Science andTechnology

There is adifference between science and technology.______(46)Science has to do withdiscovering the facts and relationships between observable phenomena in natureand

with establishingtheories that serve to organize these facts and relationships;technology has todo with tools, techniques,and procedures for applying the findings of

science.______(47)

Progress in scienceexcludes the human factor. Scientists,who seek to understand the universe andknow the truth within the highest degree of accuracy and certainty,cannot

pay attention totheir own or other peoples likes or dislikes or to popular ideas about thefitness of things.

______(48)But even anunpleasant truth is more than likely to be useful;besides,we have the choice ofrefusing to believe it!But hardly so with technology;we do not have the

choice of refusingto hear the sound produced by a supersonic（超音速的）aircraft flying overhead ; we cannot refuse to breathe pollutedair.______(49)The purpose of

technology is toserve peo- pie-people in general,not merely some people;and futuregenerations,not merely those who presently wish to gain advantage forthemselves.

______(50)Manypeople blame technology itself for widespread pollution,resource depletion（枯竭）and even social decay in generalsomuch so that the promise of

technology is"obscured".That promise is a cleaner and healthier world.If wiseapplications of science and technology do not lead to a better world,what elsewill?______(48)

A.Anotherdistinction between science and technology has to do with the progress in each.

B. Unlikescience,progress in technology must be measured in terms of the human factor.

C. What scientistsdiscover may shock or anger people-as did Darwin'stheory of evolution.

D. Science andtechnology are different.

E. We are allfamiliar with the improper use of technology.