Newton did many experiments __________ his theory.
牛顿做了多次实验来证明他的理论。
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
Few of us make money by losing sleep．But three graduate students at Brown University in Providence built a company around sleep deprivation （睡眠不足）．
Jason Donahue, Ben Rubin and Eric Shashoua were working late nights in Brown's business and engineering schools．They began thinking about ways to sleep better．They discovered they weren't alone in burning the midnight oil．Around 20% of Americans get less than six hours of rest a night．
The friends imagined a smart alarm clock that could track how much time people spend in the most restorative （有回复作用的） stages of the sleep cycle: REM （rapid eye movement） and deep sleep．What would it cost to design such a thing? Five years of research, 20 employees, $14 million and a whole lot of doubting from investors and scientists．
Their company, Zeo, based in Newton, Mass, launched its product in June, 2009．The Zeo device uses a headband with tiny sensors （传感器） that scan your brain for signs of four sleep states- REM, light, deep and waking sleep．The smart alarm clock displays a graph of your sleep pattern and wakes you as you're not in REM sleep （which is when you're least groggy）．In the morning you can upload the data to the company's Web site, and so track your sleep over time．Most of the feedback comes in the form of Zeo's ZQ score showing how well you've slept．
"Zeo allows people to unlock this black box of sleep," says Dave Dickinson, a health-care CEO．
Whether any of this actually improves sleep is up to the consumer, who will also need to make lifestyle changes like cutting out alcohol before bedtime or caffeine after 3 pm．
For now the company is selling Zeo online only．Dickinson also plans to spread it to countries such as Australia, where sleep deprivation approaches US levels．
Who will support Zeo?
A．People full of imagination． B．People suffering sleeping problems．
C．People having access to the Internet． D．People having bad lifestyles．
Why did the three graduate students imagine a smart alarm clock?
A．To wake them up on time in the morning．
B．To earn enough money for their study．
C．To improve the quality of people's sleep．
D．To enjoy their life while working at night．
To design the Zeo device, the three graduate students ____．
A．spent much time and money B．were widely supported by scientists
C．worked by themselves all the time D．attracted many investors
What can we know from the passage?
A．Zeo has a direct effect on users' lifestyles．
B．It needs more personal efforts to make Zeo function better．
C．A large quantity of Zeo devices have been sold in Australia．
D．Consumers can go to the Zeo company to purchase Zeo in person．
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科目：高中英语 来源：2012-2013学年浙江宁波万里国际学校高二下期期中考试英语卷（带解析） 题型：阅读理解
Tales From Animal Hospital
David Grant
David Grant has become a familiar face to millions of fans of Animal Hospital. Here Dr Grant tells us the very best of his personal stories about the animals he has treated, including familiar patients such as the dogs Snowy and Duchess, the delightful cat Marigold Serendipity Diamond. He also takes the reader behind the scenes at Harmsworth Memorial Animal Hospital as he describes his day, from ordinary medical check-ups to surgery （外科手术）. Tales From Animal Hospital will delight all fans of the program and anyone who has a lively interest in their pet, whether it be cat, dog or snake I !
$ 14.99 Hardback 272 pp Simon Schuster
ISBN 0751304417
Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcerer
Michael White
From the author of Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science, comes this colorful description of the life of the world’s first modern scientist. Interesting yet based on fact, Michael White’s learned yet readable new book offers a true picture of Newton completely different from what people commonly know about him. Newton is shown as a gifted scientist with very human weaknesses who stood at the point in history where magic (魔术)ended and science began.
£8.99 Hardback 320 pp Fourth Estate
ISBN 1857024168
Fermat’s Last Theorem
Simon Singh
In 1963 a schoolboy called Andrew Wiles reading in his school library came across the world’s greatest mathematical problem: Fermat’s Last Theorem (定理). First put forward by the French mathematician Pierre de Fermat in the seventeenth century, the theorem (法则)had baffled and beaten the finest mathematical minds, including a French woman scientist who made a major advance in working out the problem, and who had to dress like a man in order to be able to study at the Ecole
Polytechnique. Through unbelievable determination Andrew Wiles finally worked out the problem in 1995. An unusual story of human effort over three centuries, Fermat’s Last Theorem will delight specialists and general readers alike.
£12.99 Hardback 384 pp Fourth Estate
ISBN 1857025210
【小题1】In Michael White’s book, Newton is described as .
| A．a person who did not look the same as in many pictures |
| B．a person who lived a colorful and meaningful life |
| C．a great but not perfect man |
| D．an old-time magician |
| A．To encourage people to raise questions. | B．To cause difficulty in understanding. |
| C．to provide a person with an explanation. | D．To limit people’s imagination. |
| A．The first. | B．The second. |
| C．The third. | D．Both the first and the second. |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015届广东省高一下学期期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单词拼写
请根据字面提示与句意，用必修3Unit1-5中所学新词、短语的适当形式将小题中的句子补充完整。
1.I made an a_______ to him because I broke his bicycle.
2.Dad gave us a lecture about our table m_______.
3.Ancient people had different ways to explain how the world came into e_______.
4.The journey took a_______ two weeks. Maybe longer, but I can’t be sure.
5.The carpet m_______ 6 by 6 metres, so it has an area of 36 square metres.
6.The new owners have tried to give the restaurant a more family-friendly _______(气氛).
7.I’m sorry to bother you, but I have several questions to _______(咨询) you.
8.Columbus discovered America but did not explore this _______(大陆).
9.I'd like to _______(确认) our appointment at 3:30 p.m. Friday in your office.
10.The author deals with the problem of _______(暴力) among teenagers in the first few chapters.
11.Sir, you’re not allowed to enter the building if you don’t get our manager’s _______(permit).
12._______(forgive) does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.
13.A distant journey tests the _______(strong) of a horse and a long task proves the character of a man
14.She was a quick learner and adapted to the new _______(surround) well.
15.I found most of the characters in the play totally _______(believe), because they were not real..
16.约翰无法解释他没来学校的原因。
John could not ______ ______ his absence from school.
17.牛顿好奇苹果为何向下落而非向上飞。
Newton ______ ______ ______ what made the apple fall "downwards" instead of "upward".
18.人们经常谈到怎样在工作与个人生活间保持平衡。
People often talk about how to ______ ______ ______ ______ work and personal life.
19.定居温哥华以前，她是伦敦经营自己的古董店。
Before she ______ ______ in Vancouver, she had run her own antiques shop in London.
20.您在本照相馆的每一张留影，都将给您带来温馨与甜蜜的回忆。
Every photo taken in this studio will ______ ______ ______ the warm and sweet past.
21.Undoubtedly, exercise like walking has benefited many patients.
=" Undoubtedly," many patients ______ ______ ______ exercise like walking.
22.--Have you got any idea ______ the party is to be held?
-- This Friday night. Do you know ______ Sandy knows it?
23.We should learn ______ before a problem can be solved, it must be obvious ______ the problem itself is.
24.______ the town is no longer ______ it used to be is very obvious.
25.What makes me puzzled is ______ told him the news ______ the sports meeting was put off.
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科目：高中英语 来源：20102011学年度宁夏高一下学期期中考试英语题 题型：阅读理解
Edmund Halley was an English scientist who lived over 200 years ago. He studied the observations of comets(彗星)which other scientists had made. The orbit（轨道） of one particular comet was a very difficult mathematical problem. He could not figure it out. Neither could other scientists who dealt with such problems.
However, Halley had a friend named Isaac Newton, who was a brilliant mathematician. Newton thought he had already worked out that problem, but he could not find the papers on which he had done it. He told Halley that the orbit of a comet had the shape of an ellipse(椭圆形).
Now Halley set to work. He figured out(解决，计算出)the orbits of some of the comets that had been observed by scientists. He made a surprising discovery. The comets that had appeared in the years 1531, 1607, and 1682 all had the same orbit. Yet their appearance had been 75 to 76 years apart.
This seemed very strange to Halley. Three different comets followed the same orbit. The more Halley thought about it, the more he thought that there had not been three different comets as people thought. He decided that they had simply seen the same comet three times. The comet had gone away and had come back again.
It was an astonishing idea! Halley felt certain to make a prediction(预言)of what would happen in the future. He decided that this would appear in the year 1758. There were 53 years to go before Halley’s prediction could be tested. In 1758 the comet appeared in the sky. Halley did not see it, for he had died some years before. Ever since then that comet had been called Halley’s comet, in his honor.
1.Edmund Halley figured out the orbit of ____.
A. some different comets appearing several times
B. the same comet appearing at different times
C. three different comets appearing at the same time
D. several comets appearing at the same time
2.Halley made his discovery ____.
A. by doing experiments
B. by means of his own careful observation
C. by using the working of other scientists
D. by chance
3.Halley made a surprising, but correct prediction in the year____.
A. 1704 B. 1705 C. 1706 D. 1707
4.This passage in general is about ____.
A. Halley and other scientists
B. the orbit of a comet
C. Newton and Halley
D. Halley and his discovery
5. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Edmund Halley was an American scientist.
B. Halley made his discovery by doing experiments.
C. Isaac Newton was a famous mathematician.
D. The orbit of a comet had the shape of an around.
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