第6部分：完形填空（第51～65题，每题1分，共15分）下面的短文有15处空白，请根据短文内容为每处空白确定1个最佳选项。
Unpopular Subjects?
Is there a place in today’s society for the study of useless subjects in our universities? Just over 100 years ago Fitzgerald argued in a well-written letter_____(51)Nature that “Universities must be allowed to study useless subjects _____(52)they don’t，who will?He went 0n to use the _____(53)of Maxwell’s electrodynamics_(电动力学)as one case where a“useless subject” has been transformed to a useful subject．
Nowadays this argument is again very much _____(54)in many universities．Indeed one suspects that it is one of those arguments that must be _____(55)anew(重新)by each generation．But now there is an added twist ~)--subjects must not only be useful，they must also be _____(56)enough that students will flock(蜂拥)to d0 them，and even flock to pay to do them．
As universities become commercial operations，the pressure to_____(57)subjects or departments that are less popular will become stronger and stronger, Perhaps this is most strongly_____(58)at the moment by physics．There has been much_____(59)in the press of universities that are closing down physics departments and incorporate them with mathematics or engineering departments．
Many scientists think otherwise．They see physics as a_____(60)science，which must be kept alive if only to_____(61)a base for other sciences and engineering．It is of their great personal concern that physics teaching and research is under _____(62)in many universities．How Can it be preserved in the rush towards commercial competition? A major turnaround(转变)in student popularity may have to_____(63)until the industrial world discovers that it needs physicists and starts paying them well．Physics is now not only unpopular；it is also“hard”．We can do more about the latter by_____(64)teaching in our schools and universities．We can also_____(65) cooperative arrangements to ensure that physicists keep their research and teaching up to date.
51.
A．about
B．of
C．to
D．on
52．
A．if
B．as
C．because
D．since
53．
A．question
B．example
C．design
D． device
54．
A．powerful
B．terrible
C．difficult
D．active
55．
A．fought
B．weighted
C．respected
D．selected
56．
A．clear
B．popular
C．indefinite
D．available
57．
A．choose
B．strengthen
C．eliminate
D．identify
58．
A．recommended
B．opposed
C．suspected
D．felt
59．
A．discussion
B．fancy
C．evidence
D．influence
60．
A．precise
B．noble
C．new
D．fundamental
61．
A．install
B．provide
C．reach
D．cover
62．
A．agreement
B．construction
C．threat
D．consideration
63．
A．wait
B．move
C．progress
D．increase
64．
A．running
B．improving
C．learning
D．dropping
65．
A．fix
B．modify
C．review
D．develop
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