[单项选择]The scientist ______ most of his experiments if he had not run short of his fund.
A. would finish
B. had finished
C. would have finished
D. ought to have finished

[单项选择]The scientist ______ most of his experiments if he had not run short of his fund.
A. would finish
B. had finished
C. would have finished
D. ought to have finished

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What does a scientist do when he or she "explains" something Scientific explanation comes in two forms: generalization and reduction. Most psychologists deal with generalization. They explain particular instances of behavior as examples of general laws. For instance most psychologists would explain a pathologically strong fear of dogs as an example of classical conditioning. Presumably, the person was frightened earlier in life by a dog. An unpleasant stimulus was paired with the sight of the animal (perhaps the person was knocked down by an exuberant dog) and the subsequent sight of dogs evokes the earlier response--fear.
Most physiologists deal with reduction. Phenomena are explained in terms of simpler phenomena. For example, the movement of a muscle is explained in terms of changes in the membrane of muscle cells, entry of particular chemicals, and interactions between protein molecules within these cells. A molecular biologist would "explain" thes
A. A child chokes on a fishbone and as an adolescent is reluctant to eat fish.
B. A person feels lonely and after a while buys a dog for companionship.
C. A child studies science in school and later grows up to become a teacher.
D. A person hears that a snowstorm is predicted and that evening is afraid to drive hom

[单项选择]The scientist was so absorbed in his work that he was not ______ of the fire that was spreading to his room.
A. adequate
B. alive
C. aware
D. awake

[单项选择]George sold most of his belongings. He had scarcely ______ left in his house.
A. something
B. nothing
C. anything
D. everything

[单项选择]A scientist usually directs his attention towards problems which he notices have no satisfactory explanation, and his curiosity makes him look for______ relationship even if the data available seem to be unconnected.
A. underlining
B. underneath
C. undergoing
D. underlying

[单项选择]When did the Vice President begin to suffer his heart attack


A. Last year.
B. 1978.
C. This week.
D. Not mentioned in this report.

[单项选择]He devoted most of his time ______ making scientific discoveries.
A. in
B. with
C. to
D. for

[单项选择]______ he lived most of his adult life in France, James Joyce's fiction was always set in Ireland.
A. Because
B. Despite
C. Since
D. Although

[单项选择]He kept telling us about his operation in the most graphic detail.
A. verifiable
B. explicit
C. precise
D. ambiguous

[单项选择]Smith sold (most of) his (belongings). He has hardly (nothing) left (in) the house.
A. most of
B. belongings
C. nothing
D. in