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In science, a theory is a reasonable explanation of observed events that are related. A the-ory often involves an imaginary model that helps scientists picture the way an observed event could be produced. A good example of this is found in the kinetic molecular theory, in which gases are pictured as being made up of many small particles that are in constant motion. ?L<B]!9HZt
A useful theory, in addition to explaining past observations, helps to predict events that have not as yet been observed. After a theory has been publicized, scientists design experi-merits to test the theory. If observations confirm the scientists’ predictions, the theory is sup-ported. If observations do not confirm the predictions, the scientists must search further. There may be a fault in the experiment, or the theory may have to be revised or rejected. sVyV|!K
Science involves imagination and creative thinking as well as collecting information and performing experiments. Facts by themselves are not science. As the mathematician Jules Henri Poincare said: "Science is built with facts just as a house is built with bricks, but a collection of facts cannot be called science any more than a pile of bricks can be called a house." Most scientists start an investigation by finding out what other scientists have learned about a particular problem. After known facts have been gathered, the scientist comes to the part of the investigation that requires considerable imagination. Possible solutions to the problem are sq$v6x s l
formulated. These possible solutions are called hypotheses. Ph3;;,v '
In a way, any hypothesis is a leap into the unknown. It extends the scientist’s thinking beyond the known facts. The scientist plans experiments, performs calculations, and makes ob-servations to test hypotheses. For without hypotheses, further investigation lacks purpose and direction. When hypotheses are confirmed, they are incorporated into theories. NQ{(G8x9
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D) Linking together different theories. ?X@!jB,Pv
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这篇文章从定义、作用及产生过程几方面阐述了科学理论。科学理论是对观察 SA<\n+>q^
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程。而一个实用的理论，不仅可以解释以往的观察，还可以帮助预测等待观察的事 9VW/Af
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创造性的思考，然后形成可能的问题解决方法，即假设。假设总是朝着未知领域前进 <N)!s&D
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[11]B第三句话中的代词“this'’指代前一句提到的“an imaginary model"。因为这个 atZe`0
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[12]C第三段最后一句中“科学是由事实构成的，就象房屋是由砖建成的。但是事实 xuUEJ
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[13]C最后一段第二句话，“假设”使科学家的思想可以超越已知事实。 N)mZ!K44
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[14]C最后一段第四句话，若没有假设，更深入的调查就会缺少目标和方向。所假设 y`j_]qvt
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[15]D第二段第一句说明理论不仅可以解释以往的观察，还可以帮助预测还未观察 J%"5?)[z
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因此排除A。第二段最后两句，如果观察不能证实预测，那么说明实验有 %1T
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错或理论可能应被修改或推翻，因此排除B。而C在文章中没有涉及。根据第 0y$VPg sKf
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三段最后一句话，科学需要想象力和创造性思考，可以得出D为正确答案。
