摘要:2020重庆成考（高起专）英语阅读理解练习（十一）阅读下面短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选择项中选出最佳的一项. Copernicus was born inTorun,Poland，onFebruary19,1473 .Little is known about his early life except that his father died when he was 10.

　　阅读下面短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选择项中选出最佳的一项.

　　

　　Copernicus was born in Torun, Poland，on February 19,1473 .Little is known about his early life except that his father died when he was 10.An uncle adopted(收养) him：his two sisters， and his brother.The uncle saw to it that the two boys received a good education.Copernicus went to the University of Cracow. There he studied such subjects as Latin，mathematics， and astronomy ,It was probably at that time that he changed his Polish name Niklas Koppernigk， to the Latin form of Nicolaus Copernicus .In 1496 Copernicus went to Italy where he spent the next l 0 years studying at various universities.

　　

　　In Copernicus'time people still believed that all things-the sun,the stars,and the planets-moved around the earth.It was an old belief that few men had ever questioned.Aristotle had based his theory of astronomy on this belief.Because the Chruch had long been the center of learning,the theory was also linked to religious(宗教的) beliefs.

　　

　　In 1506 Copernicus returned to his homeland.A few years later he began to work for the Church.All those years Copernicus carried on his work in astronomy.He had just the most basic equipment and， like other scientists of his day made observations with only his eyes.Still using mathematics and logic(逻辑) ， Copernicus worked out a different theory which held that the planets went around the sun.

　　

　　Copernicus did not announce his ideas.He did not want to make trouble.But he could not hid the scientific truth.So he talked about his theory with his friend ho strongly advised him to have his work published.His great bool On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies, appeared at the very end of his life.Copernicus saw the first copy on the day， May 24, 1543.

　　

　　1.Which of the following is TRUE about Copernicus?

　　

　　A He had two brothers and a sister.

　　

　　B He used to be called Niklas Koppernigk..

　　

　　C He lost this father soon he was born.

　　

　　D He spent IO years at the University of Cracow.

　　

　　2.From the passage we can see that astronomy is

　　

　　A the life experience of great men

　　

　　B the movement of the stars and the planets

　　

　　C the scientific study of natural objects in space

　　

　　D the theories developed by scientists of old times

　　

　　3.Copernicus developed his theory

　　

　　A using various telescopes

　　

　　B based on Aristotle's beliefs

　　

　　C through observations and reasoning

　　

　　D under the encouragement of his friends

　　

　　4.The writer of the passage wants us to know that

　　

　　A Copernicus did not tell about his discovery until the day of his death

　　

　　B for many years Copernicus dared to do nothing openly against the Church

　　

　　C pushed by his friends Copernicus decided to write a book in May 1543

　　

　　D shortly before he got back to Poland Copernicus started to work for the Church

　　

　　1—4:B C C B

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