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听录音，回答问题。 Tom, what are you going to do in the future?<br />I want to be a scientist.<br />Can you tell me why?<br />I think scientists contribute a lot to our comfortable lives.<br />I want to be a useful person.<br />Sounds great.<br />Then, who's your favorite scientist?<br />Copernicus.<br />He discovered the Sun was the center of the universe, and all the planets went around it.<br />More ideas of the universe are all based on his theory, and his theory even influenced<br />the work of the great scientists, like Newton and Einstein afterwards.<br />Wow, I wonder how he made his discoveries.<br />Well, at his time, people believed the Earth was the center of the universe.<br />But if that was the case, some things didn't make sense.<br />So Copernicus tried to find an answer.<br />He collected observations of the stars, and used all his mathematical knowledge to study<br />them.<br />That finally led to his theory.<br />Copernicus was great indeed.<br />That's for sure.<br />But, unluckily, he didn't publish his theory until he was dying.<br />How come?<br />At that time, the Christian Church was extremely strict about ideas.<br />If Copernicus put forward his theory, the theory would certainly have been turned down, and<br />he himself would have been attacked and punished too.<br />Tom, what are you going to do in the future?<br />I want to be a scientist.<br />Can you tell me why?<br />I think scientists contribute a lot to our comfortable lives.<br />I want to be a useful person.<br />Sounds great.<br />Then, who's your favorite scientist?<br />Copernicus.<br />He discovered the Sun was the center of the universe, and all the planets went around<br />it.<br />Our ideas of the universe are all based on his theory, and his theory even influenced<br />the work of the great scientists, like Newton and Einstein afterwards.<br />Wow, I wonder how he made his discoveries.<br />Well, at his time, people believed the Earth was the center of the universe.<br />But if that was the case, some things didn't make sense.<br />So Copernicus tried to find an answer.<br />He collected observations of the stars, and used all his mathematical knowledge to study<br />them.<br />That finally led to his theory.<br />Copernicus was great indeed.<br />That's for sure.<br />But unluckily, he didn't publish his theory until he was dying.<br />How come?<br />At that time, the Christian Church was extremely strict about ideas.<br />If Copernicus put forward his theory, the theory would certainly have been turned down,<br />and he himself would have been attacked and punished, too.<br />Thank you.<br />Thank you.<br />Thank you.<br />Thank you.<br />Thank you.<br />Thank you.<br />Thank you.<br />Thank you.<br />Thank you.<br />Thank you.<br />Thank you.<br />Thank you.<br />Thank you.<br />Thank you.<br />Thank you.<br />Thank you.<br />Thank you.<br />Thank you.<br />Thank you.<br />Thank you.<br />Thank you.<br />Thank you.<br />Thank you.<br />Thank you.<br />Thank you.<br />Thank you. （1） What's the man's dream? A . To be an artist B . To be a teacher C . To be a scientist （2） What do we know about Copernicus' theory? A . It proved that the earth was still B . It was influenced by Newton and Einstein C . It is the basis of ideas about the universe today （3） What was thought to be the center of the universe at the time of Copernicus? A . The earth B . The sun C . God （4） Why did Copernicus publish his theory when he was dying? A . He wasn't sure of his theory until then B . He was afraid of being punished C . His friends told him not to publish it 答案： C C A B

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