Question

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

5.Which is the right order about Charles Darwin according to the passage?

a. He published another great work, The Descent of Man.

b. His father sent him to Cambridge University to study to be a priest.

c. His first great work The Zoology of the Beagle was well received,

d. He got a letter from Robert FitzRoy who was planning to make a voyage around the world on a ship.

A. acbd B. bdca C. bcda D.abdc

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这是一篇人物传记。伟大的科学家达尔文，最初一次周游世界的航行，成为了自己伟业的开始，出版了两部巨著《物种起源》和《人类起源》。

1.Darwin’s great book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (《物种起源》) appeared. 达尔文的伟大著作《物种起源》现世；第五段第一句Afterwards, he published another great work, The Descent of Man.后来他出版了另一部伟大著作《人类起源》。所以本文最佳主题是C.

2.His father was a doctor, so Darwin was sent to Edinburgh to study medicine, and was planned to follow a medical career.他的父亲是一名医生，所以达尔文被送到爱丁堡学医，计划让他从事医学。所以选B

3.That voyage was the start of Darwin’s great life.

那次航行成了达尔文伟业的开始。故选D

4.People thought that Darwin was saying they were descended from monkeys. What a shameful idea! 人们认为达尔文意思是说他们是从猴子变来的。多么可耻的想法！所以选C

5.His father was a doctor, so Darwin was sent to Edinburgh to study medicine他的父亲是一名医生，达尔文被送去爱丁堡学医；根据第二段中的Later he got a letter from Robert FitzRoy who was planning to make a voyage around the world on a ship, the Beagle.后来，达尔文收到了来自罗伯特的一封信，他计划乘轮船周游世界和最后一句That voyage was the start of Darwin’s great life.那次航行成了达尔文伟业的开始；根据第三段第三句、第四句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,那次航行回家之后，他开始按顺序整理他的收集。他的第一部剧作获得好评；根据最后一段第一句Afterwards, he published another great work, The Descent of Man.后来他出版了另一部巨作《人类起源》。所以按时间先后顺序,排列正确的是B。

考点：人物传记类阅读。