55. What does the author say about science in the last paragraph?
- A. It is transmitted through textbooks.
- B. It is what proves valid and true to life.
- C. It is a dynamic and self-improving process.
- D. It is a collection of facts and established rules.
答案：C
答案句：If the public is to understand that science is an honorably self-correcting process, the idea that science is a fixed set of facts in a textbook needs to be dismissed.
参考译文：如果公众要理解科学是一个光荣的自我修正过程，那么科学是教科书中一套固定事实的观念就需要被摒弃。
定位线索：题干“science in the last paragraph”→答案句“science is an honorably self-correcting process”；文中“self-correcting process”对应选项C“a dynamic and self-improving process”（一个动态和自我完善的过程）。
解析：题干问作者在最后一段对科学的看法。答案句明确指出科学是“an honorably self-correcting process”（光荣的自我修正过程），这与选项C“动态和自我完善的过程”是同义转述。选项A“通过教科书传播”是作者否定的观念，属于偷换概念；B“被证明有效和真实”和D“事实和既定规则的集合”均未在原文提及，属于无中生有。