【名师伴你行】2016-2017学年高中英语 Unit1 Greatscientists Section Ⅱ Learning about Language Using Language课时作业2 新人教版必修5.docVIP

Section Ⅱ　Learning about Language Using Language Ⅰ.阅读理解 A Do you suppose Darwin，one of the greatest scientists of all time，really did foolish experiments？Or did he do experiments that were so simple and basic that other people just thought they were foolish? Sometimes，people think they already known the answer to a question or the solution to a problem.Sometimes，they really do know an answer or a solution，but without thinking they are important. Charles Darwin didnt settle for(满足于)just thinking he knew something.And he believed all things could be important however simple they seemed to be. Suppose you drop sheets of paper that are of exactly the same size and shape.If you drop them at the same time in the same place，they will fall in the same way.Now make one of the sheets of paper into a tight little ball and let it drop along with the other sheets.What happens？You have done an experiment that is so simple that you might think it couldnt be worth anything. But this simple experiment is important.It explains part of our present-day understandings of physics that were worked out long ago by Galileo and Newton.And these understandings set_aside some of ancient Greek physics. Scientists sometimes stop to look at very simple things and to think very hard about them.Even the simplest idea，which we might think is foolish，can shake the foundations of science. 1．The passage tells us that Charles Darwin ________. A．was a great English scientist B．always liked doing the experiments that others thought difficult C．thought even the simplest thing was important D．didnt get on well with others 2．The underlined phrase “set aside” most probably means________. A．throw away　　　　 B．store up C．put to use D．realize 3．The author of the passage tries to________. A．convince us that Charles Darwin，Galileo and Newton are the greatest scientists in the world B．draw the conclusion that basic sciences are simple things C．prove that two sheets of paper，with the same size and shape，will fall