题文
Do you suppose Darwin, one of the greatest scientists of all time, really did foolish experiments? Or did he do experiments that were so simple and basic that other people just thought they were foolish?
Sometimes, people think they already know the answer to a question or the solution to a problem. Sometimes, they really do know an answer or a solution, but without thinking they are important.
Charles Darwin didn’t settle for(满足于)just thinking he knew something. And, he believed all things could be important however simple they seemed to be.
Suppose you drop sheets of paper that are of exactly the same size and shape. If you drop them at the same time in the same place, they will fall in the same way. Now make one of the sheets of paper into a tight little ball and let it drop along with the other sheets. What happens? You have done an experiment that is so simple that you might think it couldn’t be worth anything.
But this simple experiment is important. It explains part of our present-day understandings of physics, ideas that were worked out long ago by Galileo and Newton. And these understandings set aside some of ancient Greek physics.
Scientists sometimes stop to look at very simple things and to think very hard about them. Even the simplest idea, which we might think is foolish, can shake the foundations of science.
小题1: The passage tells us that Charles Darwin . A．was a great English scientistB．always liked doing the experiments that others thought difficultC．thought even the simplest thing was importantD．didn’t get well with others小题2: The underlined phrase “set aside” most probably means . A．throw awayB．store upC．put to useD．realize小题3: The author of the passage tries to . A．convince us that Charles Darwin, Galileo and Newton are the greatest scientists in the worldB．draw the conclusion that basic sciences are simple thingsC．prove that two sheets of paper, with the same size and shape, will fall at the same speedD．draw our attention to everyday happenings around us小题4:Which of the following is TRUE? A．Darwin really did foolish experiments. B．According to some people Darwin did foolish experiments. C．It is believed by all the people that things could be important though they seemed to be simple. D．Galileo and Newton worked out ancient Greek physics. 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:B
解析
【文章大意】作者以达尔文为例, 告诉我们要留意身边的小事, 要善于探索。
小题1:选C。推理判断题。短文并没有说Charles Darwin是哪个国家的科学家, 可排除A; 由第一、二段可知别人认为Darwin的许多实验不值得做, 可把B排除; 文中没有论述Darwin与别人相处的事情, 可排除D。由“he believed all things could be important however simple they seemed to be. ”可推出答案C。
小题2:选A。词义猜测题。由上文可知作者认为做这个简单实验是重要的, 它解释了目前人们对于物理方面的理解。这些理解推翻了一些希腊古典物理学的观点。由此可推知set aside与throw away同义。
小题3:选D。主旨大意题。短文的最后一段点明最简单的事情都可能动摇科学的根基, 意在告诉读者要留意身边的每一件事, 哪怕它非常简单。
小题4:选B。细节理解题。短文第一段第二句“Or did he do experiments that were so simple and basic that other people just thought they were foolish? ”明确告诉我们, 有些人认为Darwin做了愚蠢的实验。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Do you suppose Darwi.....”主要考查你对 [人生感悟类阅读 ]考点的理解。人生感悟类阅读
人生感悟类阅读的概念：
生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。
生活感悟类阅读解题指导：
一、文章特点：
生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。有时故事的结尾会有一句“点睛之笔”，点出全文的中心思想，就像《伊索寓言》里的寓言一样。还可能是夹叙夹议的哲理散文或生活随笔。散文随笔通常会阐述一种朴素易懂，耳熟能详的人生道理或宝贵品质。文章的结构和议论文类似，一般是总分总或总分结构。每段首句或尾句为主题句（论点），其它句子围绕主题展开论述（论据），论证方法多种多样，或举例，或引用名言，或正反对照等。
二、解题技巧：
针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的完形填空时，要特别注意以下几点：
1、重点理解全文的首句。如果是记叙文，找出when，where，who，what等基本要素。如果是散文随笔，充分理解文章的中心句—全文的主题。
2、阅读全文的结尾段或结尾句，有助于理解文章所阐述或蕴含的哲理、感悟或忠告等。
3、调动自己的背景知识和情感。这类文章不会讲大道理也不会涉及到一些很专业的知识技术领域，而是谈一些小事和简单的道理，所以如果读者能和作者产生感情上的共鸣，读者会更好地把握作者的意图态度，从而提高做题的准确度。因此，考生在平时要做一个有心人，即用心去感悟生活中发生的小事，思考人生的一些基本道理，多阅读一些短小精悍的美文，多写写自己的心情故事和对生活学习的感悟。只有平时多用心，做题时才能调动自己的背景知识和情感。
