【C3】
A. defect
B. backwardness
C. handicap
D. scarcity
【C2】
A. investigations
B. interviews
C. conferences
D. communications
The word "Philistines" (Line 5, Para. 1) most probably means
A. intellectuals.
B. those who are sophisticated.
C. those who are ungraceful.
D. those who are uneducated.
It can be inferred from the passage that the author was considered______.
A. first of all a scientist
B. no more than a born naturalist
C. a scientist as well as a naturalist
D. a naturalist but not a scientist