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Amanda Symcheck was having a party in the basement when the StOrm began.
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Science and Truth
"FINAGLE" (欺骗)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 (不偏不倚的) 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 analysing 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 (捏造) 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 centre. Recent__________ (63)indicate that Ptolemy either faked some key data or resorted heavily to the finagle factor.
All this is import.ant 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.
第 51 题
A．increased B．reduced C．fixed D．offered
What Is Death？
People in the past did not question the difference between life and death. They could see that a person died when his heart stopped beating. People have learned, however, that the body does not die immediately when the heart stops beating. They discovered that we remain alive as long as our brain remains active. Today the difference between life and death is not as easy to see as in the past. Modern medical devices can keep the heart beating and the lungs breathing long after the brain stops. But is this life？
This question has caused much debate among citizens in the United States. Many of them want a law that says a person is dead when the brain dies. A person should be considered dead when brain waves stop even if machines can keep the body alive. Such a law would permit doctors to speed removal (切除) of undiseased (没病的) organs for transplant (移植) operations.
The brain is made of thousands of millions of nerve cells. These cells send and receive millions of chemical and electrical messages every day. In this way the brain controls the other body activities. Nerve-cell experts say it is usually easy to tell when the brain has died. They put small electrodes (电极) on a person's skull (头骨) to measure the electrical signals that pass in and out of the brain. These brain waves are recorded on a television screen or on paper. The waves move up and down every time the brain receives messages from the nerve cells. The brain is dead when the waves stop moving.
Although there are people who oppose the idea of a law on brain block for various reasons, the idea of brain wave activity as a test of death is slowly being accepted.
第 31 题 People in the past held that the difference between life and death
A．may B．might C．must D．could
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