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Module 4
单元主题语篇训练
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3.According to the author,what personality should
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a born naturalist have first of all?
Looking back on my childhood,I am convinced
A.Being knowledgeable.
that naturalists are born and not made.
B.Being self-discipline.
Although we were all brought up in the same
C.Being full of ambition.
way,my brothers and sisters soon abandoned their
D.Being full of enthusiasm.
pressed flowers and insects.Unlike them,I had no 4.Why does the author say he is a naturalist,not a
ear for music and languages.I was not an early:
scientist?
reader and I could not do mental maths.
A.He thinks he lacks some quality required of a
I have only the unmemorable memory of the
scientist.
house we lived in.of my room and my toys.Nor do I
B.He thinks he has much trouble doing mental
recall clearly the large family of grandparents,
arithmetic.
aunts,uncles and cousins who gathered next door.
C.He thinks he comes up with solutions in a most
But I do have a crystal clear memory of the dogs.the
natural way.
farm animals,the local birds,and above all the
D.He thinks he just reads about other people's
insects.
observations.
I am a naturalist.not a scientist.I have a strong
love of the natural world,and my enthusiasm has led
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me into varied investigations.I love discussing my
Andrew Grey doesn't fit most people's idea of
favorite topics and enjoy burning the midnight oil an astronomer.He works in a car repair shop,not in
while reading about other people's observations and a lab or university,yet the Australian repairman
discoveries.Then something happens that brings discovered a star system hiding in data from NASA's
these observations together in my conscious mind.Kepler space telescope.
This has resulted in my publishing 300 papers and:
Mr Grey is one of millions of citizen scientists
books,which some might honour with the title of:helping researchers to expand
collective
scientific research.
understanding.For centuries,only a few ordinary
But curiosity,a kee