Insight or evolution? – Reading Passage With Answers

Insight or evolution? – Reading Passage With Answers

Two scientists consider the origins of discoveries and other innovative behavior

Scientific discovery is popularly believed to result from the sheer genius of such intellectual stars as naturalist Charles Darwin and theoretical physicist Albert Einstein. Our view of such unique contributions to science often disregards the person’s prior experience and the efforts of their lesser-known predecessors. Conventional wisdom also places great weight on insight in promoting breakthrough scientific achievements, as if ideas spontaneously pop into someone’s head – fully formed and functional…..

IELTS 9 Band Vocabulary:

 Answers

28. D
29. A
30. A
31. C
32. A
33. NO
34. NOT GIVEN
35. YES
36. NO
37. NOT GIVEN
38. F
39. D
40. E
41. B