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Passage Four
The author is an aggressive, brilliant and literate astronomer. This vastly entertaining book has a simple manner with complex ideas, without being patronizing, and is often very funny.
In 274 pages Sagan deals with everything from the formation of the Earth to the puzzling possibilities of contact with extra-terrestrial life. This is the moment in history when man’s stepping into the universe has suddenly become conceivable. To Sagan this is more exciting and important than was the exploration of the New World in the sixteenth century. So expenditure on the space programme, pruned of recent excesses, ought to continue--it is, according to Sagan, no larger a part of America’s gross national income than was the relative cost to England in the sixteenth century of exploration in sailing ships.
The book is not for scientific illiterates, nor is Sagan a pedestrian scientist. Although he makes short work of the unidentified forei
A. are interested in UFO spotting
B. are only interested in science fiction
C. are unable to write science fiction
D. have a reasonable grounding in science

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Passage Four
The author is an aggressive, brilliant and literate astronomer. This vastly entertaining book has a simple manner with complex ideas, without being patronizing, and is often very funny.
In 274 pages Sagan deals with everything from the formation of the Earth to the puzzling possibilities of contact with extra-terrestrial life. This is the moment in history when man’s stepping into the universe has suddenly become conceivable. To Sagan this is more exciting and important than was the exploration of the New World in the sixteenth century. So expenditure on the space programme, pruned of recent excesses, ought to continue--it is, according to Sagan, no larger a part of America’s gross national income than was the relative cost to England in the sixteenth century of exploration in sailing ships.
The book is not for scientific illiterates, nor is Sagan a pedestrian scientist. Although he makes short work of the unidentified forei
A. is very confused about the origin of the Earth
B. might possibly reach life outside the
C. believes it is possible to step off the Earth
D. is historically incapable of exploring the universe

[单项选择]In this passage the author apparently intends to


A. write a fictionalized account of evolution.
B. be scientifically precise.
C. raise philosophical issues.
D. convince readers that war is inevitable.

[单项选择]In this passage the author points out that bureaucracy in American schools not only discourages initiative and creativity on the part of students, but also ______.


A. deprives teachers of freedom of opinion or action
B. makes teachers passive and unimaginative
C. fosters doubts about the values of education among teachers
D. both A and B

[单项选择]In the passage the author is primarily concerned with ______.


A. supporting a position
B. describing an event
C. analyzing a problem objectively
D. setting a dispute

[单项选择]In the passage the author suggests that the counterculture__________.


A. destroyed the United States
B. changed some American values
C. was not important in the United States
D. brought people more leisure time with their families

[单项选择]In the passage the author elaborates on the following forms of malnutrition EXCEPT______.


A. protein-energy malnutrition
B. iodine deficiency disorders
C. vitamin A deficiency
D. iron deficiency anaemia

[单项选择]By the first sentence of the passage the author means the US scientists______.
A. at large
B. at best
C. well-paid, but less productive
D. well-funded, but less informed