2018年2月1日雅思阅读真题+题目+答案：communication in science

2018年2月1日雅思阅读真题+题目+答案：communication in science

A

Science plays an increasingly significant role in people’s lives, making the faithful communication of scientific developments more important than ever. Yet such communication is fraught with challenges that can easily distort discussions, leading to unnecessary confusion and misunderstandings.

B

Some problems stem from the esoteric nature of current research and the associated difficulty of finding sufficiently faithful terminology. Abstraction and complexity are not signs that a given scientific direction is wrong, as some commentators have suggested, but are instead a tribute to the success of human ingenuity in meeting the increasingly complex challenges that nature presents. They can, however, make communication more difficult. But many of the biggest challenges for science reporting arise because in areas of evolving research, scientists themselves often only partly understand the full implications of any particular advance or development. Since that dynamic applies to most of the scientific developments that directly affect people’s lives global warming, cancer research, diet studies—learning how to overcome it is critical to spurring a more informed scientific debate among the broader public.

C

Ambiguous word choices are the source of some misunderstandings. Scientists often employ colloquial terminology, which they then assign a specific meaning that is impossible to fathom without proper training. The term ‘relativity’, for example, is intrinsically misleading. Many interpret the theory to mean that everything is relative and there are no absolutes. Yet although the measurements any observer makes depend on his coordinates and reference frame, the physical phenomena he measures have an invariant description that transcends that observer’s particular coordinates. Einstein’s theory of relativity is really about finding an invariant description of physical phenomena. True, Einstein agreed with the idea that his theory would have been better named “Invarianten theorie”. (【德】， 不变理论) But the term “relativity” was already entrenched at the time for him to change.

D

“The uncertainty principle” is another frequently abused term. It is sometimes interpreted as a limitation on observers and their ability to make measurements.

E

But it is not about intrinsic limitations on any one particular measurement; it is about the inability to precisely measure particular pairs of quantities simultaneously? The first interpretation is perhaps more engaging from a philosophical or political perspective. It’s just not what the science is about.

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雅思阅读真题题目，27-40题：

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D

Write your answers in boxes 27-31 on your answer sheet

27 Why the faithful science communication important?

A Science plays ru1 increasingly significant role in people's lives

B Science is fraught with challenges public are interested in

C The nature of complexity in science communication leads to confusion

D Scientific inventions are more important than ever before

28 What is the reason that the author believe for the biggest challenges for science reporting

A phenomenon such as global wam1ing, cancer research, diet stt1dies are too complex

B Scientists themselves often only partly understand the Theory of Evolution

C Scientists do not totally comprehend the meaning of certain scientific evolution

D Scientists themselves often partly understand the esoteric communication nature

29 According to the 3rd paragraph, the reference to the tenn ru1d example of" theory of relativity "is to demonstrate

A theory of relativity is about an in variant physical phenomenon

B common people may be misled by the inaccurate choice of scientific phrase

C the term "relativity," is designed to be misleading public

D everything is relative and there is no absolutes existence

30 Which one is a good example of appropriate word choice

A Scientific theory, for uncertainty principle

B phenomenon of Global wanning

C the importance of ozone layer

D Freon's destrt1ctive process on environmental

31 What is surprising finding of the Harvard debates in tl1e passage?

A There are equal intrinsic scientific abilities of men and women

B The proof applied by both sides seemed to be of no big difference

C The scientific data usually shows no substantial figures to support a debated idea

D Social factors might have a clear connection to scientific ability

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