Question

The great   46   scientist, Charles Darwin, was born on February 12, 1809. His father was a well-known doctor, and   47   that his son also would become a doctor.

As a boy, Charles liked to go for walks in the fields and   48   ,   49   nature and comparing what he saw with everything he had read in natural science books. He was fond    50   collecting animal and plant specimens   51    insects, birds, flowers and leaves.

At sixteen, Charles   52    Edinburgh University   53  . But he was interested in 54     . Then he was sent to Cambridge University,    55    he graduated in1831.

56     he heard that the ship Beagle(贝格尔号) was   57   to South America and wanted a naturalist. His biology professor advised him to go. He said the journey would be just the thing for Charles. So the Beagle left England in December 1831, Charles Darwin was   58   .

The expedition   59   almost five years. The Beagle   60    the waters near the east and west   61    of South America, and many other places. He    62   all kinds of plants and animals, which he sent home from the    63    he visited.

After returning from the expedition, Darwin continued his studies of changes in nature. Darwin understood that plants and animals do not    64    the same, that they always change.

By 1859 Darwin had finished his famous book “The Origin of Species”. It made a great noise in the word of science. Darwin was attacked by the    65    and even by some scientists. But later, more and more scientists agreed with him.

Darwin tirelessly continued his scientific studies until he died on April 19,1882.

1.	A. American	B. British	C. German	D. Italian
2.	A. hoped	B. wanted	C. wished	D. required
3.	A. woods	B. forests	C. mountains	D. countryside
4.	A. noticing	B. watching	C. looking over	D. seeing
5.	A. at	B. of	C. with	D. in
6.	A. for example	B. like as	C. such as	D. like
7.	A. had been sent to	B. was sent to	C. was sent for	D. had been sent for
8.	A. to find machine	B. to study medicine	C. to make medicine	D. to study machine
9.	A. nature scene	B. social history	C. natural history	D. biological lives
10.	A. from where	B. in which	C. from which	D. at which
11.	A. Late	B. Later	C. After that	D. From then on
12.	A. going on a trip	B. traveling about	C. about to a journey	D. making a journey
13.	A. at board	B. in ship	C. on board	D. on trip
14.	A. was lasted	B. had lasted	C. lasted	D. had kept
15.	A. watched	B, studied	C. explored	D. researched
16.	A. parts	B. land	C. coasts	D. beaches
17.	A. got	B. collected	C. caught	D. fed
18.	A. ports	B. cities	C. places	D. towns
19.	A. remain	B. show	C. mean	D. make
20.	A. government	B. relatives	C. Church	D. professors

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.B

6.C

7.B

8.B

9.C

10.C

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.C

15.B

16.C

17.B

18.A

19.A

20.C

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