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Asaboy,CharlesRobertDarwincollectedanythingthatcaughthisinterest:insects,coinsandinterestingstones.Hewasnotveryclever,butDarwinwasgoodatdoingthethings
thatinterestedhim.
Hisfatherwasadoctor,soDarwinwassenttoEdinburghtostudymedicine,andwasplannedtofollowamedicalcareer.ButCharlesfoundthelecturesboring.Thenhisfathersen
thimtoCambridgeUniversitytostudytobeapriest.WhileatCambridge,Darwin’sinterestinzoologyandgeographygrew.LaterhegotaletterfromRobertFitzroywhowasplanning
tomakeavoyagearoundtheworldonaship,theBeagle.Hewantedanaturalisttojointheship,andDarwinwasrecommended(推荐).ThatvoyagewasthestartofDarwin’sgreatlife.
AstheBeaglesailedaroundtheworld,Darwinbegantowonderhowlifehaddevelopedonearth.Hebegantoobserveeverything.Afterhewashome,hesettowork,gettinghiscolle
ctioninorder.HisfirstgreatworkTheZoologyoftheBeaglewaswellreceived,buthewasslowtomakepublichisideasontheoriginoflife.
LaterDarwinandWallace,anothernaturalistwhohadthesameopinionsasDarwin,producedapapertogether.Darwin’sgreatbook,OntheOriginofSpeciesbyMeansofNatural
Selection(《物种起源》)appeared.Itattractedastorm.PeoplethoughtthatDarwinwassayingtheyweredescendedfrommonkeys.Whatashamefulidea!AlthoughmostscientistsagreedthatDarwinwasright,theChurchwasstillsostrongthatDarwinneverreceivedanyhonorsforhiswork.
Afterwards,hepublishedanothergreatwork,TheDescentofMan.Hishealthgrewworse,buthestillworked.“WhenIhavetogiveupobservation,Ishalldie,”hesaid.Hewasstill
workingon17,April,1882.Hewasdeadtwodayslater.
57.Whichofthefollowingwouldbethebesttitleforthepassage?
A.CharlesDarwin’sideas
B.CharlesDarwin’sworks
C.Fatherofmodernbiology:CharlesDarwin
D.Thegreatestscientist:CharlesDarwin
58.Darwin’sfathersenthimtoEdinburghto_____.
A.makehimlikenaturalhistory
B.makehimbecomeadoctor
C.lethimchangehishobbies
D.havehimgiveuphiscollection
59. Accordingtothepassage,CharlesDarwin’swholelifewaschangedby_____.
A.hisstudyatCambridgeUniversity
B.hiscollectionofcoins
C.thenaturalistsatCambridge
D.thevoyageoftheBeagle
60.Theunderlinedpart“theyweredescendedfrommonkeys”probablymeans“_____”.
A.theygavemonkeyslife
B.theyweredifferentfrommonkeys
C.theyweredevelopedfrommonkeys
D.theyhadtolivewithmonkeys
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