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Unit 4 Scientists Who Changed the World
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(2023下·江苏南京·高一南京市第二十九中学统考期中)阅读下面材料,在空白处填入1个适当的单词括号内单词的正确形式。
Many Greek philosophers were at the same time scientists. Thus Plato was a mathematician and Aristotle contributed to zoology. Aristotle, indeed, started methodical research, patiently 1 (collect) material and laying 2 (mass) foundations (基础) for modern science. Before Plato and Aristotle, there had been scientist-philosophers. After them, Greek science made further advances. Two men may be mentioned for 3 they did to push science forward. Both lived in the 3rd century B.C.
Euclid is even now well-known for his Elemerits, a textbook of geometry (几何学) , perhaps the most successful textbook ever 4 (write), because it was in use in English schools until the early years of the 20th century.
Archimedes did important work not only in geometry, but also in arithmetic(算术), mechanic and hydro-static (静水力学). He discovered that when 5 body is immersed in water, its loss of weight is equal to the weight of the water displaced (排水). He invented machines which greatly helped his native city against the Romans. 6 (illustrate) the principle of the lever (杠杆), he is said to tell the king: “Give me a place to stand, and I 7 (move) the world.”
Greek science did not neglect 8 (apply). Mathematics, the purest of science was applied in at least five fields. Greek scientists collected a wealth of material and tried to find the proper method of doing scientific work. As a result, they were able to deduce (推断) theories and built up systems, 9 had a great influence on later scientists.
10 they failed to create conditions for the continuous growth of science. It is there that great changes began in the 17th and 18th centuries and it is this that set off modern from ancient science.
(2023上·江苏南京·高一统考期中)阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Wu Jianxiong earned many nicknames throughout her years as a physicis