1、.完形填空Do you think you have what it takes to be a successful scientist? A successful scientist is generally a good observer.He makes full _1_ of the facts he observes.He doesnt accept ideas which are not _2_ on obvious facts, and therefore _3_ to accept authority as the only reason for truth.He alway
2、s checks ideas _4_ and makes experiments to prove them.The rise of modern science may perhaps be considered to _5_ as far back as the time of Roger Bacon, the wonderful philosopher of Oxford, who lived between the years 1214 and 1292.He was probably the first in the Middle Ages to _6_ that we should
3、 learn science _7_ observing and experimenting on the things around us, and he himself _8_ many important truths.Galileo (15641642), however, who lived more than 300 years later, was the greatest of several great men in Italy, France, Germany, and England, _9_ began to show how many important _10_ c
4、ould be discovered by observation by degrees.Before Galileo, learned men believed that large bodies fell more _11_ towards the earth than small ones, _12_ Aristotle said so.But Galileo, going to the _13_ of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, let fall two _14_ stones and proved Aristotle was wrong.It is Gali
5、leos _15_ of going direct to nature, and proving our _16_ and theories by experiment, that has _17_ all the discoveries of modern science.What _18_ those people good scientists? From the example of Galileo, we know _19_ that successful scientists are those whose observations have _20_ better results
6、.一个科学家应该是一个很好的观察者，不能盲目相信他人，应该通过观察和实验来获得正确的观点和理论。1A.use Bsense Cspeed Dtrust答案：A解析：根据语境可知此处是make full use of “充分利用，充分使用”这一固定词组。2A.relied Bbased Cinsisted Dcentered答案：B解析：根据该空前的“He doesnt accept ideas”和后面的“on obvious facts”可知，此处是be based on这个固定词组，表示“以为基础，基于”。3A.refuses Bdesires Cintends Dregrets答案：A解析
7、：由空前的“doesnt accept”和“and therefore”可知，此处应选refuses。4A.casually Bcarefully Cquickly Dprivately答案：B解析：结合语境“He always checks ideas”和后面的“and makes experiments to prove them”可知，此处表示仔细地核查想法。5A.date Bkeep Clook Dcome答案：A解析：由下文的“the years 1214 and 1292”可知，现代科学的兴起可以追溯到很早的时期。date back是一个固定词组，意为“追溯到”。6A.comman
8、d Bsuspect Csuggest Dconclude答案：C解析：根据空后的内容可知，这里应是Roger Bacon提出的建议，故选C项。7A.in Bwith Con Dby答案：D解析：根据后面的“observing and experimenting on the things around us”可知，此处表示通过观察我们周围的事物和做实验来学习科学，因此选D项。8A.brought Bdiscovered Chandled Dannounced答案：B解析：结合空后的“many important truths”可知，他本人发现了很多重要的真理。9A.who Bwhen Cth
9、at Dwhere答案：A解析：结合空前的“was the greatest of several great men”可知，先行词是men，故用who引导定语从句。10A.truths Bproblems Cinvestigations Dsubjects答案：A解析：由空后的“could be discovered by observation”可知，很多真理可以通过观察而被发现。truth “事实，真理”。上文中的many important truths也是提示。11A.slowly Brapidly Clightly Dheavily答案：B解析：结合空前的“Before Galil
10、eo, learned men believed that large bodies fell more”和后面的“towards the earth than small ones”可知，在伽利略之前，学者们认为重的物体比轻的物体落地快，因此选rapidly “迅速地”。12A.although Bbecause Cwhen Dif答案：B解析：根据“Aristotle said so”的意思可知，这里表示因为亚里士多德是这样说的。13A.place Bfoot Ctop Dceiling答案：C解析：结合空后的“of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, let fall
11、two _14_ stones”可知，伽利略跑到了比萨斜塔的塔顶。14A.big Bsmall Csimilar Dunequal答案：D解析：根据前文和后面的“stones and proved Aristotle was wrong”可知，此处表示使用了两个不同重量的石头，因此选unequal “不相等的”。15A.spirit Bskill Ctheory Dwish答案：A解析：由后面的“of going direct to nature”可知，此处表示科学精神(spirit)。16A.plans Bopinions Cworld Dability答案：B解析：与后面“and theo
12、ries by experiment”中的theories呼应，此处表示通过实验证明我们的观点和理论。17A.led to Bturned toCset up Dput forward答案：A解析：这里是说正是伽利略的精神使得现代科学能有所发现。结合语境，应选A项。18A.makes Bprevents Cconsiders Dpromises答案：A解析：结合下文中的“successful scientists are those.”可知，此处是说“什么使这些人成为好的科学家”。19A.likely Bclearly Cnaturally Dunwillingly答案：B解析：结合上文中所举
13、的例子我们可以清楚地(clearly)知道，成功的科学家是他们的观察可以创造(produced)更好的结果的人。20A.foreseen Brejected Cproduced Dchallenged答案：C解析：参见上题解析。.概要写作阅读下面的短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。A recent study shows 85 per cent of people handed over their personal information to strangers.One in eight people admitted they would reply to an email f
14、rom somebody they didnt know，while some said they were comfortable handing out personal，security or bank details to a stranger.In real life，with a bit of temptation (诱惑) people seem even more likely to hand over important information.Posing as somebody working for a marketing agency called CAMSa mad
15、eup name for fraud (欺骗) a researcher handed out a questionnaire(问卷) and asked people to fill in it in order to win a 400 television.The survey asked questions about not only television preferences and holidays，but also personal information including address，date of birth，phone number and even bank a
16、ccount number.Shockingly,85 per cent of the people who agreed to fill in the questionnaire readily gave over their bank details just for the chance to win a TV.Paul Wilson said：“Every year thousands of people are targeted by fraudsters (诈骗犯)，and the number is increasing.Fraudsters operate by gatheri
17、ng pieces of information one bit at a time.By understanding how scammers (诈骗犯)operate and being watchful，we can protect ourselves from becoming victims.And remember，if something sounds too good to be true，it probably is.”Karen Tyler said：“ Scams can come in many forms and our research stresses how w
18、idespread they are.Its worrying that so many people are unaware of what information a bank will and will not ask forfor example，a bank would never ask you to disclose your full security details.”A_recent_study_reveals_that_85_per_cent_of_people_let_out_their_personal_details_to_strangers.(要点1_)_Temp
19、ted_by_some_gifts，many_people_would_give_their_personal_information_to_fraudsters，including_their_bank_account_numbers.(要点2)_Experts_warn_that_scams_often_come_in_nice，beautiful_forms_and_every_year_the_number_of_people_who_are_cheated_is_on_the_rise.(要点3)_People_should_be_watchful_and_distinguish_scammers_from_banks.(要点4)
