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.          Theabilitytoaskdeepquestionsandlookf

2、oranswersliesattheheartofscience.SoitstandstoreasonthateducatorswouldwanttobottleNewton’sbrandofthinkingandserveittotheirstudents.          Commonsensemightarguethatthebestmeanstothatendistocramfuturescientistswithchemistry,physics,biology,andmathematics.Afterall,Newtonhadanenormousappetite(胃口；兴趣

3、)forscience.          ButNewtonownedmorebooksinthehumanities(文科)thanhedidinthesciences,andhisinterestincludedsubjectssuchanhistory,philosophy,andGreekmythology.          Coulditbethatthinkingdeeplyaboutsubjectssuchashistory,philosophy,andreligionmakesoneabetterscientist?ManytopAmericanschoolsthin

4、kso.          Theliberalartseducationisadiversified(多样化的)toolbox.Ifyouhaveonlyonewayoflookingatthings,youwillgetstuckinthesameplaceeverybodyelsegotstuck.Ifyou’vegotdifferentexperiences,youmayfindotherwaysofsolvingtheproblem.”          It’swellknownthatthemorewethink,thebetterourneural(神经的)connect

5、ions.Butliberalartscollegesgoonestepfurther.Theyarguethatlearningtothinkinonefieldmaysharpentheabilitytosolvecomplexproblemsinaseeminglyunrelatedarea.Itmaybeawhilebeforescientistsestablishthetruthorfalsityofthisidea.Inthemeantime,someofthebestmindsinsciencearebettingthatit’strue.           “Learn

6、ingaboutthegreatbooksandthehumanitiescanstimulatethesortofbrainwavesthatserveascientistprettywell,”saysNobelPrizewinnerTomCech“Themoretypesofthinkingyouhavetodo,themoreskillsyoucanbringtoascientificproblem."26.Welearnfromthefirstparagraphthat________.A. theabilitytothinkisoffirstimportancetoscien

7、tificdiscoveryB. nobodynoticedapplesfallingfromtreestothegroundbeforeNewtonC.NewtondevelopedthetheoryofgravitybywatchingafallingappleD.modernscienceisrelatedtothefallingofanappletotheground27.Accordingtothepassage,tohe