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The science of physics today is as current as the morning newspaper. Indeed, as a result of new advances
in physics and their rapid application to inventions designed to satisfy man' s wants, the world itself has been
changing rapidly. Space technology, industrial technology, and the technology of the home, the farm, the office,
the bank, and the department store have all been revolutionized.
Clearly, every grown-up today would understand the world he lives in much better if he knew something
about physics. Whether it is Congress voting huge sums of money for new warships, space exploration, or
atomic energy, the office staff learning to use a new computer, son Bobby wanting to know about going to
the moon or the housewife learning to operate a new electric stove, physics seems to be everywhere.
Teachers in thousands of schoolrooms in America are trying to communicate some of the excitement and
importance of these new developments to their students. They know that some of their eager students will
someday be scientists and will themselves then contribute to the development of new knowledge or its
application to new things.
But in any case, they can be sure that if they bring a knowledge of science (any science) to their students in
meaningful and interesting ways, they have contributed much to helping each one live a more meaningful life.
1. The application of new advances in physics to inventions ____.
A. may solve all the problems in teaching
B. can help people understand the meaning of life
C. is intended to meet people's needs
D. makes people communicate easier without face to face
2. According to the passage, many American teachers are making efforts to do all of the following
EXCEPT ____.
A. arousing(激起) their students' interest in physics
B. making their students understand the importance of physics
C. giving their students the information of new advances in science
D. creating excitement about their new inventions among their students
3. The word "themselves" in the third paragraph refers to ____.
A. some American teachers
B. some of the eager students
C. the new developments
D. the scientists in physics
4. The first two paragraphs of the passage mainly tell us ____.
A. new advances in physics can result in new inventions
B. physics is widely used in our life
C. the world has been changing rapidly
D. space and industrial technology have all been revolutionized