Question

Born in Italy, Galileo Galilei, was a Tuscan astronomer, philosopher, and physicist. He is closely associated with the 36     (science) revolution. For his great achievements, he has been referred to as the “father of modern astronomy”, as the “father of modern physics”, and as “father of science”. The work of Galileo 37         (consider) to be a significant break from that of Aristotle. In addition, his conflict with the Roman Catholic Church is taken as 38     major early example of the conflict of authority and freedom of thought, particularly with science, 39      Western society. He was a man 40      experimented—never did he take anything for granted. Instead, he despised（蔑视） the prejudices and book learning of the Aristotelians and drew his 41      (conclude) fearlessly. He had been the first 42     (turn) a telescope to the sky, and he had seen there evidence enough to overthrow（推翻） Aristotle and Ptolemy together. Although Galileo found 43       difficult for him to make people 44      (convince) of his theories, he still stuck to his views. His observations showed the theory that the earth moves around the sun was right. It was only many years later 45     the world recognized his greatness.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 scientific

 is considered

 a

 in

 who

 conclusion

 to turn

 it

 convince

 that

【解析】

 scientific 后面有名词revolution，说明这里应该用形容词的形式，故scientific正确。

 is considered 本句为被动语态。伽利略的工作被认为是天文学的重大突破。

 a         指作为一个例子，用不定冠词a表示泛指。

 in         in Western society在西方社会里。

 who        定语从句的关系代词，指代先行词a man在句中做主语。

 conclusion     draw a conclusion得出结论.conclusion结论。

 to turn         当名词为序数词或者被序数词修饰时，用不定式做定语对其进行修饰。

 it     it做为形式宾语，后面的不定式是真正的宾语。

 convinced      convinced信任的；make people convinced是人们相信，convinced在句中做补语。

 that     本句是强调句型：it was/is 被强调成分 that/who其它成分。本题强调的是时间状语only many years later。