1. It is inevitable that ongoing research presupposes some accepted science as a principle.
Usually no one even notices the implication that the accepted principle is being (i)______ unless
there emerges (ii)______ that turns out to be sufficiently (iii)______ that the assumptions
underlying the research come to be considered.
A. jeopardized D. an anomaly G. trivial
B. revised E. a consensus H. transparent
C. tested F. a distinction I. recalcitrant
2.The ability to reproduce in her paintings the supple and shapely lines of her great-grandfather’s
paintings seems to have ______ her the way a particular cast of mind might be perpetuated in
another family.
A. devolved upon
B. become occluded in
C. ebbed in
D. strengthened
E. confounded
key:A
her ability()对应后面another family,二者性质不应该是取反吗?
第1题
recalcitrant理解成“顽固”不准确,这里指“不符合预期”,“不适用”。研究根据普遍接受的原理却产生了矛盾(recalcitrant)的结果(anomaly),这时才回过头去检查那些未经检验的前提(presupposes some accepted science as a principle)。
第2题
the way开始是一个方式状语,表示“就像什么一样”。能够重现她曾祖父绘画的能力,传授给她(就是她有这种能力的意思),就像其他某个特定的思维方式在另一个家庭里流传一样。句子说的是天赋的遗传或继承。