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第三部分阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳答案。

Governors, lawyers and business leaders have to deal with scientists, and every educated person finds his views affected by science. Yet our science teaching of non-scientists, in school and college, has built up mistaken ideas, dislikes, and the common boast(自夸), "I never did understand science." Even those students who arrive at colleges with plans to become scientists usually bring a mistaken picture of science: some have a collection of unorganized facts about science, and some regard the study of science as a game which includes getting the right answer.

The first of these attitudes seems to come from a kind of course which provides various kinds of information; the second, from a training course on how to pass examinations that do not ask about the student's understand but simply require him to put the numbers in the right formula(公式). Neither type of courses in school or college seems to give students an understanding of science as we find it among scientists. Neither shows students how real scientists work and think, how the facts are gathered, how discoveries are made, and what they mean. Young people need good teaching of science, not so much as great wealth of knowledge as a healthy understanding of the nature of science. They need an understanding of knowledge leading to agreement with science and an eagerness of the way scientists work. Given these it is easy to encourage later reading and learning.

56. One of the reasons that cause mistaken ideas of science is due to _______.

A. a mistaken picture in students' mind       

B. the unscientific way of teaching of science

C. the fact that students fail to see the influence of science

D. the fact that students have a collection of unrelated facts about science

57. According to the passage, we can safely say that the subject of the passage is ______.

A. need for good science teaching              

B. young people should form a correct attitude to science

C. students must know what science is and how scientists work and think

D. every person, including governors, lawyers and business leaders should study science

58. A good course of science is ______.

A. to provide students with all kinds of information

B. to teach students to do things according to formulas

C. to help students have a good understanding and form a correct attitude to science

D. to encourage students to make themselves masters of knowledge

59. People such as governors, lawyers and business leaders deal with scientists mainly because ______.

A. scientists are great persons                           

B. they owe much to scientists' contributions

C. they can be affected by scientists when they are together

D. scientists make discoveries and help people live a more comfortable and safer life

Answer

 B

 A

 C

 D