高二英语：UNIT15LEARNING LESSON4课文挖空(北师大版必修5).doc

1、高二英语：Unit15Learning Lesson4课文挖空(北师大版必修5)根据课文完成下面这篇短文。Who questions much, shall learn much, and remember much. -Francis Bacon (1561-1626)It seems obvious now how we acquire knowledge and understanding. To start _, you need questions. Then, to find answers, you observe the world around you and study t

2、he facts. _ that you consider possible answers and test each to find the right ones. Although today we are more accustomed to_(type) a few key words into a search engine and _(wait)for the Internet to spit the answer out for us, modern scientists and thinkers are still solving the worlds problems wi

3、th this type of analysis - _(luck) for us.However, in the 17th century when Francis Bacon suggested that this type of thinking was the way _ gain knowledge, he was going against the _(view) of the day. Bacon _(hold)an important rank under King James (1566-1.625) of England but his true interest was

4、not the day to day bureaucratic details of the government, but the _(worth) search for knowledge. This was certainly not the interest of most people in his day. At that time, people believed more in religion _ in facts and people like Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), who proved scientific ideas such as

5、the Earth is not the centre of the universe, were often punished by the church with no one coming to their _(defend). The church and many people tended to ignore the facts and were unwilling to challenge _ they had always comfortably believed. They preferred to make assumptions about the world _(bas

6、e) on the experience of others. In fact, when Galilei proved that the Earth was not the centre of the universe, instead of believing him, people _(choose) to believe views that were almost 2000 years old!It is not _(surprise) that people wanted to believe these ancient views as they had been put _ b

7、y the great philosopher Aristotle (384-322 BC). He said that the Earth _ be the centre of the universe because it felt like the Earth was standing still. Galilei _(agree). At first, people approved _ his studies and urged him to continue, but later when he proved Aristotle wrong, they _(grow)angry a

8、nd put him in prison. They didnt want to challenge what theyd always thought was true. This also shows how people didnt want to search for their _ understanding or educate _. And this is still often true today. People feel that if someone important and _(respect)says that something is right, then it

9、 must be _. But even though Aristotle was a great man _ inspired many great scientists and philosophers after him, he was wrong at _(time). And Galilei too_ mistakes. He is now known _ the father of astronomy but he believed that the earth moved round the sun in a perfect circle. He was wrong. There

10、fore our understanding of the world around us is _(constant) growing and changing. In other _(word), we learn more every day and _ of us can ever sit back and say, We know it all.We_(need) thank the great men of the past for the wisdom to know that we dont know it all and probably never will, for th

11、at would mean a world _ questions. So much of our knowledge and understanding of the world today is due to people like Bacon and Galilei, _ were brave enough to step out from the shadows of conventional _(think) in order to find the kingdom of knowledge that _(today) civilisation is built upon. These men knew that knowledge and understanding are things to fight _; more vital to a man, and more _(benefit)to mankind, some might say, than all the money in the world.All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. - Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)【答案】参考课文