What makes a person a scientist? Does he have ways or tools of learning that are different from those of others? The answer is “no”. It is not the tools a scientist uses but how he uses these tools that makes him a scientist. You will probably agree that knowing how to use a power is important to a carpenter. You will probably agree, too, that knowing how to investigate(調(diào)查),how to discover information, is important to everyone. The scientist, however, goes one step further, he must be sure that he has a reasonable answer to his questions and that his answer can be confirmed by other persons. He also works to fit the answers he gets to many questions into a large set of ideas about how the world works.
The scientist’s knowledge must be exact. There is no room for half right or right just half the time. He must be as nearly right as the conditions permit. What works under one set of conditions at one time must work under the same conditions at other times. If the conditions are different, any changes the scientist observes in a demonstration must be explained by the changes in the conditions. This is one reason that investigations are important in science. Albert Einstein, who developed the theory of relativity, arrived at this theory through mathematics. The accuracy of his mathematics was later tested through investigations. Einstein’s ideas were shown to be correct. A scientist uses many tools for measurements. Then the measurements are used to make mathematical calculations that may test his investigations.
小題1:What makes a scientist according to the passage?
A．The tools he uses.B．His ways of learning.
C．The way he uses his tools.D．The various tools he use
小題2:“The scientist, however, goes one step further,” the author says this to show      。
A．the importance of information
B．the importance of thinking
C．the difference between scientists and ordinary people
D．the difference between carpenters and people with other jobs.
小題3:A sound scientific theory should be one that      .
A．does not only work under one set of conditions at one time, but also works under the same conditions at other times
B．leaves no room for improvement
C．does not allow any change even under different conditions
D．can be used for many purposes
小題4:What is the main idea of the passage?
A．Scientists are different from ordinary people.
B．The theory of relativity.
C．Exactness is the core（核心）of science.
D．Exactness and way of using tools are the keys to the making of a scientist.

小題1:C
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:D

小題1:由文中的“It is not the tools a scientist uses but how he uses these tools that makes him a scientist”一句可知答案C為正確選項。
小題2:綜合分析第一段中的第五、六、七、八句話，即從“You will probably agree that knowing how to use a power is important to a carpenter. You will probably agree, too, that knowing how to investigate(調(diào)查),how to discover information, is important to everyone. The scientist, however, goes one step further, he must be sure that he has a reasonable answer to his questions and that his answer can be confirmed by other persons. He also works to fit the answers he gets to many questions into a large set of ideas about how the world works.”中可以推斷出，作者說這話的目的是為了說明普通人與科學(xué)家之間的差別。
小題3:由第二段“The scientist’s knowledge must be exact. There is no room for half right or right just half the time. He must be as nearly right as the conditions permit. What works under one set of conditions at one time must work under the same conditions at other times. If the conditions are different, any changes the scientist observes in a demonstration must be explained by the changes in the conditions.”中這句可以推斷出A是正確選項。
小題4:開頭第一句話就點出了這篇文章的主旨，即怎樣才能成為 一名科學(xué)家，以后整篇文章也都是圍繞這一中心來進(jìn)行闡述的，所以D為正確選項。
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