人教版高二英语必修五Great Scientists unit 1reading课件 .pptVIP

Unit 1 Great scientists There are some great scientific achievements that have changed the world. Try this quiz and find out who knows the most? 1. Which scientist discovered that objects in water are lifted up by a force that helps them float? B. Archimedes C. Thomas Edison A. Charles Darwin Archimedes (287-212 BC), an ancient Greek mathematician physicist 2. Who wrote a book explaining how animals and plants developed as the environment changed? Marie Curie C. Charles Darwin B. Gregor Mendel Charles Darwin (1808-1882), British author of The Origin of Species 3. Who invented the first steam engine? Thomas Newcomen C. Thomas Edison B. Archimedes Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729), British, improved the first steam pump and turned it into a steam engine for taking water out of mines in 1712 4. Who used peas to show how physical characteristics are passed from parents to their children? Thomas Edison C. Archimedes B. Gregor Mendel Gregor Mendel (1822-1884), Czech(捷克), developed ideas on heredity (遗传学) and inherited (继承, 承传) characteristics 5. Who discovered radium? C. Marie Curie B. Newton A. Zhang Heng Marie Curie (1867-1934), Polish and French, won two Nobel prizes 6. Who invented the way of giving electricity to everybody in large cities? Stephen Hawking 　 C. Thomas Edison B. Archimedes Thomas Edison (1847-1931), American inventor Thomas Edison Inventions of Thomas Edison Phonograph 留声机 Light bulb Motion pictures 电灯泡 电影 7. Who was the painter that studied dead bodies to improve his painting of people? Gregor Mendel C. Marie Curie B. Leonardo da Vinci 　 Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian artist 8. Who invented a lamp to keep miners safe underground? Sir Humphry Davy 　 C. Faraday B. Thomas Newcomen Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), British, discovered the medicinal value of nitrous oxide (一氧化二氮) as anaesthetic (麻醉剂) 9.