A n s w e r k e y test 1, Paper 1, Reading

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C: ‘The latter cries out for’ (the blogosphere urgently requires) ‘an 
informal system of quality control.’
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D: ‘The way science is applied is a matter not just for scientists. All 
citizens need to address these questions. Public decisions should 
be made, after the widest possible discussion.’
F: ‘to ensure that wherever science impacts on people’s lives, it 
is openly debated. Citizen scientists, with views spanning the 
entire political and philosophical spectrum, should engage more 
willingly with the media and political forums.’
26 
A: ‘Those who want to celebrate this glorious history’ (of scientific 
research and discovery) ‘should visit the Royal Society’s archives 
via our ‘Trailblazing’ website.’ 
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E: ‘Scientists often bemoan’ (complain about) ‘the public’s weak 
grasp of science – without some ‘feel’ for the issues, public 
debate can’t get beyond sloganising’ (lack of understanding of 
the issues causes public debate on them to be too simple).
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B: ‘After 350 years, our horizons have expanded, but the same 
engagement’ (as when the Society was founded) ‘is imperative in 
the 21
st
century.’
F: ‘We should aspire, like our founders, to “see further” into Nature 
and Nature’s laws, but also to emulate their broad engagement 
with society and public affairs.’
30 
A: ‘The Society’s journals pioneered what is still the accepted 
procedure whereby scientific ideas are subject to peer review.’
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E: ‘But science isn’t dogma. Its assertions are sometimes tentative.’
32 
C: ‘in the old days, astronomical research was stored on delicate 
photographic plates; these were not easily accessible.’
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E: ‘there are other issues where public debate is, to an equally 
disquieting degree, inhibited by ignorance’ (the public do not 
only lack knowledge of science; they lack knowledge of other 
things too).
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D: ‘we can be sure of one thing: the widening gulf between what 
science enables us to do and what it’s prudent or ethical actually 
to do.’