The Darwin Myth: The Life and Lies of Charles Darwin By Benjamin Wiker List Price: $ 27.95 Price:$ 18.45 for a club member or when your orders are over $50 You Save: $9.50 (34%)

Product Description
In the 150 years since the publication of Origin of Species, Charles Darwin has been considered between two extremes--- a great biologist or heretic（持异端学说者）. However, the truth is much more difficult to understand than that. In any case, Darwin’s theory of evolution and natural selection had the greatest influence in history.
In The Darwin Myth，author Benjamin Wiker offers a full-side analysis of Darwin’s theories as well as the social, scientific, and religious effect of his work. Scientists often cause debates(争论) that will last for generations for their new theory. Still, no scientist has caused more debates than Charles Darwin. To some he is the revolutionary “father” of evolution. To others his theory of evolution unconsciously disagrees with many ideas in modern eugenics.（优生学） In The Darwin Myth: The Life and Lies of Charles Darwin, author Benjamin Wiker will make them clear.
Contents
So who is Charles Darwin? What did he really believe and what did his research really prove? In this book, Benjamin Wiker cuts through the myths. In The Darwin Myth, Wiker tells us:
★How Darwin set out to create a godless Theory of Evolution
★Why many of his best friends criticized Darwin’s theory, and why he never defended himself;
★Why Darwin’s theory in a certain way supported slavery, an institution he hated;
★How much of what we know about Darwin comes from his autobiography(自传), which the key points are completely misleading.
1. If you buy three copies of The Darwin Myth at a time, how much should you pay?
A. $88.35    B.$55.35   C. $50    D. $27.97
2. According to the passage, what is The Darwin Myth mainly about?
A. An analysis of Darwin’s theory and the debates about him.
B. A brief introduction to Darwin’s life.
C. How Darwin created Theory of Evolution.
D. Why many people criticized Darwin’s Theory of Evolution.
3. From the passage, we know that ________.
A. The Darwin Myth is Darwin’s autobiography
B. The debate about Darwin’s theory has been going on since Origin of Species was published.
C. Darwin theory agrees with modern eugenics.
D. Darwin himself supported slavery.
4．We can infer from the passage that ________.
A. Darwin lost many of his best friends because of his theory
B. Darwin’s autobiography has misled many readers.
C. Benjamin Wiker was one of Darwin’s friends who knew him well
D. The Darwin Myth will end the debates about Darwin

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“When a customer enters my store, forget me. He is King, ’’said John Wanamaker, who in l876 turned an abandoned railway station in Philadelphia into one of me world’s first department stores. This revolutionary concept __21__ the face of retailing (零售业) and led to the development of advertising and marketing as we know it today.

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As our survey shows, __27__ has great implications for companies, because it is changing the way the world shops. Many firms already claim to be “customer-driven” or “consumer-centered”. Now their _28__ will be tested as never before. Taking advantage of shoppers’ __29__ will no longer be possible: people will know—and soon tell others, even those without the internet—that prices in the next town are cheaper or that certain goods are inferior. The internet is working wonders in __30__ standards. Good and honest firms should benefit most.

21. A. changed                    B. maintained               C. restored                 D. rescued

22. A. in time                      B. in truth                    C. in case                         D. in theory

23. A. radio                      B. TV                   C. firms                    D. advertisements

24. A. 1imited                      B. minimum                C. sufficient               D. great

25. A. disappeared                B. existed                    C. exploded               D. survived

26. A. According to             B. Thanks to                 C. But for                  D. Apart from

27. A. consumer power         B. product quality        

C. purchasing habit           D. manufacturing efficiency

28. A. information                B. investment                C. claims                      D. shops

29. A. generosity                  B. knowledge                C. curiosity                   D. ignorance

30. A. raising                             B. lowering                  C. abandoning               D. carrying

“When a customer enters my store, forget me. He is King, ’’said John Wanamaker, who in l876 turned an abandoned railway station in Philadelphia into one of me world’s first department stores. This revolutionary concept __1__ the face of retailing (零售业) and led to the development of advertising and marketing as we know it today.

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As our survey shows, __7__ has great implications for companies, because it is changing the way the world shops. Many firms already claim to be “customer-driven” or “consumer-centered”. Now their __8__ will be tested as never before. Taking advantage of shoppers’ __9__ will no longer be possible: people will know-and soon tell others, even those without the internet-that prices in the next town are cheaper or that certain goods are inferior. The internet is working wonders in __10__ standards. Good and Good and honest firms should benefit most.

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2. A. in time                   B. in truth                     C. in case        D. in theory

3. A. Just as                  B. The moment         C. If                D. Although

4. A. 1imited                  B. minimum                  C. sufficient      D. great

5. A. disappeared            B. existed                      C. exploded      D. survived

6. A. According to         B. Thanks to                  C. But for       D. Apart from

7. A. consumer power                    B. product quality               

C. purchasing habit                     D. manufacturing efficiency

8. A. information            B. investment                 C. claims               D. shops

9. A. generosity         B. knowledge                 C. curiosity            D. ignorance

10. A. raising                B. lowering              C. abandoning         D. carrying