Can authority be criticized? In 56 of the word, authority is not 57 either out of respect or out of 58 . In such countries children are not expected to 59 their teachers in school and 60 young scholars or 61 industrial mean are ham- pered(受阻)in technical research because they don't feel free to 62 with their su-periors. Clever researchers may be considered too 63 to have "any fight" to pres-ent 64 that are different from knowledge and wisdom of men of old ages. 65 , the American is 66 from childhood to question, analyze and search.

　　School tasks are 67 to encourage the use of a 68 range of materials. A compo-sition topic like" Write a paper 69 the world's supply of sugar" will send even 70 in search of completely unfamiliar ideas.71 in the primary grades, chil-dren are taught to 72 libraries, and to search for 73 ideas of various sorts.

　　74 the time they are 14, 15 and 16, many young scholars are marking original and 75 contributions in all fields of science.

　　56. A. much B. any C. much D. many

　　57. A. accepted B. claimed C. isolated D. challenged

　　58. A. fear B. mercy C. hate D. sympathy

　　59. A. question B. ask C. change D. charge

　　60. A. famous B. brilliant C. employed D. curios

　　61. A. original B. sensible C. imaginative D. affective

　　62. A. disagree B. complain C. link D. cooperate

　　63. A. old B. brave C. young D. nervous

　　64. A. functions B. awards C. rewards D. findings

　　65. A. Secondly B. Then C. Therefore D. However

　　66. A. treated B. trained C. traced D. transformed

　　67. A. done B. designed C. fulfilled D. neglected

　　68. A. moderate B. limited C. wide D. various

　　69. A. of B. on C. for D. to

　　70. A. a child B. a boy C. a girl D. an adult

　　71. A. Since B. As C. If D. Even

　　72. A. organize B. use C. clean D. manage

　　73. A. conventional B. same C. new D. familiar

　　74. A. WhenB. Since C. During D. By

　　75. A. precious B. priceless C. worth D. valuable

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　　56.D空格后的countries为可数名词复数，因此选many.such“这样”不符合上下文，指代不明。

　　57.D主语是authority“权威”，只有D‘’被挑战“符合文意;A‘’被接受”;B‘’被声称“;C”被孤立“。

　　58.A fear“害怕(权威)”与respect“尊重”相对应。mercy“仁慈”;sympathy“同情”。

　　59.A根据上下文，只有A“质问”符合句意，即“学生不应该在学校质问老师”。ask是“询问，问(问题)”;change是“改变”;charge是“起诉”。

　　60.B famous是“著名的”;brilliant是“聪明的，有才华的”;employed是“被雇佣的”;curious是“好奇的”。根据上下文，B符合文意。

　　61.C 词义辨析。答案在A和C之间选择;o-riginal意为“有独创性的，新颖”。如No one dared to question his decisions.

　　62.A disagree with sb.意为“和某人意见不一致，不同意某人的看法”，根据上文，A正确。complain是“抱怨”;link是“连接”;cooperate是“合作”。

　　63.C下文出现men of old ages，因此该处应填young与之呼应。

　　64.D function是“功能，作用”;award是“奖品，判决”;reward是“报酬，奖赏”;finding是“发现”。综合上下文，D符合文意。

　　65.D根据上下文，该段所讲内容与前一段内容是转折关系，因此D然而，可是“正确。secondly是”其次“;then是“然后”;therefore是“因此”。

　　66.B treat是“对待”;train是“训练，培训”;trace是“跟踪，追踪”;transform是“使改变，使转变”。综合上下文，只有B能使文意通顺。

　　67.B design是“设计”;fulfill是“完成，实现”;neglect是“忽视，忽略”。综合上下文，只有B符合文意。

　　68.C a wide range of表示“大范围的”。

　　69.B on表示“关于，有关”，原句意为“关于世界糖供应的论文”。

　　70.A根据原文，只有A“孩子”能够使文意通顺。

　　71.D根据上下文，此处表递进关系。

　　72.B所修饰的词为library，只有B“使用”能够与之搭配使用。

　　73.C综合上下文，美国鼓励儿童进行思考并提出不同的想法，因此C“新的”正确。

　　74.D by是“到……时候为止”;when不能与the time连用;since是“自从”Muting是“在……期间”。

　　75.D precious是“宝贵的”，常用来形容物品;priceless是“无价的”;worth做形容词时，不做定语，不能修饰contributions;valuable是“有价值的，有用的”，只有valuable能够修饰contributions.