备考2023年湖北省荆州市成考专升本英语真题一卷含答案

【备考2023年】湖北省荆州市【成考专升本】英语真题一卷（含答案）学校:________ 班级:________ 姓名:________ 考号:________一、阅读理解(10题)1. Edmun

【备考2023年】湖北省荆州市【成考专升 本】英语真题一卷（含答案） :________:________:________:________ 学校班级姓名考号 (10) 一、阅读理解题 1.EdmundHalleywasanEnglishscientistwholivedover200years ago.Hestudiedtheobservationsofcomets()whichother 彗星 scientistshadmade.Theorbitofoneparticularcometwasavery difficultmathematicalproblem.Hecouldnotfigureitout.Neither couldotherscientistswhodealtwithsuchproblem. However,HalleyhadafriendnamedIsaacNewton,whowasa brilliantmathematician.Newtonthoughthehadalreadyworkedout thatproblem,buthecouldnotfindthepapersonwhichhehaddone it.HetoldHalleythattheorbitofacomethadtheshapeofan ellipse(). 椭圆形 ThenHalleysettowork.Hefiguredout(,)theorbjtsof 解决计算出 someofthecometsthathadbeen observedbyscientists.Hemadeasurprisingdiscovery.Thecomets thathadappearedintheyears1531,1607,and1682allhadthe sameorbit.Yettheirappearanceshadbeen75to76yearsapart. ThisseemedverystrangetoHalley.Threedifferentcometsfollowed thesameorbit.ThemoreHalleythoughtaboutit,themorehe thoughtthattherehadnotbeenthreedifferentcomets,aspeople thought.Hedecidedthattheyhadsimplyseenthesamecometthree times.Thecomethadgoneawayandhadcomebackagain. Itwasanastonishingidea!Halleyfeltcertainenoughtomakea prediction()ofwhatwouldhappeninthefuture.Hedecided 预言 thatthiscometwouldappearintheyear1758.Therewere53years togobeforeHalley'spredictioncouldbetested. In1758thecometappearedinthesky.Halleydidnotseeit,forhe haddiedsomeyearsbefore.Eversincethenthatcomethadbeen calledHalley'scomet,inhishonour. EdmundHalleyfiguredouttheorbitof______. A.A.somedifferentcometsappearingseveraltimes B.thesamecometappearingatdifferenttime