[单项选择]Muscat's research and a study in New England Journal of Medicine demonstrate that ______.

[单项选择]Muscat's research and a study in New England Journal of Medicine demonstrate that ______.

[单项选择]If the author of the passage wished to study a new field, he would probably______.

[单项选择]The new study conducted by Dr. Sacco and his colleagues is unique in that ______.
A. it refutes early studies on the protective effect of moderate drinking against heart attack
B. it confirms early studies of moderate drinking against heart attacks
C. it helps to resolve the disputes over the effect of moderate drinking against stroke
D. it finds that moderate drinking can benefit people of different races equally well

[单项选择]Announcements of discoveries in professional journals always qualify and quantify their______; announcements in the general media often do not, because usually lack the background to interpret them.
A. (A) sources… critics
B. (B) certainty… laymen
C. (C) shortcomings … experts
D. (D) jargon… readers
E. (E) theory… specialists

[单项选择]The new study was conducted by______.
A. the government
B. radiation experts
C. antinuclear campaigners
D. public health statisticians

[单项选择]According to a new study, ________
A. if a marriage is unhappy, it is likely you will be happier to divorce than if you stay married
B. unhappy couples who stayed married were happier five years later than those who were divorced
C. the "Smart Marriage" conference was sponsored by the Institute for American Values
D. staying married tended to trap unhappy spouses in violent relationships

[单项选择]A new study on birds' sleep has revealed that _________.
A. half-brain sleep is found in a wide variety of birds
B. half-brain sleep is characterized by slow brain waves
C. birds can control their half-brain sleep consciously
D. birds seldom sleep with the whole of their brain at rest

[单项选择]The new study in this passage shows that ______.
A. many Americans are very practical when they search for a spouse
B. American 20-somethings have a largely romantic view of marriage
C. Romantic view of marriage might lead marriage to a happy ending
D. Americans are fond of marriage life so they will not care cohabitation

[单项选择]New York is ideal for this study because ______ high-rise buildings.
A. there is plenty of
B. of the number of
C. it has plenty
D. the number

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Each scientific specialty has its own set of journals. Physicists have Physical Review Letters, cell biologists have Cell, neuroscientists have Neuron, and so forth. Science and Nature, (1) , are the only two major journals that (2) the complete range of scientific (3) . As a result, journalists look (4) them each week for the (5) of new science papers. And scientists look to the journals (6) to reach journalists. Why do they care Competition for (7) has gotten so fierce that scientists have sought popular (8) to gain an advantage over their (9) . Publication in specialized journals will win the honor of academics and satisfy the publish-or-perish (10) , but Science and Nature come with the added bonus of potentially getting your paper written up in The New York Times and other publications.
Scientists are also trying to (11) other scientists through Science and Nature, not just the public. The l
A. no wonder
B. no time
C. no doubt
D. no sooner