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211 适用专业: 英语笔译 第4页共10 页In contrast, our image of the astronomical universe, of even of earth'

s geological history, can easily be subject to revolutionary changes as new data comes in and new theories are worked out. If we define the security our image of various parts of the total system as the probability of their suffering significant changes, then we would reverse the order of hardness and see the social sciences as the most secure, the physical sciences as the least secure, and again the biological sciences as somewhere in between. Our image of the astronomical universe is the least secure of all simply because we observe such a fantastically small sample of it and its record-keeping is trivial as compared with the rich records of the social systems, or even the limited records of biological systems. Records of the astronomical universe, despite the fact that we see distant things as they were long ago, are limited in the extreme. Even in regard to such a close neighbor as the moon, which we have actually visited, theories about its origin and history are extremely different, contradictory, and hard to choose among. Our knowledge of physical evolution is incomplete and highly insecure. 41. The word paradox (Para. 1, Line 1) means A. implication B. contradiction C. interpretation D. confusion 42. According to the author, we should reverse our classification of the physical sciences as hard and the social sciences as soft because A. a reverse ordering will help promote the development of the physical and social sciences B. our knowledge of physical systems is more reliable than that of social systems C. our understanding of the physical systems is approximately correct D. we are better able to investigate social phenomena than physical phenomena 43. The author believes that our knowledge of social systems is more secure than that of physical systems because A. it is not based on personal experience B. new revolutionary discoveries are less likely to occur in social sciences C. it is based on a fairly representative quantity of data D. the records of social systems are more reliable 44. The chances of the physical sciences being subject to great changes are the biggest because A. contradictory theories keep emerging all the time B. new information is constantly coming in C. the direction of their development is difficult to predict D. our knowledge of the physical world is inaccurate 宁波大学

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211 适用专业: 英语笔译 第5页共10 页45. We know less about the astronomical universe than we do about any social system because A. theories of its origin and history are varied B. our knowledge of it is highly insecure C. only a very small sample of it has been observed D. few scientists are involved in the study of astronomy Questions

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50 are based on the following passage: In ancient Greece athletic festivals were very important and had strong religious associations. The Olympian athletic festival held every four years in honor of Zeus, king of the Olympian Gods, eventually lost its local character, became first a national event and then, after the rules against foreign competitors had been abolished, international. No one knows exactly how far back the Olympic Games go, but some official records date from

776 B.C. The games took place in August on the plain by Mount Olympus. Many thousands of spectators gathered from all parts of Greece, but no married woman was admitted even as a spectator. Slaves, women and dishonored persons were not allowed to compete. The exact sequence of events uncertain, but events included boy'