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題干：Publicdistrustofscientistsstemsinpartfromtheblurringofboundariesbetweenscienceandtechnology,betweendiscoveryandmanufacture.Mostgovernment,perhapsallgovernments,justifypublicexpenditureonscientificresearchintermsoftheeconomicbenefitsthescientificenterprisehavebroughtinthepastandwillbringinthefuture.Politiciansremindtheirvotersofthesplendidmachines“ourscientists”haveinvented,thenewdrugstorelieveoldailments(病痛)，andthenewsurgicalequipmentandtechniquesbywhichpreviouslyintractable(難治療的）conditionsmaynowbetreatedandlivessaved.Atthesametime,thepoliticiansdemandofscientiststhattheytailortheirresearchto“economicsneeds”，thattheyawardahigherprioritytoresearchproposalsthatare“nearthemarket”andcanbetranslatedintothegreatestreturnoninvestmentintheshortesttime.Dependent,astheyare,onpoliticiansformuchoftheirfunding,scientistshavelittlechoicebuttocomply.Liketherestofus，theyaremembersofasocietythatratesthecreationofwealthasthegreatestpossiblegood.Manyhavereservations,butkeepthemtothemselvesinwhattheyperceiveasaclimatehostiletothepursuitofunderstandingforitsownsakeandtheideaofaninquiring，creativespirit.Insuchcircumstancesnooneshouldbetoohardonpeoplewhoaresuspiciousofconflictsofinterest.Whenwelearnthatthedistinguishedprofessorassuringusofthesafetyofaparticularproductholdsaconsultancywiththecompanymakingit，wecannotbeblamedforwonderingwhetherhisfeemightconceivablycloudhisprofessionaljudgment.Eveniftheprofessorholdsnoconsultancywithanyfirm，somepeoplemanystilldistrusthimbecauseofhisassociationwiththosewhodo，oratleastwonderaboutthesourceofsomehisresearchfunding.Thisattitudecanhavedamagingeffects.Itquestionstheintegrityofindividualsworkinginaprofessionthatprizesintellectualhonestyasthesupremevirtue,andplaysintothehandsofthosewhowouldliketodiscreditscientistsbyrepresentingthemavenal(可以收買的).Thismakesiteasiertodismissallscientificpronouncements，butespeciallythosemadebythescientistswhopresentthemselvesas“experts”.Thescientistmostlikelytounderstandthesafetyofanuclearreactor,forexample，isanuclearengineerdeclaresthatareactorisunsafe,webelievehim，becauseclearlyitisnottohisadvantagetolieaboutit.Ifhetellsusitissafe,ontheotherhand,wedistrusthim,becausehemaywellbeprotectingtheemployerwhopayshissalary.
題目：Scientist have to adapt their research to “economic needs” in order to_____. - A 、impress the public with their achievements
- B 、pursue knowledge for knowledge 's sake
- C 、obtain funding from the government
- D 、translate knowledge into wealth
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參考答案【正確答案：C】
推斷題。本題要求推導(dǎo)出科學(xué)家不得不調(diào)整自己的研究以適應(yīng)“經(jīng)濟的需求”的目的究竟何在 。 根據(jù)第一段的第四、五兩句… politicians demand of scientists that they tailor their research to “economic needs"… Dependent, as they are, on politicians for much of their funding,scientists have little choice but to comply. 可知應(yīng)選C選項。A選項屬于無中生有，B選項只是部分對，原文中說科學(xué)家也將“最大限度地創(chuàng)造財富”視作科學(xué)之己任;D選項說的只是部分政客的要求, 不是科學(xué)家的目的，屬于誤解。
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