Reading Comprehension (RC) | With the approach of the twentieth century, the classical wave theory

 



[textarea] ­4. The author’s attitude toward Planck’s development of a new hypothesis about atomic processes can most aptly be describedas

Explanation

The author clearly admires Planck for his contribution to physics, and of the five choices(E) best reflects that admiration. Yes, “scholarlyinterest” sounds rather neutral and clinical, but look at the writing. Neutral and clinical seems aboutright.

(A) is half-right (in its admiration for Planck’s intuitive leap) and half-wrong (in its suggestion that Planck reinforced, rather than supplanted, classical wavetheory).

(B) neglects to note that Planck held a position that was “then bizarre” (lines38–39) . In any case it would be odd for our author to evidence surprise, mild or otherwise,
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