1．_______n. (对错事或坏事应负的)责任，责备
2．_______n. 山羊
3．_______ adj. 原始的，低等的；简陋的
4．_______ adj. 遍及全世界的；世界性的
5．_______ adj.巨大的，特大的
6．_______ v. 减少
7．_______ n. 厘米
8．_______ n. 根
9．_______ v. 发现，察觉(尤指不易觉察到的事物)
10．_______ v. 把……联系起来；连接
11．_______ n. 神话；虚构的理论
12．_______ n. 传说，传奇故事
13. _______ n. 特征，特性
1．drive..._______驱赶……，赶走……
2．communicate _______ 与……交流
3．amount _______ 共计；等于；相当于
4．tiny _______ of微量的
5．as _______ as既……，又……
6．after _______ 毕竟；终究
7．be similar _______与……相似
8．be _______ to 与……连接；与…有关联，与……有联系
III Read the passage again and choose the right answers　
1．Why was Charles Darwin a disgrace to himself and all his family
A．Because he learned medical in the school.
B．Because he decided to visit distant countries.
C．Because he went for adventures after school.
D．Because he left medical school with no degree.
2．What's Darwin's favourite subject
A．Long distance journey. B．Living things.
C．Medical degree. D．Natural environment.
3．What did Darwin discover first
A．All species appeared at the same time.
B．All species had never changed.
C．Some species were very similar.
D．The evidence for changing environments.
4．Many factors affect the evolution except ________.
A．tools B．ancestor C．environment D．food
5．How did the people then react to Darwin's discovery first
A．Respected. B．Refused. C．Accepted. D．Believed.
IV　语篇填空
Once, there was a good chance for a young man 1.________ (call) Charles Darwin. He was promised to profit from the visit to distant countries yet little known. He 2._______________ (attract) by rocks, plants and animals. So he started 3.___ journey on the ship, the Beagle, to study various living things in their natural environments. A question came to his mind: how did different species come to exist He found that some species of animals were similar to each other. Maybe they evolved as they adapted 4.____ the changing environments. This idea inspired him 5.___________ (search) for more evidence.
When the ship arrived on the Galápagos Islands in 1835, Darwin noticed the 6.____________ (differ) between the finches on each island. It seemed their beaks 7._____________ (evolve) because of what food could be found on that particular island. Over time, they had slowly evolved into many new species. So he believed that new species of plants and animals evolved from earlier ancestors. 8.__________ (final), Darwin explained this theory in his book On the Origin of Species, 9._______ was not published until 1859. This book immediately caused a storm. People were shocked, but Darwin's scientific studies were so convincing that more and more people believed his theory. Nowadays, the book has become one of the 10.________________ (important) works ever written, which has changed ideas about life on Earth forever.
【参考答案】
1．blame n. (对错事或坏事应负的)责任，责备
2．goat n. 山羊
3．primitive adj. 原始的，低等的；简陋的
4．worldwide adj. 遍及全世界的；世界性的
5．giant adj.巨大的，特大的
6．decline v. 减少
7．centimetre n. 厘米
8．root n. 根
9．detect v. 发现，察觉(尤指不易觉察到的事物)
10．link v. 把……联系起来；连接
11．myth n. 神话；虚构的理论
12．legend n. 传说，传奇故事
13．character n. 特性；性格；人物；字体→characteristic n. 特征，特性
1．drive...away驱赶……，赶走……
2．communicate with 与……交流
3．amount to共计；等于；相当于
4．tiny amounts of微量的
5．as well as既……，又……
6．after all 毕竟；终究
7．be similar to与……相似
8．be linked to 与……连接；与…有关联，与……有联系
III. 1-5 DDCAB
IV. called; was attracted; a; to; to search; difference; had evolved; Finally; which; most important