2022年河北省保定市望都县高二下学期2月周考（三）英语试卷 Word版含答案 .doc

2021-2022学年河北省保定市望都县高二下学期2月周考（三）英语试卷

第一节阅读理解(共8小题;每小题5分,满分30分)

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Scientistsstudythenaturalworldbyusing“scientificmethod”.Whenascientistobservessomephenomenoninnature,hedevelopsanidea,calledatheoryorhypothesisW1,aboutwhatishappening.Thenhedoesanexperimenttotesthistheory.Iftheresultsareasexpected,thentheexperimentprovesthehypothesiswhichmakesitmorelikelythatthetheoryiscorrect.Iftheexperimentfailsandtheresultsarenotasexpected,thenthescientistmustcomeupwithP1anewtheorythathecantest.

Inancienttimesgreatthinkerscameupwithcomplicatedtheoriestoexplainnature,buttheydidnotalwaysprovethembyexperiment.Forexample,thegreatGreekthinkerAristotle,hadatheorythatheavyobjectswouldfallfasterthanlightobjects.PeoplebelievedthisuntilthescientistGalileoperformedanexperimentandfounditwaswrong.

Heresanexperimentthatyoucanusetoproveordisproveacommon-sensetheory：

Step1:Getanemptybottlewithasmallneck.AdiameterW2of1/2inchshouldbeideal.

Step2:Cutasheetofpapertoasquare5inchesoneachside.

Step3:CrumpleW3thepaperintoatightwadW4.

Step4:Laythebottleonitssideandplacethepapersoitlieslooselyintheneckofthebottle.

Constructatheoryaboutwhatwillhappenifyouputyourmouthaboutahalfinchfromtheneckofthebottleandblowhardtowardsit.Acommon-sensetheorymightbethatthewadwouldbeblownintothebottlebytheforceofthebreath.Nowdoyourexperimenttoseewhatreallyhappens.

Ifyourtheorywasthatthewadwouldbeblownbytheforceoftheairintothebottle,theexperimentgaveyouunexpectedresults.Inmostcasesthewadisblownoutoftheneckofthebottleintheoppositedirection.AnewtheorymightbethattheairbeingblownintothebottlecreatesawhirlwindofaircurrentsW5intheclosedspacewhichpushthewadoutP2.

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