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广东省广州市2019届中考英语模拟试卷（十九）
There are some great scientists whose research has changed the whole world. Here are some of them.
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Albert Einstein was born in Germany, on March 14, 1879. He grew up in Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. Einstein taught himself Geometry(几何) when he was 12 years old. He graduated from college in 1900. From 1902 to 1907, Einstein worked as a clerk in the office in Switzerland. His job left him plenty of time to think. |
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| Isaac Newton was born in England, on December 25, 1642. He was not a good student. His mother took him out of school so that he could help her with the family farm. Newton did not like farming. He liked to read and study on his own. A teacher knew that Newton was very smart and helped him go to the University of Cambridge. After Newton graduated. Newton went back to the family farm for two years. He came up with many of his greatest ideas from 1665 to 1667 while he was alone in the countryside. | |
| Marie Curie was born in Poland in 1867. Though Marie was very good in school, no university in Poland at that time accepted female students. In 1891, Marie traveled to Paris, France. She attended the Sorbonne, a famous college in Paris. Marie studied Physics and Maths and graduated at the top of her class! She also met a French chemist named Pierre Curie. They married in 1895. | |
| Galileo Galilei was born in Italy, on February 15, 1564. After attending the university, he taught Maths. He also observed how things move. There is a story that he dropped two objects of different weights at the same time from the Leaning Tower of Pisa. He found that light and heavy objects fell to the ground at the same time. The ancient Greek Aristotle taught that heavier objects fell faster. | |
Today is December 31st. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} We call it New Year's Eve. Tomorrow is January 1st. That's the first day of the new year. My brother Tom and I are helping our parents. We are getting ready for a big party.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} They invite(邀请) all their friends to our house. There is lots of food and drink.
Tom and I love New Year's Eve. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} But on New Year's Eve, we go to sleep after midnight.
Just before midnight, everyone counts the seconds until 12 o' clock. We shout( 呼 喊 )," Ten… nine... eight... seven... six... five... four... three... two... one." And then everyone shouts," {#blank#}4{#/blank#}" We all hold hands and sing songs. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Soon after the games, Tom and I go to bed. New Year's Eve is the best night of the year!
A. Happy New Year! B. It's the last day of the year. C. The festival finishes at about 11:30 pm. D. Then we play some games together. E. On other nights, we go to bed at eight o' clock. F. Mom and Dad always have a party on New Year's Eve. |
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