Make intelligent decisions做出明智的决定

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Our modern world is founded on science and on technology too, which is the ___【1】___ (apply) of science to everyday affairs. Almost everything we do __【2】___ (depend) on our modern devices such as automobiles, record players and TV sets, and these ___【3】__ turn depend on scientific principles. Our future will depend on computers, robots, nuclear power and rockets ships, all of __【4】___ only make sense if we understand science.

If a person does not understand __【5】__ makes these things work, they might as well be magic. People without ___【6】__ understanding of science live in a world that makes no sense. They might say, “So what? All I want to do is ___【7】___ (make) a living, have a family and look at the scenery”. They may find this is not so easy. Surely, it will be ___【8】____(increase) important, as the years pass, for people to understand science if they are going to be expected to help make ____【9】__ (intelligence) decisions about how to use science to save the world and not to destroy it.

That is __【10】 __ it is important to study science even if one is not going to be a scientist.