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1、BookTwoTestYourself2PassageOneIn1665,anapplefellfromatreeandlanded(跌落)nearyoungIsaacNewton.Untoldnumbersofpeople(无数人)hadseenapplesfallandhadn’tgiventhematterasecondthought（进一步考虑）.（16）ButNewtonthoughtaboutitcarefullyanddevelopedacornerstoneofmodernscience—thetheoryofgravity.（但牛顿加以仔细的思考，并奠定了这块现代科学的

2、基石---重力理论。）Theabilitytoaskdeepquestionsandlookforanswersliesattheheartofscience.(17)SoitstandstoreasonthateducatorswouldwanttobottleNewton’sbrandofthinkingandserveittotheirstudents.(教育家们想要把牛顿的这种思维行为装进自己的头脑里并为他们的学生所用，这是理所当然的。)Commonsensemightargue(常识也许会表明)thatthebestmeanstothatendistocramfuturesci

3、entistswithchemistry,physics,biology,andmathematics.Afterall,Newtonhadanenormousappetite(很大的兴趣)forscience.(18)ButNewtonownedmorebooksinthehumanities(文科)thanhedidinthesciences,andhisinterestincludedsubjectssuchanhistory,philosophy(哲学),andGreekmythology.(希腊神话)Coulditbethatthinkingdeeplyaboutsubject

4、ssuchashistory,philosophy,andreligionmakesoneabetterscientist?Manytop(优秀的/上等的)Americanschoolsthinkso.(20)Theliberalartseducation(人文教育)isadiversifiedtoolbox(多样化的工具箱).Ifyouhaveonlyonewayoflookingatthings,youwillgetstuck(卡住)inthesameplaceeverybodyelsegotstuck.Ifyou’vegotdifferentexperiences,youmayfi

5、ndotherwaysofsolvingtheproblem.”It’swellknownthatthemorewethink,thebetterourneuralconnections(神经连结).Butliberalartscollegesgoonestepfurther.(19)Theyarguethatlearningtothinkinonefieldmaysharpentheability(提高能力)tosolvecomplexproblemsinaseeminglyunrelatedarea.Itmaybeawhilebefore(可能尚需时日)scientistsestab

6、lishthetruthorfalsityofthisidea(错误的思想).Inthemeantime,someofthebestmindsinscience(在科学领域的一些最杰出的人才)arebettingthatit’strue.“Learningaboutthegreatbooksandthehumanitiescanstimulatethesortofbrainwaves(刺激一种脑电波)thatserveascientistprettywell,”saysNobelPrizewinnerTomCech“Themoretypesofthinkingyouhavetodo,th

7、emoreskillsyoucanbringtoascientificproblem."16.Welearnfromthefirstparagraphthat________.A. theabilitytothinkisoffirstimportancetoscientificdiscoveryB. nobodynoticedapplesfallingfromtreestothegroundbeforeNewtonC.Newtond