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Unpopular Subjects？ Is there a place in today's society for the study of useless subj

Unpopular Subjects？

Is there a place in today's society for the study of useless subjects in our universities？Just over 100 years ago Fitzgerald argued in a well-written letter ____________(51)Nature that "Universities must be allowed to study useless subjects--____________ (52)they don't, who will？" He went on to use the____________ (53) of Maxwell'selectrodynamics (电动力学) as one case where a "useless subject" has been transformed to a useful subject.

Nowadays this argument is again very much____________ (54) in many universities.Indeed one suspects that it is one of those arguments that must be____________ (55)anew (重新 by each generation. But now there is an added twist (歪曲 )-subjects must not only be useful, they must also be____________ (56) enough that students will flock (蜂拥 ) to do them, and even flock to pay to do them.

As universities become commercial operations, the pressure to____________ (57)subjects or departments that are less popular will become stronger and stronger.

Perhaps this is most strongly____________ (58) at the moment by physics. There has been much____________ (59) in the press of universities that are closing down physics

departments and incorporate them with mathematics or engineering departments.

Many scientists think otherwise. They see physics as a____________ (60) science,which must be kept alive if only to____________ (61) a base for other sciences and engineering. It is of their great personal concern that physics teaching and research is under____________(62) in many universities. How can it be preserved in the rush towards commercial competition？ A major turnaround (转变)in student popularity may have to____________(63) until the industrial world discovers that it needs physicists and starts paying them well.

Physics is now not only unpopular; it is also "hard". We can do more about the latter by____________(64) teaching in our schools and universities. We can also(65) cooperative arrangements to ensure that physicists keep their research and teaching up to date.

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A．about

B．of

C．to

D．on

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Politics (is, are) one of the subjects that I study.

Politics （is, are) one of the subjects that I study.

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Of all the subjects, I like Chinese ______.A．betterB．bestC．well

Of all the subjects, I like Chinese ______.

A．better

B．best

C．well

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当别人问你喜欢什么学科时, 你可以说（）

A.What subjects do you like

B.I like Science

C.What subjects do you have

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I had scarcely passed my twelfth birthday when I entered the inhospitable regions of exami

nations, through which for the next seven years I was destined to journey. These examinations were a great trial to me. The subjects which were dearest to the examiners were almost invariably those I fancied least. I would have liked to have been examined in history, poetry and writing essays. The examiners, on the other hand, were partial to Latin and mathematics. And their will prevailed. Moreover, the questions which they asked on both these subjects were almost invariably those to which I was unable to suggest a satisfactory answer. I should have liked to be asked to say what I knew. They always tried to ask what I did not know. When I would have willingly displayed my knowledge, they sought to expose my ignorance. This sort of treatment had only one result: I did not do well in examinations.

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Faced with a mission-critical decision, who would you turn to for advice？ Someone you had

great confidence in, surely. But several lines of research show that our instincts about where to turn to for counsel are often not completely correct.

My research looks at prejudices that affect how people use advice, including why they often blindly follow recommendations from people who—as far as they know—are as knowledgeable as they are. In studies I conducted with Don Moore of Carnegie Mellon University, for example, I found that people tend to overvalue advice when the problem they're addressing is hard and to undervalue it when the problem is easy.

In our experiments, subjects were asked to guess the weight of people in various pictures, some of which were in focus and some of which were unclear. For each picture, subjects guessed twice: the first time without advice and the second time with input from another participant. When the pictures were in focus, we found, subjects tended to discount the advice; apparently, they were confident in their ability to guess correctly. When the pictures were unclear, subjects leaned heavily on the advice of others and seemed less secure about their initial opinion. Because they misjudged the value of the advice they received-—consistently overvaluing or undervaluing it depending on the difficulty of the problem—our subjects did not make the best guesses overall. They would have done better if they'd considered the advice equally, and to a moderate degree, on both hard and easy tasks.

Another advice-related prejudice I've found compels people to overvalue advice that they pay for. In one study I conducted, subjects answered different sets of questions about American history. Before answering some of the questions, they could get advice on the correct answer from another subject whom they knew was no more expert than they were. In one version of the experiment, people could get advice for free, while in another version, they paid for it. When they paid for advice, people tended to have firm belief in it, I suspect, by a combination of sunk-cost prejudice and the nearly instinctual belief that cost and quality are linked.

In the face of a mission-critical decision, people tend to_______.

A．trust their own efforts

B．rely on research findings

C．get affected by other's opinion

D．seek help from the more knowledgable

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It can be inferred that Phyllis's trip to England with Nathaniel in 1773 ______A．did not i

It can be inferred that Phyllis's trip to England with Nathaniel in 1773 ______

A．did not improve her health

B．was for business reasons

C．led to books of her poems being available in America

D．led to the publication of her poems because the English were more interested in religious and moral subjects

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Text 2Faced with a mission-critical decision, who would you turn to for advice？ Someone yo

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Faced with a mission-critical decision, who would you turn to for advice？ Someone you had great confidence in, surely. But several lines of research show that our instincts about where to turn to for counsel are often not completely correct.

My research looks at prejudices that affect how people use advice, including why they often blindly follow recommendations from people who-as far as they know-are as knowledgeable as they are. In studies I conducted with Don Moore of Carnegie Mellon University, for example, I found that people tend to overvalue advice when the problem they're addressing is hard and to undervalue it when the problem is easy.

In our experiments, subjects were asked to guess the weight of people in various pictures，some of which were in focus and some of which were unclear. For each picture, subjects guessed twice: the first time without advice and the second time with input from another participant. When the pictures were in focus, we found, subjects tended to discount the advice; apparently, they were confident in their ability to guess correctly. When the pictures were unclear, subjects leaned heavily on the advice of others and seemed less secure about their initial opinion. Because they misjudged the value of the advice they received-consistently overvaluing or undervaluing it depending on the difficulty of the problem-our subjects did not make the best guesses overall. They would have done better if they'd considered the advice equally，and to a moderate degree, on both hard and easy tasks.

Another advice-related prejudice I've found compels people to overvalue advice that they pay for. In one study I conducted, subjects answered different sets of questions about American histo-ry. Before answering some of the questions, they could get advice on the correct answer from an-other subject whom they knew was no more expert than they were. In one version of the experi-ment， people could get advice for free, while in another version, they paid for it. When they paid for advice, people tended to have firm belief in it, I suspect, by a combination of sunk-cost preju- dice and the nearly instinctual belief that cost and quality are linked.

51.1n the face of a mission-critical decision, people tend to _________

[ A] trust their own efforts

[ B ] rely on research findings

[ C] get affected by other's opinion

[D] seek help from the more know ledgable

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听力原文：W: Allan had the highest grades in the class on all subjects except physical cult

ure.

M: For him it was probably easy. I've never seen him review his lessons.

Q: What does the man imply about Allan？

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A．He failed only in physics.

B．He will not pass the exam if he doesn't review his lessons.

C．He's intelligent.

D．Clever people may be victims of their own cleverness.

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听力原文：M: What do you think are the prospects for online education？ Is it going to repla

ce the traditional school？

W: I doubt it. Schools are here to stay, because they are much more than just book learning. Even though more and more kids are going on-line, I believe few of them will quit school altogether.

Q: What does the woman think of conventional schools？

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A．They will be replaced by on-line education expands.

B．They will attract fewer kids as on-line education expands.

C．They will continue to exist along with on-line education.

D．They will limit their teaching to certain subjects only.

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Unpopular Subjects？Is there a place in today's society for the study of useless subjects i