大学英语精读第二册test yourself2

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1、Test Yourself 2 Passage OneIn1665,anapplefellfromatreeandlandednearyoungIsaacNewton.Untoldnumbersofpeoplehadseenapplesfallandhadn’tgiventhematterasecondthought.ButNewtonthoughtaboutitcarefullyanddevelopedacornerstoneofmodernscience—thetheoryofgravity.          Theabilitytoaskdeepquest

2、ionsandlookforanswersliesattheheartofscience.SoitstandstoreasonthateducatorswouldwanttobottleNewton’sbrandofthinkingandserveittotheirstudents.          Commonsensemightarguethatthebestmeanstothatendistocramfuturescientistswithchemistry,physics,biology,andmathematics.Afterall,Newtonhad

3、anenormousappetite(胃口；兴趣)forscience.          ButNewtonownedmorebooksinthehumanities(文科)thanhedidinthesciences,andhisinterestincludedsubjectssuchanhistory,philosophy,andGreekmythology.          Coulditbethatthinkingdeeplyaboutsubjectssuchashistory,philosophy,andreligionmakesoneabetter

4、scientist?ManytopAmericanschoolsthinkso.          Theliberalartseducationisadiversified(多样化的)toolbox.Ifyouhaveonlyonewayoflookingatthings,youwillgetstuckinthesameplaceeverybodyelsegotstuck.Ifyou’vegotdifferentexperiences,youmayfindotherwaysofsolvingtheproblem.”          It’swellknownt

5、hatthemorewethink,thebetterourneural(神经的)connections.Butliberalartscollegesgoonestepfurther.Theyarguethatlearningtothinkinonefieldmaysharpentheabilitytosolvecomplexproblemsinaseeminglyunrelatedarea.Itmaybeawhilebeforescientistsestablishthetruthorfalsityofthisidea.Inthemeantime,someoft

6、hebestmindsinsciencearebettingthatit’strue.           “Learningaboutthegreatbooksandthehumanitiescanstimulatethesortofbrainwavesthatserveascientistprettywell,”saysNobelPrizewinnerTomCech“Themoretypesofthinkingyouhavetodo,themoreskillsyoucanbringtoascientificproblem."26.Welearnfromthef

7、irstparagraphthat________.A. theabilitytothinkisoffirstimportancetoscientificdiscoveryB. nobodynoticedapplesfallingfromtreestothegroundbeforeNewtonC.NewtondevelopedthetheoryofgravitybywatchingafallingappleD.modernscienceisrelatedtothefallingofanappletotheground27.Accordingtothepassage

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