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  The famous scientist and thinker, Charles Darwin, was born on February 12, 1809.His family lived not far from the River Severn, England.

  Charles’ father was a well-known doctor and the son of a still greater doctor and scientist.Charles’ father hoped that his son would also become a doctor.

  As a boy Charles liked to go for walks in the fields and forests.He watched nature and compared what he saw with everything he had read in science books.He also liked collecting very much.He collected many things: eggs, stones, and leaves.His father did not like this, as Charles was not studying very well at school.

  ①为了成为一名医生,十六岁时达尔文就被送到爱丁堡大学(Edinburgh University)学习。But he was interested in the history of nature.

  Then he studied at Cambridge University until 1831.

  Some time later, he heard that the ship Beagle was going on a trip to South America and wanted a scientist.His professor advised him to go.He said the trip would be just for Darwin.So when the ship left England in December 1831, Darwin was on it.The research lasted almost five years.The Beagle studied the waters in the sea near South America.It also visited New Zealand, Australia and islands in the Pacific.Darwin saw many new plants and animals.He collected all kinds of plants, which he sent home from the places he visited.

  When he returned home, Darwin was warmly greeted by his families and many friends.

  In 1842, Darwin went to live in Kent, where he continued his studies of the changes in nature.②Darwin understood that plants and animals are not always the same, and that they really change.

  By 1859, Darwin had finished his famous book The Origin of Species.It made a great hit in the world of science.③He was opposed (反对) by the church and even by some scientists.But later, more and more scientists agreed with him.

  Darwin continued his studies in science until he died in 1882.

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1.Why didn't Charles become a doctor?

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2.When did Charles start the research with the Beagle?

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3.请将①处划线句子翻译成英语。

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4.请将②处划线句子翻译成汉语。

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5.请改写③处划线句子, 使其意思与原句一致(每空一词)。

The church and even some scientists ________________ him.

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  Charles Chaplin was born in London on April 16, 1889.His parents were music hall actors.The Chaplin family were very poor, and life was difficult in London.Charlie, as he was called, used to do his mother's job in the theatre when she was ill.

  When he was only 17 years old, Chaplin got his first real job as an actor.What he did was to do silly things to make people laugh in the theatre.Seven years later he went to the USA.And over the next four years, he formed his own way of art.He developed the character(~J ~,)of a homeless gentleman which became very popular.

  From the 1920s to the 1950s, Chaplin made his most famous films.The film Modern Times(1936)shows his care about the modern industry workers.Many of his films describe the poor life and hard time of the working people during that period.

  Although Charlie Chaplin was British, he lived in the USA until 1953.But he never got US nationality.Then Chaplin, his wife' and his five children had to move to Switzerland where he lived until he died.When he was 83 years old, he won his only Oscar for the music he wrote for the film Limelight.He was named Sir Charles Chaplin at the age of 85.Charlie Chaplin died in Switzerland on December 25th, 1975.

(1)

Chaplin used to _________ when his mother was ill.

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A.

look after her

B.

do the housework

C.

do his mother's job

D.

do his father's job

(2)

From Paragraph 2, we can know that _________

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A.

Chaplin went to the USA when he was 24 years old ~

B.

Chaplin became famous when he was 17 years old

C.

people liked Chaplin because he was a homeless gentleman

D.

Chaplin did many silly things to make people laugh in the street

(3)

_________ Chaplin made his most famous films.

[  ]

A.

From 1889 to 1936

B.

From the 1920s to th~ 1950s

C.

From 1953 to 1975

D.

From the 1950s to the 1980s

(4)

We can infer.from the passage that Chaplin left the USA because of _________

[  ]

A.

his family

B.

his work

C.

the US government

D.

the Swiss government

(5)

Chaplin won the Oscar for _________ when he was 83 years old.

[  ]

A.

the acting

B.

the art

C.

the film

D.

the music

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  Some people have very good memories (记忆力), and can easily learn quite long poems (诗) by hearts. There are other people who can only remember things when they have said them over and over.

  Charles Dickens, the famous English author, said that he could walk down any long street in London and then tell you the name of every shop he had passed. Many great men of the world have had wonderful memories.

  A good memory is a good help in learning a language. Everybody knows his own language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child. Some children - like boys and girls who live in foreign countries with their parents - seem to learn two languages almost as easily as one. In schools, it is not easy to learn a second language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects as well.

  The human mind is rather like a camera, but it takes photographs not only of what we see but of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo graph is finished and ready to show to our friends. In the same way there is much work to be done before we can make a picture remain for ever in the mind.

  Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.

(1) ________ have good memories.

[  ]

A.Some great people

B.Only great people

C.The children who live in foreign countries with their parents

D.The pupils who study a second language in schools

(2) It is said in the passage that Charles Dickens could remember things by ________.

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A.looking at them over and over

B.saying them over and over

C.looking at them over

D.saying them loudly once

(3) Everybody learns his own language by ________.

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A.taking photographs with a camera and remaining them in the mind

B.being taught when he is a small child

C.remembering what he hears when he is a small child

D.going to other countries

(4) According to the passage, it is ________ to learn a second language in their own countries than in foreign countries.

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A.slower
B.easier
C.quicker
D.more difficult

(5) Which of the following is true?

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A.Memory is very important in learning a foreign language.

B.A person learns his own language by remembering what he hears when he is born.

C.An adult can pick up a language more easily than a child.

D.Our memory is just like a camera.

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