reading">reading</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Virgils">Virgils</span> <span word="Aeneid">Aeneid</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="chief">chief</span> <span word="claim">claim</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="science">science</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="education">education</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="teaches">teaches</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="child">child</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="actual">actual</span> <span word="universe">universe</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="living">living</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="making">making</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="acquainted">acquainted</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="results">results</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="scientific">scientific</span>15 <span word="discovery">discovery</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="teaches">teaches</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="logically">logically</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="inductively">inductively</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="studying">studying</span> <span word="scientific">scientific</span> <span word="method">method</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="certain">certain</span> <span word="limited">limited</span> <span word="success">success</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="reached">reached</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="aims">aims</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="practicallynone">practicallynone</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="second">second</span>. <span word="Those">Those</span> <span word="privileged">privileged</span> <span word="members">members</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="thecommunity">thecommunity</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="secondary">secondary</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="school">school</span> 20 <span word="education">education</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="elementary">elementary</span> <span word="physics">physics</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="chemistry">chemistry</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hundred">hundred</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="probably">probably</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="hardly">hardly</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="bright">bright</span> <span word="boy">boy</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="pick">pick</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="interest">interest</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="wireless">wireless</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="scientific">scientific</span> <span word="hobbies">hobbies</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="hours">hours</span>.</p>
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