Question

Born in Italy, Galileo Galilei, was a Tuscan astronomer, philosopher, and physicist. He is closely associated with the 36     (science) revolution. For his great achievements, he has been referred to as the “father of modern astronomy”, as the “father of modern physics”, and as “father of science”. The work of Galileo 37         (consider) to be a significant break from that of Aristotle. In addition, his conflict with the Roman Catholic Church is taken as 38     major early example of the conflict of authority and freedom of thought, particularly with science, 39      Western society. He was a man 40      experimented—never did he take anything for granted. Instead, he despised（蔑視） the prejudices and book learning of the Aristotelians and drew his 41      (conclude) fearlessly. He had been the first 42     (turn) a telescope to the sky, and he had seen there evidence enough to overthrow（推翻） Aristotle and Ptolemy together. Although Galileo found 43       difficult for him to make people 44      (convince) of his theories, he still stuck to his views. His observations showed the theory that the earth moves around the sun was right. It was only many years later 45     the world recognized his greatness.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 scientific

 is considered

 a

 in

 who

 conclusion

 to turn

 it

 convince

 that

【解析】

 scientific 后面有名詞revolution，說明這里應(yīng)該用形容詞的形式，故scientific正確。

 is considered 本句為被動語態(tài)。伽利略的工作被認(rèn)為是天文學(xué)的重大突破。

 a         指作為一個例子，用不定冠詞a表示泛指。

 in         in Western society在西方社會里。

 who        定語從句的關(guān)系代詞，指代先行詞a man在句中做主語。

 conclusion     draw a conclusion得出結(jié)論.conclusion結(jié)論。

 to turn         當(dāng)名詞為序數(shù)詞或者被序數(shù)詞修飾時，用不定式做定語對其進(jìn)行修飾。

 it     it做為形式賓語，后面的不定式是真正的賓語。

 convinced      convinced信任的；make people convinced是人們相信，convinced在句中做補(bǔ)語。

 that     本句是強(qiáng)調(diào)句型：it was/is 被強(qiáng)調(diào)成分 that/who其它成分。本題強(qiáng)調(diào)的是時間狀語only many years later。