Section Ⅳ Lesson 3 Understanding Step 1 速读———整体理解文意 Ⅰ.明文章大意 What’s the main idea of the passage A．Francis Bacon was going against the views of his day. B．Galileo Galilei was great to prove the Earth is not the centre of the universe. C．The Earth is not the centre of the universe and it doesn’t move round the sun in a perfect circle，either. D．People should question more because even great men，like Aristotle and Galilei，might make mistakes. 答案 D Ⅱ.悉篇章结构 Step 2 细读———深度获取细节 1．What’s the very first step of Francis Bacon’s type of thinking A．Raising questions. B．Observing the world around us. C．Testing for a right answer. D．Thinking over the possible answers. 答案 A 2．Who solve problems by thinking and analyzing according to the passage A．People nowadays. B．Great philosophers. C．People in the 17th century. D．Modern scientists and thinkers. 答案 D 3．What is the correct order to acquire knowledge and understanding according to the article A．Observe→study→consider→find the right answers. B．Question→find the right answers→observe→test. C．Question→observe and study→consider and test→find the right answers. D．Acquire the knowledge→understand→find the right answers→consider and test. 答案 C 4．What does the writer want to show through mentioning Aristotle and Galilei in the third paragraph A．Aristotle was wrong. B．Galileo Galilei was wrong. C．Everyone can be wrong at times. D．It’s unbelievable for great men to be wrong. 答案 C 5．What does Galilei’s saying “All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered；the point is to discover them.” imply A．All truths are easy to discover. B．It’s most important to discover truths. C．It’s more important to understand truths than to discover them. D．If we want to discover truths，we should first understand them. 答案 B Step 3 读后———课文语法填空 1．It seems obvious now how we acquire knowledge and understanding.To start with，we need questions.Then,2.to find(find) answers，we observe the world around us and study the facts.After that，we consider possible 3.answers(answer) and test each to find the right ones.Modern scientists and thinkers 4.are solving(solve) the world’s problems with this type of analysis. Our understanding of the world around us is 5.constantly(constant) growing and changing.In other words，we learn more every day.We need to thank the great men of the past for 6.their(they) wisdom.They understood that we don’t know everything and probably never will，for that would mean a world with questions.We owe so much of our knowledge and understanding of the world 7.to people like Bacon and Galilei,8.who were brave enough to step out from the shadows of 9.conventional(convention) thought in order to find the kingdom of knowledge that today’s civilisation 10.is built(build) upon. 1．Although today we are more used to typing(type) a few key words into a search engine and waiting(wait) for the Internet ... ...
