Inventor.physicist.surveyor.astronomer.biologist.artist... Robert Hooke was all

Inventor，physicist，surveyor，astronomer，biologist，artist...Robert Hooke was all these and more. Some say he was the greatest experimentalscientist of the seventeenth century. Once he worked with renowned（有名声的） men of science like Christian Huygens，Antony van Leeuwenhoek，RobertBoyle，Isaac Newton and the great architect，Christopher Wren.

Hooke’s early education began at home，under the guidance of his father. He enteredWestminster School at the age of thirteen，and fromthere he went to Oxford，where he came in contact with some of thebest scientists in England. Hooke impressed them with his skill at designingexperiments and devising（发明） instruments. In 1662，at the age of twenty－eight，he was named Curator of Experiments of the newlyformed Royal Society of London. Hooke accepted the job，even though he knew that it had no money to pay him!

Watching living things through the microscope was oneof his favorite occupations. He devised a compound microscope for this purpose.One day while observing a cork (软木) under amicroscope，he saw honeycomb－like structures. They were cells—the smallest units oflife.In fact，it was Hooke who coined the term “cell” asthe boxlike cells of the cork reminded him of the cells of a monastery(修道院)．

Perhaps because of his varied interests，Hooke often left experiments unfinished. Others tookup where he left off and then claimed sole(独占的)credit. Thissometimes led to quarrels with colleagues. One work that he finished was hisbook MICROGRAPHIA，a volume that reveals the immense potentialof the microscope. The book also includes，among otherthings，ideas on gravity and light which may havehelped scientists like Newton while they were developing their own theories onthese phenomena.

Hooke made valuable contributions to astronomy too. Acrater(陨石坑) on the moon is named after him inappreciation of his services to this branch of science.

1.From the first paragraph，we can know that Robert Hooke __________.

A．was famous because heworked with many scientists

B．liked making friends withthe famous people

C．received a lot from otherscientists

D．made contributions tomany different fields

2.Robert Hooke probably went to school in __________.

A．1647　    　B．1634           C．1662          D．1640

3.Robert Hooke made himself known to some of the bestscientists in England by __________.

A．learning by himself withhis father’s help

B．introducing himself tothem

C．designing experiments andinstruments

D．refusing any reward fromRoyal Society of London

4.Robert Hooke couldn’t get along well with hiscolleagues because __________.

A．he couldn’t finish hiswork on time sometimes

B．he had all kinds ofinterests in his daily life

C．he was too proud to lookup to them

D．the other scientists tookthe fruits of his experiments

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1.D

2.A

3.C

4.D

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