Do you suppose Darwin, one of the greatest scientists of all time, really did fools experiments? Or did he do experiments that were so simple and basic that other people just thought they were foolish?

　　Sometimes, people think they already know the answer to a question or the solution (解决办法) to a problem. Sometimes, they really do know an answer or a solution, but without thinking they are important.

　　Charles Darwin didn’t settle for (满足于) just thinking he knew something. And, he believed all things could be important however simple they seemed to be.

　　Suppose you drop sheets of paper that are of exactly the same size and shape. If you drop them at the same time in the same place, they will fall in the same way. Now make one of the sheets of paper into a tight (紧的) little ball and let it drop along with the other sheets. What happens? You have done an experiment that is so simple that you might think it couldn’t be worth anything.

　　But this simple experiment is important. It explains part of our present-day understandings of physics, ideas that were worked out long ago by Galileo and Newton. And these understandings set aside some of ancient Greek physics.

Scientist sometimes stops to look at very simple things and to think very hard about them. Even the simplest idea, which we might think is foolish, can shake the foundations of science.

1. The passage tells us that Charles Darwin ____.

　　A. was a great English scientist

　　B. always liked doing the experiments that others thought difficult

　　C. thought even the simplest thing was important

　　D. didn’t get well with others

2. The phrase “set aside” most probably means____ .

　　A. throw away      B. store up

　　C. put to use        D. realize

3. The author of the passage tries to ________.

　　A. convince us that Charles Darwin, Galileo and Newton are the greatest scientists in the world

　　B. draw the conclusion that basic sciences are simple things

　　C. prove that two sheets of paper, with the same size and shape, will fall at the same speed

　　D. draw our attention to everyday happenings around us

4Which of the following is TRUE?

　　A. Darwin really did fools experiments.

　　B. According to some people Darwin did foolish experiments.

　　C. It is believed by all the people that things could be important though they seemed to be simple.

　　D. Galileo and Newton worked out ancient Greek physics.

以“Madame Curie”为题写一篇她的平生介绍。应包括以下要点：
　　1）出生在1867年，波兰(Poland)。
　　2）1891年去巴黎大学学习，学习刻苦。
　　3）1895年与比埃尔.居里(Pierre Curie)结婚，研究放射性物质(radioactive matter)。
　　4）两人发现了钚和镭(Polonium and radium)，于1904年获得诺贝尔物理学奖。
　　5）1906年居里去世，她继续研究，1911年再度获得诺贝尔化学奖。

以“Madame Curie”为题写一篇她的平生介绍。应包括以下要点：

　　1）出生在1867年，波兰(Poland)。

　　2）1891年去巴黎大学学习，学习刻苦。

　　3）1895年与比埃尔.居里(Pierre Curie)结婚，研究放射性物质(radioactive matter)。

　　4）两人发现了钚和镭(Polonium and radium)，于1904年获得诺贝尔物理学奖。

　　5）1906年居里去世，她继续研究，1911年再度获得诺贝尔化学奖。

：报纸和网站是当今两大主要媒体。请根据下表内容，以 “Newspapers and Websites” 为题，用英语写一篇短文，简要介绍这两种媒体的优缺点。

　　报  纸

　　网  站

　　1.      传统媒体，天天更新，信息可靠

　　2.      携带方便，随时随地可以阅读

　　3.      仅有文字和图片

　　1.      新兴媒体，信息更新速度快

　　2.      依赖于电脑及互联网

　　3.      包含文字、图片、音频和视频

　　注意：

　　1. 短文必须包括表中所有内容，可以适当发挥；

　　2. 词数：100-120

　　3. 参考词汇：更新update；音频audio；视频video

假设你校将举行为期一个月的“迎亚运长跑(Running for the Asian Games)”活动，你作为通讯员将为学校英语通讯写一篇稿件，内容包括：

　 活动目的：提高学生体质，迎接2010年广州亚运会；

　 活动时间：5月1日至5月3 1日；

　 活动内容：5月1日开幕式，全校学生将进行环校跑 (已举行) ；

　 活动要求：同学们每天跑步，男生跑2公里，女生跑1.5公里；每班的学生总距离要达到2000公里以上，相当于从广州到北京的距离。

　 【写作要求】

　 1．必须使用5个句子表达全部的内容；

　 2．写作中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

　 【评分标准】　

句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。