francis bacon , one of the most important philosophers of england , was born in london and educated at cambridge university .when he was only 15, he went to france to work for the english ambassador（大使）.two years later he went up to england to study law .at the age of twenty － three he was elected to parliament（议会）.his ideas about how scientists should study things in nature help to bring about the modern way of thinking , caled the scientific method .one of the bacon best - known books was his essays .each essay was a short piece of writing in which he tried to give a lesson by discussing sides of a subject such as studying , conversation , friends and healthful living .in many of his books , bacon explainedhow scientists should study things as they realy exist in nature and then try to figure out what caused a particular thing to be as it is .later , by doing experiments , the scientist could see that any cause would always have the same result .this method , which is called inductive（归纳）reasoning , is used by al the scientists today , but it was new in bacon 's time .54.Which of the folowing is true ?（）A.Francis Bacon was the most important philosopher of England .B .Francis Bacon had good education .C.Francis Bacon worked for a French ambassador at the age of 15.D.Francis Bacon stayed in France until he was 23.55.Francis Bacon was famous for（）.A.inventing the scientific method of studying things in natureB.his booksC.his essaysD.being a member of parliament56.His essay gave many useful lessons on（）A.studyingB.conversationC.friends and healthful livingD.all of the above57.“ Inductive reasoning ” means（）.A.to discover general laws from particular facts or examplesB.to reach a conclusion by reasoning from general laws to a particular caseC.to study things as they used to beD.to study things in a particular way58.Which of the following is NOT true ?（）A.Bacon was a learned man .B.Bacon did a lot for philosophy .C.the inductive reasoning was widely used both today and in bacon's timeD.Bacon gave scientists much useful advice .