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The father of Western philosophy

The word ‘philosophy’ means ‘love of wisdom’. Philosophy can be thought of as a way of looking at the world around us, or of answering the great questions of life, such as ‘Why are we here ?’ and ‘What is truth?’

The father of Western philosophy was Socrates. Socrates was from Athens, in Greece. When he was young, he was a brave soldier. Later, he became a teacher, but he taught for free, and earned his salary from being a common worker. Aside from this, we know very little about him. Since he never wrote a book, we also know very little about his philosophy. Yet, Socrates has had a deep influence on Western thought and science.

To understand how this can true, we must understand how Socrates taught. Socrates taught by asking questions. Through this, he challenged his students to develop and explain their own arguments. In many cases, his questions made his students aware of their own errors. Many students got embarrassed and even angry when this happened, while others changed their opinions. Socrates’ way of approaching the truth is now called the Socratic Methods. The idea of asking questions until you reach the right answer is the basis of modern philosophy and science.

Unfortunately for him, Socrates questioned too much. He always asked challenging questions to everyone he met, upsetting many people in Athens. Finally, some people had had enough of him, so they took him to court for questioning the existence of the Greek’s Gods and for corrupting the young people of Athens. At his trial, he defended himself by asking his judges yet more questions. This just made a bad situation worse. Finally he was put to death by being forced to drink poison.                 Through his death, Socrates became the hero of all people who search for the truth.

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For more than a century, since he captured the spoken words "Mary had a little lamb" on a sheet of tinfoil (锡纸), Thomas Edison has been considered the father of recorded sound. But researchers say they have discovered a recording of the human voice which is nearly two ___1.___earlier than Edison's invention of the phonograph.

The 10-second recording of a singer crooning (轻声歌唱)  the folk song  "Au Clair de la Lune"  was discovered earlier this month in an   ___2.___ in Paris by a group of American audio historians. It was made, the researchers say, on April 9, 1860, on a phonautograph, a machine designed to record sounds ___3.___, not to play them back. But the phonautograph recording, or phonautogram, was made playable---converted from squiggles (潦草的字迹) on paper to sound---by scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, Calif.

"This is a  ___4.___find, the earliest known recording of sound," said Samuel Brylawski, the former head of the recorded-sound division of the Library of Congress, who is not ___5.___with the research group but who was familiar with its findings. The audio discovery could give new   ___6.___ to the phonautograph, and its inventor, Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville,  a Parisian typesetter who went to his grave   ___7.___that credit for his breakthroughs had been ___8.___bestowed on Edison.

The recordings made by Scott were not intended for listening; the idea of audio  ___9.__ had not been conceived.  Rather, Scott sought to create a paper record of human speech that could later be___10.___.

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I won't tell the student the answer to the math problem until he 　　　　 on it for more than an hour.

A. has been working　　　　　　　　 B. will have worked

C. will have been working　　　　 D. had worked

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The new castle being built for fun will be _____ the present one。

高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

He took more than 200 photographs _____ the earth _____ total.

A．for; on           B．of; on            C．for; in            D．of; in

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For more than fifty years, a worker was forced to sit on the back of a truck and slowly drop plastic barriers（障碍）

to set out lanes（车道）on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Every day, their direction changes to control the traffic, meaning an employee had to go through the difficult task every twenty-four hours.

But a new piece of machinery means the work can be completed in a matter of minutes. A new “zipper truck” has been introduced. The vehicle lays and moves a lane barrier as it drives over the bridge. Last weekend, the bridge was closed so the new safety barrier, designed to reduce the dangers of head-on crashes, could be set up.

For the longest period in its nearly eighty-year history, the bridge was closed early Saturday to all but walkers, cyclists and buses to set up the barriers on the 1.7-mile bridge. A survivor of a 2008 head-on crash on the bridge spoke Sunday from a wheelchair to help introduce the new barrier, made of steel-clad concrete（铜包混凝土）blocks that can move across the bridge’s six lanes to meet traffic needs.

Gr. Grace Dammann pushed for a safer barrier since becoming unable to walk after the accident. She said she decided to drive near the middle of the bridge, which was called the “suicide（自杀）lane”, because she and her daughter were running late. Brian Clark, who was driving in the opposite direction, had just learned his father had cancer. “He suddenly lost control of the wheel, crossed over and hit my car,” Dammann said.

She said she and Clark became friends as they persuaded（说服）the government to use the MYM30 million barrier. “I am so thankful,” said Dammann, who came to the ceremony with Clark.

“Clark and I thank you.”

1.What is the zipper truck for?

A. Building bridges.　　 B. Repairing the road.

C. Carrying plastic barriers.　　 D. Setting up safe lane barriers.

2.What can we infer about the Golden Gate Bridge?

A. It is being repaired now.　　 B. It is a bridge with eight lanes.

C. It had very dangerous lanes before.　　 D. It is too old to be used at the moment.

3.What do we learn about Dammann and Clark?

A. They organized the ceremony.　　 B. They are both government officials.

C. They designed the new zipper truck.　　 D. They were in favor of the new barrier.

4.What is the text mainly about?

A. A worker on the Golden Gate Bridge.　　 B. A great bridge in San Francisco.

C. A new safer barrier system.　　 D. A serious traffic accident.

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The telephone ______ three times in the last hour, and each time it _____ for my father.

A．had rung; was      B．has been ringing; is  C．rang; has been     D．has rung; was

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The new road is __________ of the old one.

A．more than three times the length

B．three times more than the length

C．more than the length

D．more three times than the length

高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The new road is __________ of the old one.

A．more than three times the length           B．three times more than the length

C．more than the length                    D．more three times than the length

高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The new road is _________ of the old one.

A. more than three times the length　　 B. three times more than the length

C. more than the length three times　　 D. more three times than the length

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