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45. a. so b. moreover c. therefore d. yet VII. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.Galileo Galilei, one of the first modern scientists, was born in Pisa, Italy, in 1564. About twenty yearslater he attended the University of Pisa. At first he studied philosophy, but later he studied mathematics andastronomy. He was interested in the way the earth and other planets move around the sun. He made thetelescope, which made far-away things look larger and easier to examine. He also started the new way ofworking in science. Before Galileo; scientists did not do experiments. They just guessed about how somethinghappened. Galileo was different. He did not just make guesses. He did experiments and watched to see whathappened.Galileo was famous for his study of how things fall. He was the first person to do experiments aboutthis problem. Before, people thought that heavy things always fell faster than light things. He found out thatthis was not true. He took a heavy ball and a light ball and he dropped them both from a high place. They fellat the same speed. This meant that weight is not important. This is the law of failing bodies. it is an importantlaw for understanding our world.The life of the scientist was not always easy in the 1500s. For example, Galileo got into trouble becauseof his scientific ideas. His ideas were not the same as the religious ideas at the time. Many religious people didnot agree with him. During his whole life he had to worry about this. He even went to -prison for a while. Butno one could stop him from thinking: He continued to look for scientific answers to his questions about theworld.