第3题: [单项选择]Less developed countries ______. A. devote a large portion of their budget to applied research B. realize that progress depends on basic research C. encourage their career scientists to experiment D. devote less than 70% of their scientific budget to basic research 参考答案:D 答案解析:推理题。根据第二段第二句,出于实用的原因,任何国家花在应用研究上的资金都远远超过用于基础研究的资金。而在不发达国家,这种比例就更加悬殊。根据第二段第三句,又知道作为发达国家的代表,美国用于基础研究的资