第6部分：完形填空 (第51~65題，每題1分，共15分)
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4個選項中選擇1個答案，涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。
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 0n to use the (53)of Maxwell’s electrodynamics_(電動力學(xué))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 ~)--subjects must not only be useful，they
must also be (56)enough that students will flock(蜂擁)to d0 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(轉(zhuǎn)變)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
51 about B of C to D on
52 if B as C because D since
53 question B example C design D device
54 powerful B terrible C difficult D active
55 fought B weighted C respected D selected
56 clear B popular C indefinite D available
57 choose B strengthen C eliminate D identify
58 recommended B opposed C suspected D felt
59 discussion B fancy C evidence D influence
60 precise B noble C new D fundamental
61 install B provide C reach D cover
62 agreement B construction C threat D consideration
63 wait B move C progress D increase
64 running B improving C learning D dropping
65 fix B modify C review D develop
閱讀下面的短文，文中有15處空白，每處空白給出了4個選項，請根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容從
4個選項中選擇1個答案，涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。
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 0n to use the (53)of Maxwell’s electrodynamics_(電動力學(xué))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 ~)--subjects must not only be useful，they
must also be (56)enough that students will flock(蜂擁)to d0 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(轉(zhuǎn)變)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
51 about B of C to D on
52 if B as C because D since
53 question B example C design D device
54 powerful B terrible C difficult D active
55 fought B weighted C respected D selected
56 clear B popular C indefinite D available
57 choose B strengthen C eliminate D identify
58 recommended B opposed C suspected D felt
59 discussion B fancy C evidence D influence
60 precise B noble C new D fundamental
61 install B provide C reach D cover
62 agreement B construction C threat D consideration
63 wait B move C progress D increase
64 running B improving C learning D dropping
65 fix B modify C review D develop