Question

As a boy, Charles Robert Darwin collected anything that caught his interest: insects, coins and interesting stones. He was not very clever, but Darwin was good at doing the things that interested him.

His father was a doctor, so Darwin was sent to Edinburgh to study medicine, and was planned to follow a medical career. But Charles found the lectures boring. Then his father sent him to Cambridge University to study to be a priest. While at Cambridge, Darwin’s interest in zoology and geography grew. Later he got a letter from Robert FitzRoy who was planning to make a voyage around the world on a ship, the Beagle. He wanted a naturalist to join the ship, and Darwin was recommended(推薦). That voyage was the start of Darwin’s great life.

As the Beagle sailed around the world, Darwin began to wonder how life had developed on earth. He began to observe everything. After he was home, he set to work, getting his collection in order. His first great work The Zoology of the Beagle was well received, but he was slow to make public his ideas on the origin of life.

Later Darwin and Wallace, another naturalist who had the same opinions as Darwin, produced a paper together. Darwin’s great book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (《物種起源》) appeared. It attracted a storm. People thought that Darwin was saying they were descended from monkeys. What a shameful idea! Although most scientists agreed that Darwin was right, the Church was still so strong that Darwin never received any honors for his work.

Afterwards, he published another great work, The Descent of Man. His health grew worse, but he still worked. “When I have to give up observation, I shall die,” he said. He was still working on 17, April, 1882. He was dead two days later.

1.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. Charles Darwin’s ideas

B. Charles Darwin’s works

C. Father of modern biology: Charles Darwin

D. The greatest scientist: Charles Darwin

2.Darwin’s father sent him to Edinburgh to _____.

A. make him like natural history

B. make him become a doctor

C. let him change his hobbies

D. have him give up his collection

3.According to the passage, Charles Darwin’s whole life was changed by _____.

A. his study at Cambridge University

B. his collection of coins

C. the naturalists at Cambridge

D. the voyage of the Beagle

4.The underlined part “they were descended from monkeys” probably means “_____”.

A. they gave monkeys life

B. they were different from monkeys

C. they were developed from monkeys

D. they had to live with monkeys

5.Which is the right order about Charles Darwin according to the passage?

a. He published another great work, The Descent of Man.

b. His father sent him to Cambridge University to study to be a priest.

c. His first great work The Zoology of the Beagle was well received,

d. He got a letter from Robert FitzRoy who was planning to make a voyage around the world on a ship.

A. acbd B. bdca C. bcda D.abdc

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：這是一篇人物傳記。偉大的科學(xué)家達(dá)爾文，最初一次周游世界的航行，成為了自己偉業(yè)的開始，出版了兩部巨著《物種起源》和《人類起源》。

1.Darwin’s great book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (《物種起源》) appeared. 達(dá)爾文的偉大著作《物種起源》現(xiàn)世；第五段第一句Afterwards, he published another great work, The Descent of Man.后來他出版了另一部偉大著作《人類起源》。所以本文最佳主題是C.

2.His father was a doctor, so Darwin was sent to Edinburgh to study medicine, and was planned to follow a medical career.他的父親是一名醫(yī)生，所以達(dá)爾文被送到愛丁堡學(xué)醫(yī)，計劃讓他從事醫(yī)學(xué)。所以選B

3.That voyage was the start of Darwin’s great life.

那次航行成了達(dá)爾文偉業(yè)的開始。故選D

4.People thought that Darwin was saying they were descended from monkeys. What a shameful idea! 人們認(rèn)為達(dá)爾文意思是說他們是從猴子變來的。多么可恥的想法！所以選C

5.His father was a doctor, so Darwin was sent to Edinburgh to study medicine他的父親是一名醫(yī)生，達(dá)爾文被送去愛丁堡學(xué)醫(yī)；根據(jù)第二段中的Later he got a letter from Robert FitzRoy who was planning to make a voyage around the world on a ship, the Beagle.后來，達(dá)爾文收到了來自羅伯特的一封信，他計劃乘輪船周游世界和最后一句That voyage was the start of Darwin’s great life.那次航行成了達(dá)爾文偉業(yè)的開始；根據(jù)第三段第三句、第四句After he was home, he set to work, getting his collection in order. His first great work The Zoology of the Beagle was well received,那次航行回家之后，他開始按順序整理他的收集。他的第一部劇作獲得好評；根據(jù)最后一段第一句Afterwards, he published another great work, The Descent of Man.后來他出版了另一部巨作《人類起源》。所以按時間先后順序,排列正確的是B。

考點：人物傳記類閱讀。