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2000 年 一.The differenee between a liquid and a gas is obvious (26) the con diti ons of temperature and pressure com mon ly found at the surface of the Earth. A liquid can be kept in an ope n container and (27) it to the level of a free surface. A gas forms no free surface but (28) to diffuse throughout the space available; it must (29) be kept in a closed container, as (30) a pla nets atmosphere. The dist in ctio n was a promi nent feature of early theories (31) the phases of matter. I n the nin etee nth cen tury, for example, one theory mai ntai ned that a liquid could be dissolved in a vapor