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Galileo Galilei 

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) — Astronomer and Scientist. Galileo developed a superior telescope and made many significant discoveries in astronomy. He was sentenced to life imprisonment by the inquisition for his support for the Copernican theory that the sun was at the centre of the solar system.

Galileo was born in Florence, Italy in 1564 to a poor but noble family His parents recognized their child’s innate intelligence and talents and so made sacrifices to have him educateD. At his father’s insistence, Galileo studied the profitable career of medicinE. But, at the University of Pisa, Galileo became fascinated in a wide range of subjects. He was also critical of many of Aristotle’s teaching which had dominated education for the past 2,000 years.

Galileo was appointed to be a mathematics professor at the University of Pisa, but his strident criticisms of Aristotle left him isolated among his contemporaries. After three years of persecution, he resigned and went to the University of Padua, where he taught maths. His entertaining lectures attracted a large following and he was able to spend the next 18 years pursuing his interests in astronomy and mechanics.

 

1. Something that we can learn from Galileo Galilei’s biography is …

A. We must always believe whatever the society believes to avoid getting persecuted.

B. We must never go against the believe of the society to avoid getting imprisoned.

C. We should believe in something and stay faithful to it no matter how hard

D. We must sacrifice everything to get ourselves educated.

E. We should spend 18 years to pursue our interests.

ANS : C

Robert moog

Robert moog was an american inventor who developed the moog synthesizer. it was one of the first synthesizer to gain widespread use as a musical instrument. Moog’s synthesizers were an important part of musical innovation in rock and jazz music in the 1960s and 1970s. Robert Arthur Moog was born in queens, a borough of New York City 75 years ago. He became fascinated with electronics as a teenager, particularly an early electronic music instrument called the theremin. mood studied physic and electrical engineering at queens college and columbia university  both in new york city and later received a Ph.D. in engineering physic cornel University in Ithaca, New York. in 1954, while still an undergraduate student, Moog Formed his own company to sell theremins and theremins kits.

Soon after, moog began working on a keyboard instrument that could replicate the sound of any musical instrument electronically. working with american composer herbert deutch. moog introduced the prototype moog synthesizer at a convention in 1964. the device represented a signivicant advance over previous electronic syntesizerbecause of its use of new semiconductor technology, which made it smaller and considerably  cheaper than earlier machines. the moog, as it was known, was soon in demand by musician all over the world.

In 1964, moog began a collaboration with american composer and organist walter carlos who realesed the best selling electronic music album switched-on bach in 1968. Rock groups such as the beatles and yes and jazz musician such as harbie hancock and chick corea began incorporating moog synthesizer in to their recordings, a trend that increased when the company introduced the compact and portable minimoog in 1970. A moog synthesizer was also prominently featured on the sountrack to the movie A clockwork Orange in 1971.

2. According to the passage, all of the following are true about the Moog, EXCEPT

A. It was invented by robert moog

B. it was first introduced in 1964

C. in initiated new technology which was smaller and cheaper then previous machines

D. it was the first synthesizer in the world

ANS: D

3. The paragraph following the passage most likely disusses

A. Collaboration between the moog and other musicians

B. The description of compact and portable mini moog

C. The improvement of Moog Synthesizer

D. Trend in the music industry about synthesizer

ANS: C

 Charles Robert Darwin 

Charles Robert Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, England, on February 12, 1809. He came from a wealthy family and never had to work. He studied medicine and theology. In 1831 he graduated from University of Cambridge with a degree of theology.

He began a career as a scientist quite by chance. On December 27,1831, 22 years old Charles Darwin joined the crew of the HMS Beagle as a naturalist.The five years expedition collected hydrographic, geologic, and meteorologic data from South America and many other regions around the world. Darwin's own observation on this voyage led to his theory of natural selection.

Charles Darwin was greatly influenced by the geologist Adam Sedgwick and naturalist John Henslow in his development of the theory of natural selection, which was to become the foundation concept supporting the theory of evolution. Darwin's theory holds that environmental effects lead to varying degrees of reproductive success in individuals and groups of organisms. Natural selection tends to promote adaptation in organisms when necessary for survival. This revolutionary theory was published in 1859 in Darwin's now famous On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.

 

4. Charles Darwin's theory of evolution believed that ....

A. people could defend themselves naturally

B. environment affected natural election  

C. organism needed adaptation to survive

D. people and nature supported to each other

E. natural selection tend to adapt organism to survive

ANS : B

 

5. The famous Darwin theory was published based on ....

A. theories developed by other scientists

B. the influence of organisms adaptation in survival living

C. the success of his observation supported by geologist and naturalist

D. his expedition and natural observation data a scientist

E. the observation of other geologists' natural selection

ANS : B