新GRE小短文阅读练习题二十七

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.Historical inquiry is a rational discipline only because of common stan-
1 Z. L0 j. j/ L! a, G# jdards by which competing historical theories can be judged.  Some
3 N# H- z2 j$ M/ Z' A7 vhistorians   claim that their theories are exempt from these standards,
since the theories can explain away any evidence that might be brought
against them.  No truly rational account, however, would be immune in
this way to rational refutation.
The passage is structured to lead to the conclusion that
       the existence of historical theories that cannot be refuted using the
* Z. ]! ]! ?5 x: r  Q       normal standards of historical inquiry shows that historical inquiry
       is not rational  
       a historical theory that can account for any conceivable or actual con-
       trary evidence is not a rational historical theory  
       one can only be sure that a historical theory is rational once it has
* G8 [9 D' H; Z9 d" O/ H       been refuted  
       the rationality of historical inquiry depends on certain kinds of histori-
# |- T* {) c! H3 z) E, K% y       cal theories never receiving serious consideration by historians  
- B9 y( x# I( p6 {$ f4 B       all that has to be done in order to prove the irrationality of a historical
. d' I9 j9 d( g2 p. D       theory is to ignore the standards by which historical theories can be
( Q4 C. G7 o; M       judged  
2 e& a7 {* E, z+ M- q& o9 p) n答案B