【高二的英语阅读MickaelFaradaywasthesonofablacksmith(铁匠).Therewerefourchildreninhisfamilyand,withhisfatheroftenillandunabletowork,MichaelFaradayhadtoearnhislivingfromanearlyage.Thismeantlittleornoschooli】
高二的英语阅读
MickaelFaradaywasthesonofablacksmith(铁匠).Therewerefourchildreninhisfamilyand,withhisfatheroftenillandunabletowork,MichaelFaradayhadtoearnhislivingfromanearlyage.Thismeantlittleornoschooling.However,thefamilybelongedtoareligiousgroup,andFaradaylearnttoreadandwriteatSundaySchool.
WhenhewasonlyfourteenFaradayfoundajobasabookbinder(装订工).Heusedtoreadthebookshewasgiventobindandhebecameveryinterestedinthescientificbooks,particularlytheonesaboutelectricity.Hisinterestsoontookapracticalpathandhebeganconductinghisownexperiments.ThesewereverybasicbecauseFaradayhadtomakeallofhisequipmenthimself.However,hewasverycarefulandkeptaclearwrittenrecordofallhisfindings.
OnedayhewasgivenanentrancetickettotheRoyalInstitutechemistrylecture,givenbyHumphryDavy.Determinedtoworkforthisgreatscienctist,hesentDavyajobapplicationandincludedhislaboratoryreportsontheexperimentshehadcarriedout.In1813DavyofferedFaradayajobasoneofhislaboratoryassistants.Faradaylearntquicklyandsoonwasrecognizedasaveryalbeanalyticalchemist.LaterhewenttoworkattheRoyalInstitute.
MichaelFaradaywas,perhaps,thegreatestpracticalscientistofthe19thcentury.Asachemist,hediscoveredthebenzene(苯),whichisnowthefocalpointofchemicalstudy.Healsoprovedtherelationshipbetweenelectricityandchemicalbonding(化学键和).Asaphysicist,heinventedthedynamo,whichledtothelaterinventionoftheelectricmotor.Healsodiscoveredtheeffectofmagnetism(磁)onlightrays.
51.WhydidFaradayattendSundaySchool?
A.Hehadtoworkforabookbinderatweekdays.
B.Hehopedtoreadmanyofthescientificbooksthere.
C.Hewouldliketolearnreligiousknowledge.
D.Hisfamilycouldn’taffordhisnormalschooleducation.
52.Whenworkingasabookbinder,Faraday______.
A.publishedhisgreatfindingsonelectricity
B.madehisownequipmentforhisexperiments
C.readmanybooksbyHumphryDavy
D.gainedhisfameasapracticalscientist.
53.InordertogetachancetoworkforDavy,Faraday______.
A.b