Answer of Section 1, Question 9
Although in Europe after the First World War meteorology held the same rank as astronomy, in the United States top academic institutions did not treat it as a field ______ any physical science.
| Blank |
|---|
| (A) unfit for |
| (B) equivalent to |
| (C) fundamental to |
| (D) pertinent to |
| (E) incongruous with |
| (F) commensurate with |
官方解說：
The words that fill in the blank must express the idea that unlike in Europe, in the United States the fields of meteorology and astronomy (or other physical sciences) were not considered of comparable rank. The phrase "unfit for" creates an opposing meaning—for meteorology to be "not ... unfit for any physical science" would mean it was considered compatible with physical science studies.
While it is surely accurate that United States institutions did not consider meteorology "fundamental to" or "pertinent to" the physical sciences, the sentence as a whole concerns itself with the question of whether meteorology was considered equal to othersciences. "Incongruous with" suffers from the same fault as "unfit for," creating a meaning opposed to the intended one.
Thus the correct answer is equivalent to and commensurate with.
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