题目内容
1.The Nobel Prizes in physiology or medicine,physics and chemistry are the most respected prizes in science.But talk to scientists in private,and many will complain why (besides jealousy,perhaps) are some scientists unhappy with the Nobels?One reason is that the committees can often be slow to recognize achievement.Alfred Nobel specified in his will that the prizes should reward work done in the previous year.But experience soon showed that this was risky,as medals were given out for discoveries that later proved questionable.So a degree of caution is probably advisable.Sometimes,though,it can lead to strange results.Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar,for instance,had to wait until 1983to win a prize for work he had done in the 1930s on the structure of stars.However,Albert Einstein never won a prize for his theory of relativity.Even though some pretty suggestive evidence had been produced by Arthur Eddington in 1919,relativity,which has later passed every experimental test ever thrown at it,was still considered somewhat risky and obscure.
Another criticism concerns the tradition that no more than three people can share a prize.Science is rarely this clear-cut.Take this year's physics prize,which recognised Peter Higgs for predicting the existence of the mass-bestowing particle that now bears his name.Dr Higgs was only one of several people with a claim.Two other teams----Rober Brout and Francois Englert,as well as Gerald Guralnik,Carl Hageh and Tom Kibble-----submitted papers on the same idea to the same journal that published Dr Higgs's work,all within a few months of each other.Science often works like this,with different people coming up with similar ideas at similar times.In the event,the committee decided to honour Dr Engler (Brout is dead,therefore unqualified),whose paper was earlier than Dr Higgs's but did not explicitly predict a particle,over Dr Guralnik and his collaborators,who were more comprehensive but published a few weeks later.
32.According to the passage why some of the scientists are unhappy with the Nobels?D
A.because usually the Nobels award work done in the previous year.
B.just because they envy those who have won the Nobles.
C.because different people often come up with similar ideas at similar times.
D.because the Nobles are quite possibly slow to recognize achievement
33.Who was it that received the Nobel Prize for physics this year?C
A.Carl Hageh and Tom Kibble
B.Gerald Guralnik,Carl Hageh
C.Peter Higgs and Francois Englert
D.Rober Brout and Francois Englert
34.Which of the following words has the closest meaning to"submitted"?C
A.surrendered
B.suggested
C.presented
D.provided
35.The passage is most probably coming fromA?
A.a magazine
B.a book review
C.a literature work
D.a science fiction.
分析 这篇文章讲述了诺贝尔奖在科学领域是最受尊重的奖项,但是科学家对诺贝尔奖并不满意,原因之一是委员会确认成就的速度很慢,另一项批评是关于诺贝尔奖的一项传统规定,即三人或三人以上不得同时获得一枚奖项.
解答 32.D 事实细节题 根据第二段One reason is that the committees can often be slow to recognize achievement.可知原因之一是委员会确认成就的速度很慢,故答案为D
33.C 事实细节题 根据第三段 Take this year's physics prize,which recognised Peter Higgs for predicting the existence of the mass-bestowing particle that now bears his name…Science often works like this,with different people coming up with similar ideas at similar times.In the event,the committee decided to honour Dr Engler 可知是Peter Higgs and Francois Englert今年过多了诺贝尔物理奖,故答案为C
34.C 词义猜测题 根据Gerald Guralnik,Carl Hageh and Tom Kibble-----submitted papers on the same idea to the same journal that published Dr Higgs's work,all within a few months of each other.可知,submit是递交的意思,故答案为C
35.A 推理判断题 根据文章内容可知讲述了诺贝尔奖在科学领域是最受尊重的奖项,那么这篇文章很可能来自科学杂志,故答案为A
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