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1、Section Learning about Language & Using Language.阅读理解 ADo 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
2、 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
3、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 th
4、at is so simple that you might think it couldnt be worth anything.But this simple experiment is important.It explains part of our presentday understandings of physics that were worked out long ago by Galileo and Newton.And these understandings set_aside some of ancient Greek physics.Scientists somet
5、imes 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.1The passage tells us that Charles Darwin _.Awas a great English scientistBalways liked doing the experiments that others thought diff
6、icultCthought even the simplest thing was importantDdidnt get on well with others2The underlined phrase “set aside” most probably means_.Athrow awayBstore upCput to useDrealize3The author of the passage tries to_.Aconvince us that Charles Darwin，Galileo and Newton are the greatest scientists in the
7、worldBdraw the conclusion that basic sciences are simple thingsCprove that two sheets of paper，with the same size and shape，will fall at the same speedD draw our attention to everyday happening around us4Which of the following is TRUE?ADarwin really did foolish experiments.BAccording to some people，
8、Darwin did foolish experiments.CIt is believed by all the people that things could be important though they seemed to be simple.DGalileo and Newton worked out ancient Greek physics.语篇解读：最简单的事情都可能动摇科学的根基，读者要留意身边的每一件事，哪怕它非常简单。1C解析：推理判断题。短文并没有说Charles Darwin是哪个国家的科学家，可排除A；由第二段可知别人认为Darwin的许多实验太简单不值得做，可
9、把B排除；文中没有论述Darwin与别人相处的事情，可排除D。由第三段中“he believed all things could be important however simple they seemed to be.”可推出答案C。2A解析：词义猜测题。由上文可知作者认为做这个简单实验是重要的，它解释了目前人们对于物理方面的部分理解。因此这些理解当然是推翻了一些希腊古典物理学的观点。由此可推知set aside与throw away同义。3D解析：主旨大意题。短文的最后一段点明最简单的事情都可能动摇科学的根基，意在告诉读者要留意身边的每一件事，哪怕它非常简单。4B解析：细节理解题。短文
10、第一段第二句“Or did he do experiments that were so simple and basic that other people just thought they were foolish？”明确告诉我们，有些人认为Darwin做了愚蠢的实验。BMisery and setbacks are not always as terrible as one imagines.Hard times can offer new ways of looking at life that would otherwise never be known.And，if you ar
11、e a writer，this can be the source of much of your success.Popular British author，Charles Dickens(18121870) family could hardly make ends meet.They could only afford to send one of their six children to school.Dickens was not that child.His parents chose to send a daughter，who had a talent for music，
12、to an academy.Then at the age of 12，Dickens life took another turn for the worse.His father，a clerk，was placed in prison for unpaid debts.And，being the oldest male left at home，Dickens took up work at a factory.His horrible experience there became the fuel for his future writing.His father was freed
13、 three months later and inherited a small amount of money.Dickens was then sent to school.From 1836 to 1837，he wrote a monthly series of stories.Thus The Pickwick Papers，came into being，which brought fame to the 23yearold man.Throughout his career，Dickens covers various situations in his novels.He w
14、rote about the miserable lives of the poor in Oliver Twist，the French Revolution in Tale of Two Cities，and social reform in Hard Times.He also wrote David Copperfield，a book thought to be based on his own life.“I do not write bitterly or angrily，for I know all these things have worked together to ma
15、ke me what I am，”he once said.His difficult childhood did shape the person he became，as well as his writing career.There are shades_of young Dickens in many of his most beloved characters，including David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.Like the author，all these characters come from poor beginnings and
16、are able to rise above their setbacks and achieve success.“Minds，like bodies，will often fall into an illconditioned state from too much comfort，”he once wrote.On June 9th,1870，aged 58，Dickens died，leaving one unfinished work.The words on his tombstone read：“He was a sympathizer to the poor，the suffering and the oppressed (受压迫者)，and by hi
