RC Drill Set 2, Question 7
Passage A Charles Darwin is a sterling example(493 more words not shown)
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Passage B(228 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(9 more words not shown)
- AScience would progress(15 more words not shown)
- BThere have been(11 more words not shown)
- CMajor theoretical changes(10 more words not shown)
- DThe individual traits(13 more words not shown)
- ESuccess in science(13 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We need support from each account. Darwin's habits help explain his scientific accomplishments; Arp and Tifft's modes of thought help explain how they investigate unusual observations. That gives us relevant common ground, but a detail unique to one account won't be enough.
Working the answers
- A
Neither account establishes how much faster science would progress with greater openness. Helpful habits don't by themselves establish this comparison in speed.
- B
A discusses major shifts without counting them. B doesn't supply a count either.
- C
B discusses anomalous observations, but neither account establishes what has most often triggered major theoretical changes across science.
- DCorrect
A says Darwin's intellectual and personal characteristics helped him achieve “a major paradigm shift.” B connects curiosity, creativity, and critical thought to how Arp and Tifft investigate their results. Both make scientists' individual traits consequential for their work.
- E
B values creativity, but that doesn't make convincing the establishment of originality a condition of success. Neither account reduces scientific success to gaining that recognition.
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