英語完形填空及作文
Newton(牛頓) was a great scientist.No other man of his time __1__ so much about the laws(法律,法規(guī)) of nature.No other man understood the reasons of things so__2__ as he.He learned by___3___ closely at things and by___4___ study.He was always thinking.
One day in___5____Newton was lying on the grass ___6___ an apple tree and thinking,thinking,thinking.Suddenly an apple fell to the ground__7___ his side.
“What___8____that apple fall?” he asked himself.
“It fell because its stem（果子的梗）would no longer___9____it to its branch（樹枝）.” This was his first thought.
But he was not__10____with his answer.
“Why did it fall towards the ground?Why should it not fall some other way?” he asked.
“All heavy things fall to the ground---___11____why do they?Because they are heavy.That is not a good reason.For then we may ask why everything is heavy.Why is one thing heavier than___12____?”
Millions and millions of___13____had seen apples fall,but it was left forNewton to ask why they fell.When he had once begun to___14___about this,he didn’t stop___15____he had reasoned（推論,思考）it all out.
1.A.sangB.boughtC.knewD.sold
2.A.goodB.wellC.betterD.best
3.A.seeingB.lookingC.watchingD.finding
4.A.quickB.greatC.hardD.kind
5.A.springB.summerC.autumnD.winter
6.A.inB.onC.aboveD.under
7.A.atB.byC.inD.near
8.A.madeB.toldC.calledD.asked
9.A.foundB.pickedC.holdD.gave
10.A.angryB.sorryC.worriedD.satisfied
11.A.thenB.andC.butD.so
12.A.the otherB.otherC.othersD.another
13.A.peopleB.manC.womanD.scientist
14.A.callB.shoutC.thinkD.talk
15.A.inB.forC.afterD.until