A successful scientist is generally a good observer.  He makes full 36  of the facts he observes.  He doesn’t accept ideas which are not  37   on obvious facts,  and therefore refuses to accept authority as the only   38   for truth.  He always  39    ideas carefully and makes experiments to prove them.

The rise of    40    science may perhaps be considered to    41   as far back as the    42    of Roger Bacon,  the wonderful philosopher of Oxford,  who live    43    the years 1214 and 1292.  He was probably the first in the Middle    44    to suggest that we must learn science    45    observing and experimenting on the things around us,  and he himself    46   many important discoveries.

Galileo,  however,  who lived more than 300 years later (1564-1642),  was the greatest of several great men,     47    in Italy,  France,  Germany,  or England,  began by    48    to show how many important    49    could be discovered by observation.  Before Galileo,  learned men believed that large bodies fell more    50    towards the earth than small ones,     51    Aristotle said so.  But Galileo,  going to the    52     of the leaning Tower of Pisa,  let fall two   53    stones and proved Aristotle was wrong.  It was Galileo’s    54    of going direct to Nature,  and proving our    55    and theories by experiment,  that has led to all the discoveries of modern science.

1.A.use                B.time           C.speed               D.trust

2.A.worked        B.based          C.lived                     D.written

3.A.reason        B.cause           C.advice               D.result

4.A.thinks          B.checks          C.has             D.learn

5.A.natural         B.physical         C.ancient          D.modern

6.A.date            B.keep           C.look                D.take

7.A.study           B.time            C.year                       D.birth

8.A.both                 B.each                           C.between                           D.among

9.A.Schools                 B.Ages                    C.Days                          D.Count

10.A.in                         B.with                          C.on                        D.by

11.A.did                 B.made                C.took                                   D.gave

12.A.who         B.when            C.that               D.where

13.A.ways         B.degrees       C.levels              D.chance

14.A.truths        B.problems       C.people            D.subjects

15.A.slowly       B.rapidly           C.lightly             D.heavily

16.A.although      B.because          C.when                        D.If

17.A.place                     B.foot                     C.top                                     D.ceiling

18.A.big                B.small                            C.equal                        D.unequal

19.A.spirit                      B.skill                     C.theory                      D.discovery

20.A.plans                      B.opinions       C.world          D. ability

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　　A successful scientist is generally a good observer. He makes full ____1____ of the facts he observes. He doesn't accept ideas which are not _____2_____ on obvious facts, and therefore refuses to accept authority（權(quán)威）as the only _____3___ for truth. He always _____4_____ ideas carefully and makes experiments to prove them.

　　The rise of _____5_____ science may be considered to ___6___ as far back as the ___7___ of Roger Bacon, the wonderful philosopher（哲學(xué)家）of Oxford, who lived ___8___ the years 1214 and 1292. He was probably the first in the middle ___9___ to suggest that we must learn science ___10___ observing and experimenting on the things around us, and he himself ___11___ many important discoveries.

　　Galileo, however, who lived more than 300 years later (1564——1642), was the greatest of several great men, ____12___ in Italy, France, Germany, or England, began by ___13___ to show how many important ___14___ could be discovered by observation. Before Galileo, learned men believed that large bodies fell more ___15___ towards the earth than small ones, ___16___ Aristotle said so. But Galileo, going to the ___17___ of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, let fall two ___18___ stones and proved Aristotle was wrong．It was Galileo's ___19___ of going direct to Nature, and proving our ___20___ and theories by experiment, that has led to all the discoveries of modern science.