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SAT长篇阅读练习题精选14篇(附答案)SATReadingComprehensionTest110mins-7questionsTheextractistakenfromabookwrittensixtyyearsagobyaBritishscientistinwhichheconsiderstherelationshipbetweenscienceandsociety.Thepioneersoftheteachingofscienceimaginedthatitsintroductionintoeducationwouldremovetheconventionality,artificiality,andbackward-lookingnesswhichwerecharacteristic;ofclassicalstudies,buttheyweregravelydisappointed.So,too,in5theirtimehadthehumaniststhoughtthatthestudyoftheclassicalauthorsintheoriginalwouldbanishatoncethedullpedantryandsuperstitionofmediaevalscholasticism.Theprofessionalschoolmasterwasamatchforbothofthem,andhasalmostmanagedtomaketheunderstandingofchemicalreactionsasdull10andasdogmaticanaffairasthereadingofVirgil'sAeneid.Thechiefclaimfortheuseofscienceineducationisthatitteachesachildsomethingabouttheactualuniverseinwhichheisliving,inmakinghimacquaintedwiththeresultsofscientific15discovery,andatthesametimeteacheshimhowtothinklogicallyandinductivelybystudyingscientificmethod.Acertainlimitedsuccesshasbeenreachedinthefirstoftheseaims,butpracticallynoneatallinthesecond.Thoseprivilegedmembersofthecommunitywhohavebeenthroughasecondaryorpublicschool20educationmaybeexpectedtoknowsomethingabouttheelementaryphysicsandchemistryofahundredyearsago,buttheyprobablyknowhardlymorethananybrightboycanpickupfromaninterestinwirelessorscientifichobbiesoutofschoolhours.Astothelearningofscientificmethod,thewholethingispalpably25afarce.Actually,fortheconvenienceofteachersandtherequirementsoftheexaminationsystem,itisnecessarythatthepupilsnotonlydonotlearnscientificmethodbutlearnpreciselythereverse,thatis,tobelieveexactlywhattheyaretoldandtoreproduceitwhenasked,whetheritseemsnonsensetothemor30not.Thewayinwhicheducatedpeoplerespondtosuchquackeriesasspiritualismorastrology,nottosaymoredangerousonessuchasracialtheoriesorcurrencymyths,showsthatfiftyyearsofeducationinthemethodofscienceinBritainorGermanyhasproducednovisibleeffectwhatever.Theonlywayoflearningthe35methodofscienceisthelongandbitterwayofpersonalexperience,and,untiltheeducationalorsocialsystemsarealteredtomakethispossible,thebestwecanexpectistheproductionofaminorityofpeoplewhoareabletoacquiresomeofthetechniquesofscienceandastillsmallerminoritywhoareabletouseand40developthem.1.Theauthorimpliesthatthe'professionalschoolmaster'(line7)hasA.nointerestinteachingscienceB.thwartedattemptstoenliveneducationC.aidedtruelearningD.supportedthehumanistsE.beenapioneerinbothscienceandhumanities.2.Theauthor’sattitudetosecondaryandpublicschooleducationinthesciencesisA.ambivalentB.neutralC.supportiveD.satiricalE.contemptuous3.Theword‘palpably’(line24)mostnearlymeansA.empiricallyB.obviouslyC.tentativelyD.markedlyE.ridiculously4.TheauthorblamesallofthefollowingforthefailuretoimpartscientificmethodthroughtheeducationsystemexceptA.poorteachingB.examinationmethodsC.lackofdirectexperienceD.thesocialandeducationsystemsE.lackofinterestonthepartofstudents5.Iftheauthorweretostudycurrenteducationinsciencetoseehowthingshavechangedsincehewrotethepiece,hewouldprobablybemostinterestedintheanswertowhichofthefollowingquestions?A.Dostudentsknowmoreabouttheworldaboutthem?B.Dostudentsspendmoretimeinlaboratories?C.Canstudentsapplytheirknowledgelogically?D.Havetextbooksimproved?E.Dotheyrespecttheirteachers?6.Astrology(line31)ismentionedasanexampleofA.asciencethatneedstobebetterunderstoodB.abeliefwhichnoeducatedpeopleholdC.somethingunsupportabletothosewhohaveabsorbedthemethodsofscienceD.thegravestdangertosocietyE.anacknowledgedfailureofscience7.AllofthefollowingcanbeinferredfromthetextexceptA.atthetimeofwriting,notallchildrenreceivedasecondaryschooleducationB.theauthorfindschemicalreactionsinterestingC.scienceteachinghasimpartedsomeknowledgeoffactstosomechildrenD.theauthorbelievesthatmanyteachersareauthoritarianE.itisrelativelyeasytolearnscientificmethod.SAT阅读:ReadingComprehensionTest1参考答案1.CorrectAnswer:BExplanation:Whenwelookbacktoline7,weread,Theprofessionalschoolmasterwasamatchforbothofthem,andhasalmostmanagedtomaketheunderstandingofchemicalreactionsasdullandasdogmaticanaffairasthereadingofVirgil'sAeneid.Thistellsusthattheschoolmasterhasmadelearningdull.AndsoweeliminateanswersCandEwhichimplyhehasdonesomethinggood.Buttobesureoftheanswerweshouldalsoreadtheprevioussentences.Welearnthat,Thepioneersoftheteachingofscienceimaginedthatitsintroductionintoeducationwouldremovetheconventionality,artificiality,andbackward-lookingnesswhichwerecharacteristicofclassicalstudies......Thissectiontellsusthatotherpeopletriedtoalterthenatureofeducation,buttheprofessionalschoolmasterwasamatchforbothofthem.Hethereforeprevented(thwarted)theseattempts,andtheanswerisB.2.CorrectAnswer:EExplanation:Tofindtheattitude,tryaskingyourselfwhethertheauthorispositive,negativeorneutraltothesubject.Thenlookfortheevidence.Here,itisobviousthathethinksthatnothingveryvaluableislearnedinschoolaboutscienceandscientificmethod.Heisthereforenegative.Eliminatetheneutral(AandB)words,andthepositive(C),andthendecidebetweenDandE.Heseemstobeexpressingcontemptratherthanmo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