The great 46scientist, Charles Darwin, was

题目内容：

The great 46scientist, Charles Darwin, was born on February 12, 1809. His father was a well-known doctor, and 47that his son also would become a doctor.

As a boy, Charles liked to go for walks in the fields and 48, 49nature and comparing what he saw with everything he had read in natural science books. He was fond 50 collecting animal and plant specimens 51insects, birds, flowers and leaves.

At sixteen, Charles 52Edinburgh University 53. But he was interested in 54. Then he was sent to Cambridge University, 55he graduated in1831.

56he heard that the ship Beagle(贝格尔号) was 57to South America and wanted a naturalist. His biology professor advised him to go. He said the journey would be just the thing for Charles. So the Beagle left England in December 1831, Charles Darwin was 58.

The expedition 59almost five years. The Beagle 60the waters near the east and west 61of South America, and many other places. He 62all kinds of plants and animals, which he sent home from the 63he visited.

After returning from the expedition, Darwin continued his studies of changes in nature. Darwin understood that plants and animals do no

t 64the same, that they always change.

By 1859 Darwin had finished his famous book “The Origin of Species”. It made a great noise in the word of science. Darwin was attacked by the 65and even by some scientists. But later, more and more scientists agreed with him.

Darwin tirelessly continued his scientific studies until he died on April 19,1882.

小题1:

A．American

B．British

C．German

D．Italian小题2:

A．hoped

B．wanted

C．wished

D．required小题3:

A．woods

B．forests

C．mountains

D．countryside小题4:

A．noticing

B．watching

C．looking over

D．seeing小题5:

A．at

B．of

C．with

D．in小题6:

A．for example

B．like as

C．such as

D．like小题7:

A．had been sent to

B．was sent to

C．was sent for

D．had been sent for小题8:

A．to find machine

B．to study medicine

C．to make medicine

D．to study machine小题9:

A．nature scene

B．social history

C．natural history

D．biological lives小题10:

A．from where

B．in which

C．from which

D．at which小题11:

A．Late

B．Later

C．After that

D．From then on小题12:

A．going on a trip

B．traveling about

C．about to a journey

D．making a journey小题13:

A．at board

B．in ship

C．on board

D．on trip小题14:

A．was lasted

B．had lasted

C．lasted

D．had kept小题15:

A. watched

B, studied

C. explored

D. researched

小题16:

A．parts

B．land

C．coasts

D．beaches小题17:

A．got

B．collected

C．caught

D．fed小题18:

A．ports

B．cities

C．places

D．towns小题19:

A．remain

B．show

C．mean

D．make小题20:

A．government

B．relatives

C．Church

D．professors

最佳答案：

小题1:B

小题1:A

小题1:B

小题1:B

小题1:B

小题1:C

小题1:B

小题1:B

小题1:C

小题1:C

小题1:B

小题1:A

小题1:C

小题1:C

小题1:B

小题1:C

小题1:B

小题1:A

小题1:A

小题1:C

答案解析：

略

考点核心：

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