The mass media also tends to over-personalize scientific work, depicting it as the product of individual genius, while neglecting the social organization which makes scientific work possible. A further effect of this is that science comes to be seen as a thing in itself: a kind of unpredictable force; a tide of scientific progress.

　　It is no such thing, of course. Science is what scientists do; what they do is what a particular kind of society facilitates, and what is done with their work depends very much on who has the power to turn their discoveries into technology, and what their interests are.

　　52. According to the passage, ordinary people have a poor opinion of science and scientists partly because ______.

　　A) of the misleading of the media

　　B) opinion polls are unflattering

　　C) scientists are shown negatively in the media

　　D) science is considered to be dangerous

　　53. Fewer girls than boys study science because ______.

　　A) they think that science is too difficult

　　B) they are often unsuccessful in science at school

　　C) science is seen as a man\'s job

　　D) science is considered to be tedious

　　54. Media treatment of science tends to concentrate on _____.

　　A) the routine, everyday work of scientists

　　B) discoveries that the public will understand

　　C) the more sensational aspects of science

　　D) the satisfactions of scientific work

　　55. According to the author, over-personalization of scientific work will lead science

　　A) isolation from the rest of the world

　　B) improvements on school system

　　C) association with \"femaleness\"

　　D) trouble in recruiting young talent

　　56. According to the author, what a scientist does _______.

　　A) should be attributed to his individual genius

　　B) depends on the coordination of the society

　　C) shows his independent power

　　D) is unpredictable

　　【答案】52-56 ACCAB