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1、2013高三英语阅读理解及答案13--科普知识与现代技术（2）·专项训练AInventor,physicist,surveyor,astronomer,biologist,artist…RobertHookewasalltheseandmore.Somesayhewasthegreatestexperimentalscientistofthe17thcentury.Inthecourseofhiswork,hecooperatedwithfamousmenofsciencelikeIsaacNewton
2、,andthegreatarchitect,ChristopherWren.Hooke’searlyeducationbeganathome,undertheguidanceofhisfather.③HeenteredWestminsterSchoolattheageof13,andfromtherewenttoOxford,wherehecameincontactwithsomeofthebestscientistsinEngland.Hookeimpressedthemwithhisskillsat
3、designingexperimentsandinventinginstruments.In1662,attheageof28,hewasnamedCuratorofExperimentsatthenewlyformedRoyalSocietyofLondon—meaningthathewasresponsiblefordemonstratingnewexperimentsatthesociety’sweeklymeetings.Hookeacceptedthejob,eventhoughheknewt
4、hatthesocietyhadnomoneytopayhim!himinappreciationofhisservicestothisbranchofscience.1.WecaninferfromParagraph2thatHookeis____. A.friendly B.sociableC.creative D.helpful2.WhypossiblydidHookeacceptthejobasCuratorofExperiments? A.Becausehisparentscouldn’taf
5、fordhiseducation. B.Becausehisfamilyneededhissupport.C.BecausehewantedtopleasethefamousscientistsinEngland. D.Becausehelikeddesigningexperiments.3.Thecellgotitsnamebecauseof____. A.itsuse B.itsshape C.Hooke’sfavorites D.Hooke’sexperiences4.Thelastparagra
6、phistoprovethat____.A.Hookewasthegreatestexperimentalscientistofthe17thcenturyB.HookewasgoodatmakingdiscoveriesC.Hooke’scontributionswerenotlimitedtoonefiledD.Hookewasoneofthegreatestastronomers5.Thebesttitleforthetextmaybe____.A.TheGreatestScientistB.AH
7、elperofNewtonC.ABriefIntroductiontoHookeD.AchievementsofHookeBChildrenstartoutasnaturalscientists,eagertolookintotheworldaroundthem.Helpingthemenjoysciencecanbeeasy;there’snoneedforalotofscientifictermsorexpensivelabequipment.Youonlyhavetoshareyourchildr
8、en’scuriousness.Firstly,listentotheirquestions.Ioncevisitedaclassroomofsevenyearoldstotalkaboutscienceasajob.Thechildrenaskedme“textbookquestions”aboutschooling,salaryandwhetherIlikedmyjob.WhenIfinishedanswering,wesatfacin
