岩手医科大学英語2013年第1問

次の英文を読み、下の各問に答えなさい。

If a theory passes an experimental test, it is (    1     ) a sense corroborated, but (1)it can never be confirmed or roved ultimately 'true' for no amount of observation or experiment can establish the truth of a thee with absolute certainty. There is always the (    2    ) that one day a crack will be found in the edifice of the theory. If the theory fails the (    3    ), however, it faces a much harder challenge. Sometimes the (    4    ) can be shown to be faulty, either in execution or (    5    ). Even so, a single, well-designed experiment Can be (    6    ) to dismiss a theory outright. As Einstein supposedly once (    7    ) it: “No amount of experimentation can ever prove me $\fbox{*}$; a single experiment can prove me $\fbox{*}$.” This notion led the Viennese philosopher of science Karl Popper (    8    ) the concept of 'falsifiability' as the defining characteristic of true (    9    ): a theory is scientific (    10    ) if it can ― at least in principle ― make predictions that can be shown to be false.

(出典 Jheni Osman. 100. Ideas That Changed the World. BBC Books, 2011.)
    (注)
  • corroborated,裏付けられる;
  • edifice,体系;
  • execution,実施;
  • outright,完全に;
  • falsifiability,反証可能性
  • 問1. 下線部(1)を日本語に訳しなさい。
  • 問2. 文中の$\fbox{*}$に当てはまる正しい順番の語の組み合わせを下から一つ選び、記号で答えなさい。
      [
    • (1) right, right
    • (2) right, wrong
    • (3) wrong, right
    • (4) wrong, wrong
    • ]
  • 問3. 文中の空所(1)~(10)に入る適語を、重複しないように下の(ア)~(コ)から選び、記号で答えなさい。
      [
    • (ア) design
    • (イ) enough
    • (ウ) experiment
    • (エ) in
    • (オ) only
    • (カ) possibility
    • (キ) put
    • (ク) science
    • (ケ) test
    • (コ) to
    • ]