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15. Physical scientists who are on the cutting edge of research must often violate common sense and make seemingly_________assumptions because existing theories simply do not _________newly observed phenomena.
(A) inexact...corroborate
(B) vague...incorporate
(C) absurd...explain
(D) mistaken...reveal
(E) radical...confirm
in fact : 事实上,实际上，与表面上的事实相反，表对立情况
16. In scientific studies, supporting evidence is much more satisfying to report than are discredited hypotheses, but, in fact, the _______ of errors is more likely to be ________ than is the establishment of probable truth.
(A) refinement...conditional
(B) correction...ignored
(C) detection...useful
(D) accumulation...aGREeable
(E) formulation...permitted
actually : 事实上, 实际上*
17. Human reaction to the realm of thought is often as strong as that to sensible presences; our higher moral life is based on the fact that ______ sensations actually present may have a weaker influence on our action than do ideas of ______facts.
(A) familiar...symbolic
(B) material...remote
(C) emotional...impersonal
(D) definitive...controversial
(E) disturbing...ordinary
A more ... than B; more A … than B;A more副词/形容词than B : 对A的修饰 A > B
18. Our young people, whose ______ sensitivities have not yet become ______, have a purer and more immediate response than we do to our environment.
(A) sophisticated...perceptive
(B) keen...calloused
(C) dull...numbed
(D) impartial...disinterested
(E) native...excited
19. Since 1813 reaction to Jane Austen’s novels has oscillated between _________ and condescension; but in general later writers have esteemed her works more highly than did most of her literary _________.
(A) approbation...precursors
(B) disapproval...readers
(C) adoration...contemporaries
(D) indifference...followers
(E) dismissal...admirers