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II. Cloze (7%)    Between 1450 and 1550 the foundations for Renaissance and modern science were laid in Europe. Two partiallyconflicting discoveries were of paramount importance in this process; first, the practical rediscovery of the works ofthe ancient authors like Plato and Aristotle, and second, the realization that these revered sources were __12__ bothpartial correction and sometimes wholesale revision. From this simultaneous acceptance and rejection __13__ themodern scientific method so well exemplified by Galileo.    Medieval thought on material world was solidly based on __14__ of the Greeks, especially Aristotle, and othernotable historic authors. By 1450 the whole works of Plato and Aristotle were available in Latin translations directfrom the Greek. Copernicus, despite the vastness of the change involved in his theory of the earth's revolution aroundthe sun, retained the belief of many Greek astronomers of the spherical nature of the universe and its limitation by thesphere of the fixed stars. He also retained the ancient idea of the uniform circular motion of all heavenly bodies. Evena towering Renaissance figure like the father of modern anatomy, Andreas Vesalius, consciously based his research onthe then 1,300 year old findings of the dusty Galen.     __15__ all the respect paid to the luminaries of the past, scientific thought was in motion. Former notions weresubjected to freshly designed experiments and rigorous debates before they were accepted. __16__ in the openingyears of the Renaissance Platonic thought was revived and Aristotle was confirmed as the master of biology, cracksbegan to appear in his systems of cosmology and mechanics. By the middle of the seventeenth century, Aristotle'sphysics and cosmology had both completely collapsed, while his biology was being laboriously rebuilt. The Greekscience of alchemy had effectively been replaced by chemistry built mainly on the technological traditions of artisansand craftsman, and the exploration of the structure and function of the human body had become a new professionbased on observation and experimentation __17__ scholarly memorization. science itself had emerged as a vocationsupported by its specialized philosophers, its specialized __18__ in the art of discovery, and its highly skilledinstrument makers. Science had evolved from its more primitive stages and was ready for the glittering gains of thefollowing period.
12.
(A) susceptible to
(B) liable for
(C) subject to
(D) intended for

參考答案

答案：C
難度：適中0.571429
統計：A(0),B(1),C(8),D(4),E(0)

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