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Across

Question 1-11

If food is allowed to stand for some time, it putrefies .When the putrefied material

is examined microscopically ,it is found to be teeming with bacteria. Where do these

bacteria come from , since they are not seen in fresh food? Even until the mid-nineteenth

century, many people believed that such microorganisms originated by spontaneous

(5 ) generation ,a hypothetical process by which living organisms develop from nonliving

matter.

The most powerful opponent of the theory of spontaneous generation was the French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur(1822-1895).Pasteur showed that structures

present in air closely resemble the microorganisms seen in putrefying materials .He did

(10) this by passing air through guncotton filters, the fibers of which stop solid particles. After

the guncotton was dissolved in a mixture of alcohol and ether, the particles that it had

trapped fell to the bottom of the liquid and were examined on a microscope slide .Pasteur

found that in ordinary air these exists a variety of solid structures ranging in size from

0.01 mm to more than 1.0 mm .Many of these bodies resembled the reproductive

(15)structures of common molds, single-celled animals, and various other microbial cells .

As many as 20 to 30 of them were found in fifteen liters of ordinary air ,and they could

not be distinguished from the organisms found in much larger numbers in putrefying materials .Pasteur concluded that the organisms found in putrefying materials originated

    from the organized bodies present in the air .He postulated that these bodies are constantly

(20)being deposited on all objects.

Pasteur showed that if a nutrient solution was sealed in a glass flask and heated to

boiling to destroy all the living organisms contaminating it, it never putrefied .The proponents of spontaneous generation declared that fresh air was necessary for

spontaneous generation and that the air inside the sealed flask was affected in some way

(25)by heating so that it would no longer support spontaneous generation. Pasteur constructed a swan-necked flask in which putrefying materials could he heated to boiling, but air

could reenter. The bends in the neck prevented microorganisms from getting in the flask.. Material sterilized in such a flask did not putrefy.

7.The word “postulated”in line 19 is closest in meaning to

(a)analyzed

(b)doubted

(c)persuaded

(d)suggested

请问选什么。。。。。

偶迷惑兮兮的

多谢指点

Across

好像ENJOY GG的选择和两个参考答案都不沾边。。。。

bryonyGG和偶选的一样。。。。。

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-8-9 1:09:16编辑过]

Across

偶觉得是suggest

LONGMAN

postulate: vT. formal

To suggest that sth might have happened or to be true

One theory postulates that the ancient Filipinos came from India and Persia.

Across

以下是引用robertchu在2004-8-9 12:22:00的发言：

Agree on suggest.

From M-W:

Suggest  1e : to offer for consideration or as a hypothesis

谢谢ROBERTGG确认

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都是这个问题卡主