It seems entirely (1)_____________ to us that there are teams of scientists in universities and other institutions around the world attempting to (2) _____________ the way the world works. However, it hasn't always been that (3) _____________. Although the scientific method is now four or five hundred years old, the ancient Greeks, for example, believed that they could work out the (4)_____________ of natural events just by the power of thought.
During the 17th century, more and more people began to realise that they could (5) _____________ their scientific ideas by designing a relevant (6)_____________ and seeing what happened. A lot of (7) _____________ was made in this way by individual scientists. These men and women often worked alone, carrying out (8) _____________ into many different areas of Science, and they often receive very little (9)_____________ for their hard work. At the start of the 20th century, though it became (10) _____________that science was becoming more complicated and more expensive. The individual scientist disappeared, to be replaced by highly qualified teams of experts. Modern science was born.
1. A. physical B. natural C. typical D. real
2. A. create B. invent C. construct D. discover
3. A. route B. method C. way D. technique
4. A. aims B. reasons C. causes D. impulses
5. A. calculate B. estimate C. measure D. test
6. A. experiment B. research C. attempt D. analysis
7. A. development B. movement C. progress D. evolution
8. A. research B. experiment C. discovery D. education
9. A. award B. prize C. gift D. reward
10. A. clear B. true C. accurate D. actual
It seems entirely (1)_____________ to us that there are teams of scientists in universities and other institutions around the world attempting to (2) _____________ the way the world works. However, it hasn't always been that (3) _____________. Although the scientific method is now four or five hundred years old, the ancient Greeks, for example, believed that they could work out the (4)_____________ of natural events just by the power of thought.
During the 17th century, more and more people began to realise that they could (5) _____________ their scientific ideas by designing a relevant (6)_____________ and seeing what happened. A lot of (7) _____________ was made in this way by individual scientists. These men and women often worked alone, carrying out (8) _____________ into many different areas of Science, and they often receive very little (9)_____________ for their hard work. At the start of the 20th century, though it became (10) _____________that science was becoming more complicated and more expensive. The individual scientist disappeared, to be replaced by highly qualified teams of experts. Modern science was born.
1. A. physical B. natural C. typical D. real
2. A. create B. invent C. construct D. discover
3. A. route B. method C. way D. technique
4. A. aims B. reasons C. causes D. impulses
5. A. calculate B. estimate C. measure D. test
6. A. experiment B. research C. attempt D. analysis
7. A. development B. movement C. progress D. evolution
8. A. research B. experiment C. discovery D. education
9. A. award B. prize C. gift D. reward
10. A. clear B. true C. accurate D. actual
