Unit 2 Great people-【初中必刷题】2023-2024学年九年级下册英语同步课件（牛津译林版）

英语 九年级全一册 YL 1 2 九年级下册 3 Unit 2 Great people B 阅读综合素养提升训练 4 刷素养 鼠标轻轻一点，内容立即呈现 5 素养 Ⅰ 阅读理解 素养：文化意识 题材：历史、社会与文化 词数：330 难度：★★★ 建议用时：8分钟 刷素养 返回目录 6 【2022广东广州中考·改编】Charles Darwin Early years Charles Darwin was one of the six children from a big family.His grandfather and father were doctors and the young Darwin went to Edinburgh University to study medicine.However, he hated to see blood and he soon realized that he couldn't be a doctor.He then went to Cambridge University and discovered that he had a great interest in studying plants, insects and animals.Luckily, one of Darwin's university teachers helped him join the perfect trip for a biologist: a voyage around the world to study nature. 刷素养 返回目录 The Beagle In 1831, Charles Darwin left Plymouth on The Beagle, a ship that took him around the world for five years.While he was travelling, he studied the plants and animals in the countries and on the islands that the ship visited.Darwin also spent his time on The Beagle writing notes about the things he had seen.When he finally arrived back in Britain, Darwin was already starting to create his famous theory that all living things had a common ancestor （祖先）. 刷素养 返回目录 8 Down house At home at Down House, a place that you can still visit today, Darwin wrote many articles and books about his travels, but he didn't want to make anything about his theory known to the public.He worked in his study, where he wrote 250,000 words about his theory of evolution （进化论）, but he was frightened about what people might say about his idea that monkeys were the ancestors of humans.He thought the public would be against it and was so frightened that he became ill with worry.However, when another scientist started to write about similar ideas, Darwin decided to print his book, On the Origin of Species. 刷素养 返回目录 9 Most scientists accepted Darwin's theory and people continue to study it today.On 12th February, the day he was born, Darwin Day is celebrated around