HEAVY INDUSTRY DEVELOPED RAPIDLY IN ALABAMA ________ITS RICH NATURA...
10.Heavy industry developed rapidly in Alabama ________its rich natural resources.
A. because of
B. in spite of
C. since
D. but
III. Read the following passage carefully, and then choose the best
answer.
Galileo Galilei, one of the first modern scientists, was born in Pisa, Italy, in 1564. About
twenty years later he attended the University of Pisa. At first he studied philosophy, but later
he studied mathematics and astronomy. He was interested in the way the earth and other
planets move around the sun. He made the telescope, which made far-away things look
larger and easier to examine. He also started the new way of working in science. Before
Galileo; scientists did not do experiments. They just guessed about how something happened.
Galileo was different. He did not just make guesses. He did experiments and watched to see
what happened.
Galileo was famous for his study of how things fall. He was the first person to do
experiments about this problem. Before, people thought that heavy things always fell faster
than light things. He found out that this was not true. He took a heavy ball and a light ball
and he dropped them both from a high place. They fell at the same speed. This meant that
weight is not important. This is the law of falling bodies. It is an important law for
understanding our world.
The life of the scientist was not always easy in the 1500s. For example, Galileo got into
trouble because of his scientific ideas. His ideas were not the same as the religious ideas at
the time. Many religious people did not agree with him. During his whole life he had to
worry about this. He even went to prison for a while. But no one could stop him from
thinking. He continued to look for scientific answers to his questions about the world.