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.