8高中英语-选择性必修第二册-人教版-UNIT 1 Assessing Your Progress.pptx

UNIT1SCIENCEANDSCIENTISTSAssessingYourProgress

Completethepassagewiththecorrectformsofthewordsbelow.Task1brilliantsolidmicroscopefindingcontradictorygiftastronomertheory Thescientist’smaintaskistodiscoverhowthingsworkintheuniverse.Butfewscientistshaveplacedthemselvesunderthe1____________.Soeventhoughthe2____________scientificmethod，whichmainlyincludeshypotheses，datacollection，andstatisticalanalysis，iswrittendown，themethodbywhichscientistscometo3____________conclusionsishardtoidentify.Twooftheessentialqualitiesascientistneedstohaveseemtobecuriosityandcreativity.Peoplewhoarecurioususuallyhaveamixtureofmicroscopebrilliantsolid

Completethepassagewiththecorrectformsofthewordsbelow.Task1brilliantsolidmicroscopefindingcontradictorygiftastronomertheory seemingly4____________desires：Theyarelookingfororiginalityandyettheyalsowanteverythinginitsproperplace.Tosettletheconflictbetweenstatisticsand5____________，scientistsoftenhavetobecreative，andthinkoutsidethebox—approachtheproblemfromdifferentdirections.Theymusthaveavividimaginationandastrongintuitioninorderfornew6____________tobemade.Itechoessomethingthe7____________CarlSaganoncesaid.Hebelievesthateverychild“startsoutasascientist”andeverychildis8____________withthe“senseofwonderandawe”contradictorytheoryfindingsastronomergifted

Fillineachblankwithawordorexpressionthatintroducesapredicativeclause.Task2Scienceissimply1youcando.Anddoingsciencemakesyouascientist!So，whatdoscientistsdo?Actually，whatmattersisnotonly2____________theyobserveintheworldaroundthemandwhatquestionstheyask，butalso3theyuseevidenceordatatoanswerthequestions.Theyidentifyusefuldataandtakenewmeasurements.Someofthekeyissuesthatscientistsface