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The young man asked, “How, Mr. Edison, can you invent so many things and get your fame (名声)?”
The scientist said, “It seems that you have been thinking of becoming famous every day, “
The young man nodded, “Yes. I have been dreaming of being a person as famed as you. Every minute I am thinking of how to become reputable(有声望的). I don’t know when I can achieve my fame. “
Edison told him, “Don’t worry, young man. If you want to be a famous man this way, you will have to wait until you die!”
“Why should I?” the young man was puzzled.
Edison said, “What you dream is actually a high building. You never think of how to build it with bricks. Thus the building will never come into reality. However, your story can serve as a mirror. People will remember you because of your illness and laziness. They will often speak of your name while they give warnings to their children. Aren’t you a notorious person by then?”
9. What happened to Edison when he was on his way home?
A. a beggar stopped him
B. a robber stopped him.
C. A man wanted to speak to him.
D. A man wanted to have words with him.
10. The man asked Edison to tell him______.
A. how to invent new things. B. how to become famous
C. how he became a nobleman D. how to become a scientist
11. After hearing his talk, the young man was puzzled because Edison told him ______.
A. he would die after he was famous B. he would be famous before he died
C. he would die before he was famous D. he would never be famous
12. The story mainly tells us ________.
A. a person needs high spirit
B. one shouldn’t dream of becoming famous
C. only by hard work can one’s wish come into reality
D. one person should be idle and lazy.
答案
解析
10. 从文章第二段和第三段的话中可以得出答案。
11. 主要取决于对“If you want to be a famous man this way, you will have to wait until you die!”一句话的理解，与选项C意思相同。
12. 根据最后一段“What you dream is actually a high building. You never think of how to build it with bricks. Thus the building will never come into reality”一句。
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试题【One day when the famous American scientist Edison was on his way home, a young m】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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The world of business is one area in which technology is isolating (使隔离) us. Experts say, for example, that many people will soon be able to work at home. With access to a large central computer, employees such as office clerks, insurance agents, and accountants could do their jobs at display terminals in their own homes. They would never have to actually see the people they’re dealing with. In addition, the way employees are paid will change. Workers’ salaries will be automatically paid into their bank accounts(账户), making paper checks(支票)unnecessary. No workers will stand in line to receive their pay or cash their checks. Personal banking will change, too. Customers will deal with machines to put in or take out money from their accounts.
Another area that technology is changing is entertainment. Music, for instance, was once a group experience. People listened to music at concert halls or in small social gatherings. For many people now, however, music is an individual experience. Walking along the street or sitting in their living rooms, they wear headphones to build a wall of music around them. Movie entertainment is changing, too. Movies used to be social events. Now, fewer people are going out to see a movie. Many more are choosing to wait for a film to appear on television or are borrowing videotapes to watch at home. Instead of laughing with others, viewers watch movies in their own living rooms.
13. The sentence “Michael is imaginary, but his lifestyle is very possible” means ____ .
A .Michael is a person full of imagination and he can make his dreams come true
B. Michael is not a real person but probably the lifestyle does exist
C. Michael has ambitions but he cant make his dreams come true
D. Michael is a person full of imagination and his lifestyle is common nowadays
14. What will the author most probably discuss after the last paragraph?
A. Games and sports.
B. Personal banking.
C. Music and films.
D. International business.
15. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. We may no longer need to communicate with other human beings.
B. Modern technology seems to be separating human beings.
C. We may no longer need to work in the office.
D. Modern technology makes it possible for us to work and entertain ourselves at home.
When Billy went outside, he saw a car with no 9 waiting for him. The car said, “Hello, I will be 10 you to school every day. Now would you please 11 your school ID card?” said the car. So Billy showed the car his school ID card and got in. The 12 began to talk to Billy about his school and his schoolwork. After that the car said, “I will 13 your homework today 14 you will have a very, very important lesson to 15 in school today. Please put your homework on the blackboard.” Billy did so.
The car checked Billy’s homework and then said, “You are a(n) 16 student. All of your homework is 17 .” When they 18 the school, Billy said to the car, “Goodbye. See you later.” The car said to Billy, “Good luck in your school.” Billy got into the classroom and 19 his seat at the front of the room. Then his teacher came in and said, “Welcome, children! Today we will have a hard but 20 lesson — ‘How do robots help a human being?’...”
1. A. get up B. show up C. take up D. dress up
2. A. in B. on C. with D. by
3. A. angry B. amazed C. worried D. quick
4. A. changed for B. became of C. looked like D. turned into
5. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
6. A. show B. screen C. set D. box
7. A. driver-robot B. clock-robot C. kitchen-robot D. clothes-robot
8. A. dressed B. cleaned C. pushed D. pleased
9. A. teacher B. student C. robot D. driver
10. A. driving B. accommodating
C. loading D. holding
11. A. give B. show C. send D. lend
12. A. teacher B. driver C. robot D. car
13. A. check B. prepare C. inspect D. do
14. A. if B. when C. but D. because
15. A. miss B. learn C. study D. check
16. A. energetic B. optimistic C. great D. handsome
17. A. easy B. difficult C. correct D. wrong
18. A. rushed in B. got to C. turned to D. left off
19. A. took B. found C. made D. kept
20. A. easy B. important C. boring D. influential
1. A. periods B. seasons C. time D. age
2. A. winner B. ruler C. advisor D. fighter
3. A. wife B. lover C. partner D. daughter
4. A. forbid B. forgive C. admit D. accept
5. A. arrangement B. warning C. reason D. permission
6. A. let out B. worked out C. thought out D. found out
7. A. excited B. tired C. angry D. serious
8. A. grow fast B. start growing C. stop growing D. grow slowly
9. A. danger B. hope C. turn D. case
10. A. since B. until C. after D. when
11. A. Persephone B. Zeus C. Demeter D. Hades
12. A. return B. change C. marriage D. journey
13. A. stolen B. found C. eaten D. heard
14. A. understood B. refused C. doubted D. accepted
15. A. discovered B. studied C. forgot D. prepared
16. A. daughter B. mother C. god D. ruler
17. A. works B. remains C. happens D. starts
18. A. should B. can C. dare D. will
19. A. where B. because C. why D. how
20. A. nice B. friendly C. fresh D. happy
When I woke next morning, I was dying of _1__. I seemed to have a hole instead of a _2__. I dressed quickly and hurried down to the dinning-room. It was a big room with six tall windows and the ugliest wallpaper I had ever seen! _3_, I had been told the hotel was not beautiful but that you were better __4_ there than in any other hotel; and that was _5__ I wanted just then.
The waiter came hurrying up. Before I came downstairs I had prepared __6__ carefully for what I must __7__. I had looked three times in my dictionary to make sure __8__ “breakfast” really meant “breakfast”. I had tried to get the right __9_ and I had stood in the front of a mirror and twisted my mouth until it ached.
The waiter asked me _10__ I could not understand, but I spoke only my one prepared word “breakfast”. He looked at me in a 11 way. So I repeated it. Still he did not understand. It was 12 that English people didn’t understand their language. The waiter 13 his head and went away, but he came back in a minute and brought a tray with tea, bread and butter — enough to feed a small army — and went away. But I was hungry, and I left 14 . When the waiter came back I thought his face showed a little 15 , but you can never __16_. What a waiter’s face really shows! In another minute he brought _17__ tray with some bacon(熏肉) and some eggs. He 18 have misunderstood me, but I thought it was no use explaining to people who don’t understand their own language, so I just set to work on the bacon and eggs, wondering whether I could possibly clear that plate.
Well, I finished the bacon and eggs. I got up and made my way slowly to my room — at least five pound 19 . I never believed until then that any meal could 20 me, but on that day I met my Waterloo(滑铁卢).
1. A. hunger B. cold C. anger D. illness
2. A. stone B. head C. breast D. stomach
3. A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. So D. However
4. A. received B. fed C. cared D. eating
5. A. just B. what C. that D. why
6. A. English B. meal C. questions D. myself
7. A. speak B. answer C. say D. explain
8. A. that B. about C. of D. to
9. A. pronunciation B. meaning C. form D. spelling
10. A. whether B. something C. when D. what
11. A. surprised B. friendly C. puzzled D. touched
12. A. unbelievable B. true C. thought D. a pity
13. A waved B. shook C. bowed D. patted
14. A. much B.a little C. nothing D. empty
15. A. pleasure B. surprise C. pride D. satisfaction
16. A. tell B. guess C. design D. express
17. A. other B. another C. more D. me
18. A. should B. might C. would D. must
19. A. lighter B. heavier C. weightier D. more
20. A. hurt B. fat C. defeat D. please
Sometimes, people think they already know the answer to a question or the solution (解决办法) to a problem. Sometimes, they really do know an answer or a solution, but without thinking they are important.
Charles Darwin didn’t settle for (满足于) just thinking he knew something. And, he believed all things could be important however simple they seemed to be.
Suppose you drop sheets of paper that are of exactly the same size and shape. If you drop them at the same time in the same place, they will fall in the same way. Now make one of the sheets of paper into a tight (紧的) little ball and let it drop along with the other sheets. What happens? You have done an experiment that is so simple that you might think it couldn’t be worth anything.
But this simple experiment is important. It explains part of our present-day understandings of physics, ideas that were worked out long ago by Galileo and Newton. And these understandings set aside some of ancient Greek physics.
Scientist sometimes stops to look at very simple things and to think very hard about them. Even the simplest idea, which we might think is foolish, can shake the foundations of science.
1. 小题1:The passage tells us that Charles Darwin ____.
| A．was a great English scientist |
| B．always liked doing the experiments that others thought difficult |
| C．thought even the simplest thing was important |
| D．didn’t get well with others |
| A．throw away | B．store up |
| C．put to use | D．realize |
| A．convince us that Charles Darwin, Galileo and Newton are the greatest scientists in the world |
| B．draw the conclusion that basic sciences are simple things |
| C．prove that two sheets of paper, with the same size and shape, will fall at the same speed |
| D．draw our attention to everyday happenings around us |
| A．Darwin really did fools experiments. |
| B．According to some people Darwin did foolish experiments. |
| C．It is believed by all the people that things could be important though they seemed to be simple. |
| D．Galileo and Newton worked out ancient Greek physics. |
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