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As a boy, Charles Robert Darwin collected anything that caught his interest: insects, coins and interesting stones. He was not very clever, but Darwin was good at doing the things that interested him.

His father was a doctor, so Darwin was sent to Edinburgh to study medicine, and was planned to follow a medical career. But Charles found the lectures boring. Then his father sent him to Cambridge University to study to be a priest. While at Cambridge, Darwin’s interest in zoology and geography grew. Later he got a letter from Robert FitzRoy who was planning to make a voyage around the world on a ship, the Beagle. He wanted a naturalist to join the ship, and Darwin was recommended(推荐). That voyage was the start of Darwin’s great life.

As the Beagle sailed around the world, Darwin began to wonder how life had developed on earth. He began to observe everything. After he was home, he set to work, getting his collection in order. His first great work The Zoology of the Beagle was well received, but he was slow to make public his ideas on the origin of life.

Later Darwin and Wallace, another naturalist who had the same opinions as Darwin, produced a paper together. Darwin’s great book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (《物种起源》) appeared. It attracted a storm. People thought that Darwin was saying they were descended from monkeys. What a shameful idea! Although most scientists agreed that Darwin was right, the Church was still so strong that Darwin never received any honors for his work.

Afterwards, he published another great work, The Descent of Man. His health grew worse, but he still worked. “When I have to give up observation, I shall die,” he said. He was still working on 17, April, 1882. He was dead two days later.

1.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．Charles Darwin’s ideas

B．Charles Darwin’s works

C．Father of modern biology: Charles Darwin

D．The greatest scientist: Charles Darwin

2.Darwin’s father sent him to Edinburgh to _____.

A．make him like natural history

B．make him become a doctor

C．let him change his hobbies

D．have him give up his collection

3.According to the passage, Charles Darwin’s whole life was changed by _____.

A．his study at Cambridge University

B．his collection of coins

C．the naturalists at Cambridge

D．the voyage of the Beagle

4.The underlined part “they were descended from monkeys” probably means “_____”.

A．they gave monkeys life

B．they were different from monkeys

C．they were developed from monkeys

D．they had to live with monkeys

 

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：

1.主旨题：这篇文章介绍了达尔文的事迹，C项更准确的定义他是现代生物学之父。

2.细节题：从第二段的句子：so Darwin was sent to Edinburgh to study medicine, and was planned to follow a medical career.可知父亲是想要达尔文做医生。选B

3.推理题：从第二段最后一段的That voyage was the start of Darwin’s great life.可知这次旅行影响他的一生。选 D

4.推理题：从倒数第二段的句子：What a shameful idea!可知人们认为达尔文的想法很可耻。选C

考点:考查人物传记短文

点评;这篇文章介绍达尔文的事迹，成就，题目设置包括了主旨题，推理题，细节题都有，考生做题时，既要注意细节，也要通过文章的句子看到作者真正想表达的意思。

 

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