职称英语考试

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【单选题】

Unpopular Subjects?

Is there a place in today’s society for the study of useless subjects in our universities?Just over 100 years ago Fitzgerald argued in a well-written letter______(1)Nature that “Universities must be allowed to studyuseless subjects-______ (2)they don’t，who will? He went 0n to use the ______ (3)of Maxwell’s electrodynamics_(电动力学)as one case where a “useless subject” has been transformed to auseful subject． Nowadays this argument is again verymuch______ (4)in many universities．Indeed one suspectsthat it is one of those arguments that must be______ (5)anew(重新)by each generation．But now there is anadded twist ~)--subjects must not only be useful，theymust also be______ (6)enough that students will flock(蜂拥)to d0 them，and even flock to pay to do them．

As universities become commercial operations，the pressure to______ (7)subjects or departments that are lesspopular will become stronger and stronger, Perhaps this is most strongly______(8)at the moment by physics．There has been much______(9)in the press of universities that are closing down physics departments andincorporate them with mathematics or engineering departments．

Many scientists think otherwise．They see physics as a______ (10)science，whichmust be kept alive if only to______ (11)a base for other sciences andengineering．It is of their great personal concern thatphysics teaching and research is under______ (12)in many universities．How Can it be preserved in the rush towards commercial competition?A major turnaround(转变)in student popularity may haveto______ (13)until the industrial world discovers that it needs physicists andstarts paying them well．

Physics is now not only unpopular；it is also “hard”．Wecan do more about the latter by ______ (14)teaching in our schools anduniversities．We can also______ (15) cooperativearrangements to ensure that physicists keep their research and teaching up todate

1 A about B of C to Don                                                  

2 A if B as C because D since

3 A question B example C design D device

4 A powerful B terrible C difficult D active

5 A fought B weighted C respected D selected

6 A clear B popular C indefinite D available

7 A choose B strengthen C eliminate D identify

8 A recommended B opposed C suspected D felt

9 A discussion B fancy C evidence D influence

10 A precise B noble C new D fundamental

11 A install B provide C reach D cover

12 A agreement B construction C threat Dconsideration

13 A wait B move C progress D increase

14 A running B improving C learning D dropping

15 A fix B modify C review D develop
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网考网参考答案：C、A、B、D、A、B、C、D、A、D、B、C、A、B、D
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68%的考友选择了A选项
2%的考友选择了B选项
11%的考友选择了C选项
19%的考友选择了D选项
考友解析与评论：
 · 这个答案应该是错的，应该是C、A、B、D、A、B、C、D、A、D、B、C、A、B、D
 · 应该是C、A、B、D、A、B、C、D、A、D、B、C、A、B、D啊
 · 到底谁的答案是对的呀？