职称英语考试

试题来源：2003年职称英语等级考试真题（理工类A级）
【单选题】

Science and Truth
    “FINAGLE”() is not a word that most people associate with science. One reason is that the image of the scientist is of one who always __________ (51) data in an impartial () search for truth. In any debate- ___________ (52)intelligence, schooling, energy – the phrase “science says” usually disarms opposition.
    But scientists have long acknowledged the existence of a “finagle factor” – a tendency by many scientists to give a helpful change to the data to __________ (53) desired results. The latest of the finagle factor in action comes from Stephen Jay Gould, a Harvard biologist, who has ___________ (54) the important 19th century work of Dr. Samuel George Morton. Morton was famous in his time for analyzing the brain ____________ (55) of the skulls as a measure of intelligence. He concluded that whites had the largest brains, that the brains of Indians and blacks were smaller, and _______ (56), that whites constitute a superior race.
    Gould went back to Morton’s original data and concluded that the ____________ (57) were an example of the finagle at work. He found that Morton’s “discovery” was made by leaving out embarrassing data, ___________ (58) incorrect procedures, and changing his criteria – again, always in favour of his argument. Morton has been thoroughly discredited by now and scientists do not believe that brain size reflects __________ (59).
    But Gould went on to say Morton’s story is only an example of a common problem in ____________(60) work. Some of the leading figures in science are ________________ (61) to have used the finagle factor. Gould says that Isaac Newton fudged out () to support at least three central statements that he could not prove. And so _____________ (62)Laudius Ptolemy, the Greek astronomer, whose master work, Almagest, summed up the case for a solar system that had the earth as its center. Recent _____________ (63) indicate that Ptolemy either faked some key data or resorted heavily to the finagle factor.
    All this is important because the finagle factor is still at work. For example, in the artificial sweetener controversy, for example, it is ________ (64) that all the studies sponsored by the sugar industry find that the artificial sweetener is unsafe, ________ (65) all the studies sponsored by the diet food industry find nothing wrong with it.
   
    51     A collects     B invents     C misuses     D enables
    52     A of     B over     C in      D with
    53     A convey     B destroy     C modify     D acquire
    54     A created     B written     C examined     D produced
    55     A size     B shape     C tissue     D cell
    56     A however     B then     C though     D therefore
    57     A results     B experiments     C ideas     D suggestions
    58     A planning     B making     C using     D searching
    59     A creativity     B reliability     C intelligence     D originality
    60     A unusual     B mental     C scientific     D manual
    61     A taught     B believed     C tried     D allowed
    62     A was      B had     C could     D did
    63     A studies     B events     C developments     D decisions
    64     A feared     B said     C suggested     D expected
    65     A if     B while     C because     D although

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网考网参考答案：A、B、D、C、A、D、A、C、C、C、B、D、A、B、B
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17%的考友选择了A选项
72%的考友选择了B选项
2%的考友选择了C选项
9%的考友选择了D选项
考友解析与评论：
 · 题目都看不懂，整个就是乱蒙。
 · 我做了好几遍答案都是A、B、D、C、A、D、A、C、C、C、B、D、A、B、B
 · 这个答案与百度百科里面的内容不符合