《2025年配套综合练习甘肃九年级英语上册冀教版》

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Charles Darwin was a famous scientist and thinker. He was born on February 12, 1809. His family lived not far from the River Severn, England. Charles’s father was a well - known doctor and the son of a still greater doctor and scientist. Charles’s 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. To be a doctor, Charles was sent to Edinburgh University to study at the age of 16. 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 Charles. So when the ship left England in December, 1831, Charles 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. Charles 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, Charles was warmly greeted by his families and many friends. In 1842, Charles went to live in Kent where he continued his studies of the changes in nature. Charles understood that plants and animals are not always the same, and that they really change.
By 1859, Charles had finished his famous book The Origin of Species. It made a great hit in the world of science. He was opposed(反对)by the church and even by some scientists. But later, more and more scientists agreed with him. Charles continued his studies in science until he died in 1882.
1 题完成句子；2、3 题简略回答问题；4 题找出并写下全文的主题句；5 题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
1. Charles’s father hoped that his son would become a doctor because ______he and his father were both doctors.
2. Why didn’t Charles become a doctor?______Because he was interested in the history of nature.
3. When did Charles start the research with the Beagle?______When the ship left England in December, 1831.
4. ______Charles Darwin was a famous scientist and thinker.
5. ______查尔斯·达尔文认为动植物并不是一成不变的，它们确实在变化。

答案： 1. he and his father were both doctors 2. Because he was interested in the history of nature. 3. When the ship left England in December, 1831. 4. Charles Darwin was a famous scientist and thinker. 5. 查尔斯·达尔文认为动植物并不是一成不变的，它们确实在变化。