RC Drill Set 2, Question 9
Passage A Charles Darwin is a sterling example(493 more words not shown)
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Passage B(228 more words not shown)
Both passage A and passage(7 more words not shown)
- Aoffer a general(7 more words not shown)
- Bfocus on the(9 more words not shown)
- Ccriticize the attitude(4 more words not shown)
- Dmention the volume(4 more words not shown)
- Erefer to a(7 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
What do both discussions do? A moves from the tension between established knowledge and new ideas to Darwin's habits. B states three needed modes of thought, then contrasts the researchers with their community. We need a description that fits both structures, rather than one memorable detail.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
A gives a general account of balancing established theories with openness to alternatives. B says scientists need to be “curious,” “creative,” and “critical.” Each therefore presents a view about scientific thinking and develops it through examples.
- B
B describes the community's response to Arp and Tifft's challenge. A doesn't focus on how the community reacted to a particular Darwinian theory.
- C
B criticizes the astrophysics community's attitude. A praises Darwin without making a corresponding criticism of his community.
- D
Only A gives a volume of correspondence: more than 16,000 letters.
- E
Only A explicitly invokes a view of scientific history as a series of paradigm shifts. B discusses how scientists should investigate an anomaly without invoking that historical model.
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