My brother and I were in Orlando Florida to witness our first Space Shuttle Launch. The Discovery was to soar at 10:14 AM on a blue sky September day. I’d seen it so many times on television, now I was only minutes away from seeing it launch. And it’s the final demonstration of the of success: Success Takes Off Like a Rocket.
Witnessing the Take Off:
Standing close to the Space Shuttle home one unforgettable point—the Shuttle is the height of a 15-story building—it 4.5 million pounds—and NASA is trying to lift it 200 miles off the ground. On TV the accomplishments look so much , so much easier.
Crowds of people are standing around with you to watch the Shuttle go. The countdown begins through the small of hundreds of portable radios all tuned to the NASA station. It’s enough to get your heart beating .
When time is up, the side booster rockets are lit up and the eight explosive bolts . The first things you see are large white clouds exploding away. Through the steam, you see the fire power. Then the Space Shuttle begins to inch off the pad and climb its way . Thousands upon millions of pounds of can hardly lift the shuttle at all. But with ever increasing ease, the shuttle picks up and roars into the sky, headed into space attaining a of over 17,000 mph.
It is within the first two minutes to launch the Space Shuttle that the great success lesson is . Fact: 85% of the shuttle’s fuel is consumed within the first 2 minutes just to get the 15-story super structure to its orbital .
And that’s exactly how success : The first steps you take towards launching a successful career are the and will require an enormous consumption of energy—a great big push. However, you persist through the launch period, which can seem almost for quite some time, everything gets easier and easier and your results get bigger and bigger.
| 小题1: | | A．advised | B．hoped | C．scheduled | D．reminded |
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| 小题2: | | A．rise up | B．come up | C．step up | D．go up |
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| 小题3: | | A．but | B．and | C．as | D．therefore |
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| 小题4: | | A．universe | B．world | C．nature | D．air |
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| 小题5: | | A．gets | B．drives | C．runs | D．jumps |
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| 小题6: | | A．costs | B．weighs | C．measures | D．sells |
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| 小题7: | | A．smaller | B．greater | C．bigger | D．smoother |
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| 小题8: | | A．rockets | B．workers | C．speakers | D．actors |
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| 小题9: | | A．off your mouth | B．out of your stomach | C．off your mind | D．out of your chest |
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| 小题10: | | A．blow | B．follow | C．glow | D．flow |
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| 小题11: | | A．gas | B．smoke | C．mist | D．steam |
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| 小题12: | | A．downward | B．upward | C．forward | D．outward |
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| 小题13: | | A．pull | B．lift | C．push | D．pressure |
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| 小题14: | | A．distance | B．degree | C．height | D．speed |
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| 小题15: | | A．ordinary | B．absolute | C．apparent | D．present |
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| 小题16: | | A．attitude | B．altitude | C．route | D．rail |
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| 小题17: | | A．puts off | B．pays off | C．takes off | D．drops off |
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| 小题18: | | A．hardest | B．easiest | C．simplest | D．biggest |
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| 小题19: | | A．while | B．if | C．unless | D．until |
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| 小题20: | | A．useless | B．careless | C．wireless | D．priceless |
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小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:C
小题9:D
小题10:A
小题11:D
小题12:B
小题13:C
小题14:D
小题15:D
小题16:B
小题17:C
小题18:A
小题19:B
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试题分析：文章介绍作者和弟弟近距离观看航天飞机的发射，通过这次经历，作者感受到航天飞机的巨大的成功，也意识到事业上的成功也于此相似，坚持困难的第一阶段以后，事情就会越来越顺利。
小题1:考查动词辨析：A. advised建议，B. hoped希望，C. scheduled排定，安排，将……列表，D. reminded提醒，发现号计划在一个九月的蓝色天空早上10：14分升空。Be scheduled to do sth计划做…，选C
小题2:考查动词短语辨析：A. rise up耸立， 上升，起来造反， 起义，B. come up提出，想出，C. step up加紧，D. go up上升，我在电视上看见它升空好几次，选D
小题3:考查连词辨析： A. but但是，B. and并且，C. as因为，D. therefore因此，但是现在离看见它发射只有几分钟了。这两句话是转折关系，选A
小题4:考查名词辨析：A. universe宇宙，B. world世界，C. nature自然，本质，D. air空气，这是成功的本质的最后的诠释：成功会象火箭一样腾飞，选C
小题5:考查动词辨析：A. gets得到，B. drives驾驶，C. runs跑，D. jumps跳，站的靠近航天飞机可以带回家一个难忘的观点。选B
小题6:考查动词辨析：A. costs花费，B. weighs重达，C. measures 衡量，D. sells卖，航天飞机有15层大楼的高度，重达450万磅。选B
小题7:考查形容词辨析：A. smaller更小，B. greater更大，C. bigger更大，D. smoother更光滑，根据下文的： so much easier.可知在电视上这个成果看起来更小更容易。选A
小题8:考查名词辨析：A. rockets火箭，B. workers工人，C. speakers演讲者，扬声器，D. actors演员，通过上百个朝向美国宇航局电站的便携式扬声器开始倒计时。选C
小题9:考查短语辨析：A. off your mouth B. out of your stomach C. off your mind D. out of your chest，这足够让你的心从胸口跳出来，选D
小题10:考查动词辨析：A. blow吹，吹气，使爆炸，奏出，演奏，B. follow跟随，C. glow发光，灼热，脸红，洋溢，D. flow漂流，当时间到了,一边助推火箭点燃,八个爆炸螺栓引爆，选A
小题11:考查名词辨析：A. gas气体，B. smoke烟，C. mist薄雾，视线模糊不清，D. steam蒸汽，雾，〈口〉精神，精力，根据下文的：Through the steam, you see the fire power.你首先看见的是巨大的白色蒸汽云爆炸，选D
小题12:考查副词辨析：A. downward向下，B. upward向上，C. forward向前，D. outward向外，然后航天飞机开始离开发射台，向上攀爬。选B
小题13:考查动词辨析：A. pull拉，B. lift举起，C. push推，D. pressure按压，成千数百万磅的推动很难提升航天飞机。选C
小题14:考查名词辨析：A. distance距离，B. degree程度，C. height高度，D. speed速度，但随着日益减轻,航天飞机冲向天空,进入太空达到超过17000英里每小时的速度。选D
小题15:考查形容词辨析：A. ordinary普通的，B. absolute绝对的，C. apparent表面的，D. present现在的，在场的，就是在发射航天飞机的前几分钟，伟大的成功的道理出现了，选D
小题16:考查名词辨析：A. attitude态度，B. altitude纬度，C. route 路线，D. rail铁轨 ，航天飞机燃料消耗的85%在第一2分钟就达到15层超级结构的轨道高度，选B
小题17:考查动词短语辨析：A. puts off推迟，B. pays off还清，有回报，C. takes off脱下，起飞，D. drops off减少，落下，送下车，那就是成功是怎么起飞的，选C
小题18:考查形容词辨析：A. hardest最难的，B. easiest最容易的，C. simplest最简单的，D. biggest最大的，根据下文的and will require an enormous consumption of energy—a great big push. 可知你开始成功事业的第一步是最难的。选A
小题19:考查连词辨析：A. while虽然，B. if如果，C. unless除非，D. until直到，如果你在开始阶段坚持下来，这有时几乎是无用的，选B
小题20:考查形容词辨析：A. useless无用的，B. careless粗心的，C. wireless无线的，D. priceless无价的，根据下文的：everything gets easier and easier and your results get bigger and bigger. 可知有一段时间这个阶段是没有用的，坚持下来就会越来越容易，选A。 |
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试题【My brother and I were in Orlando Florida to witness our first Space Shuttle Laun】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
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I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company. “What is it? ”I wondered. I it over. There, in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled . Immediately my mind back many years ago.
I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of on my shoulder. On my that day, I came to that company finally, whose owner, Mr. Rader, had always taken me there to his workers whether they wanted any magazines.
off the rain like a wet dog, I entered Mr. Rader’s office. After a quick glance he me over to the fireplace. Noticing the in the top of my , he said, “Come with me! ”pulling me into his truck. We before a shoe store. Inside, a salesman me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had seen. I felt about 10 feet tall when I got up them. “We’d like a pair of new socks too, ”Mr. Rader said.
Back in his office, Mr. Rader took out a , wrote something on it, and handed it to me. With tearful eyes, I read, “ to others as you would have them do to you. ”He said affectionately(亲切地), “Jimmy, I want you to I love you. ”
I said goodbye, and for the first time I a flicker of hope that somehow things would be all right. With people like Mr. Rader in the world, there was hope, and love, and that would always make a .
| 小题1: | | A．read | B．thought | C．turned | D．passed |
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| 小题2: | | A．address | B．list | | C．message | D．information |
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| 小题3: | | A．brought | B．approached | | C．returned | D．traveled |
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| 小题4: | | A．magazines | B．newspapers | | C．notes | D．books |
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| 小题5: | | A．returns | B．rounds | C．trips | D．arrivals |
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| 小题6: | | A．beg | B．demand | C．tell | D．ask |
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| 小题7: | | A．Letting | B．Giving | C．Turning | D．Shaking |
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| 小题8: | | A．followed | B．led | C．watched | D．carried |
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| 小题9: | | A．hole | B．mud | C．water | D．cover |
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| 小题10: | | A．coat | B．shoe | C．sock | D．bag |
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| 小题11: | | A．pulled up | B．took in | | C．drove away | D．walked up |
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| 小题12: | | A．dressed | B．fitted | C．shared | D．comforted |
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| 小题13: | | A．never | B．already | C．ever | D．hardly |
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| 小题15: | | A．pen | B．paper | C．card | D．notebook |
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| 小题16: | | A．Do | B．Give | C．Show | D．Lend |
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| 小题17: | | A．say | B．know | C．consider | D．express |
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| 小题18: | | A．sensed | B．predicted | C．lost | D．admitted |
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| 小题19: | | A．sadness | B．challenge | C．kindness | D．intension |
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| 小题20: | | A．deal | B．fortune | C．choice | D．difference |
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“Avoid the rush hour” must be the slogan of large cities all over the world. Wherever you look, there are people, people, people. The trains which leave or arrive every few minutes are packed. The streets are so crowded; there is hardly room to move on the pavements. It takes ages for a bus to get to you because the traffic on the roads has almost come to a standstill. Even when a bus does at last arrive, it’s so full, and it can’t take any more passengers. The smallest unexpected event can bring about conditions of complete chaos. The strange thing is not that people stand these conditions, but that they actually choose them in preference to anything else.
Large modern cites are too big to control. People living there are forced by their environment to take a wholly unnatural way of life. They lost touch with the land and rhythm of nature. It is possible to live in such an air-conditioned existence in a large city that you can hardly tell the season. A few flowers in a public park may remind you that it is spring or summer. All the simple, good things of life like sunshine and fresh air are hard to find. Even the distinction between days and nights is lost.
The funny thing about it all is that you pay dearly to live in a city. The demand for accommodation is so great that it is often impossible for ordinary people to buy a house of their own. The cost of living is also very high. Just about everything you buy is likely to be more expensive than it would be in the country. Besides, the crime rate in most cities is very high. If you think about it, they’re not really fit to live in at all. Can anyone really doubt that the country is what man was born for and where he truly belongs?
小题1: According to the writer, . | A．there is a slogan in every large city all over the world | | B．the rush hour traffic is terrible in large cities of the world | | C．one should try to avoid the traffic wherever he is | | D．rush hour exists in large cities but not in small ones |
小题2: It is unusual that . | A．people can stand the conditions in the city | | B．people are used to living in a city | | C．people know little about the problems of a city | | D．people still choose to live in a city |
小题3: City people can hardly tell the seasons because . | A．there in no such thing as changes of seasons | | B．seasons change only in public parks now | | C．they live unnaturally without contact with nature | | D．the temperature changes little between seasons |
小题4:The reason for things to be more expensive in a city than elsewhere is that . | A．city people have to pay higher to live in a city | | B．there is a greater demand for things in a city | | C．things are better in a city than elsewhere | | D．people in a city are much more wealthy |
小题5: What is the passage mainly about? | A．It’s crazy to choose to live in a large city. | | B．City life can be very disagreeable. | | C．Country life is better than city life. | | D．Conditions of cities should be changed. |
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It was the district sports meet. My foot still hadn’t healed(痊愈)from a(n) injury. I had whether or not I should attend the meet. But there I was, for the 3, 000-meter run.
“Ready. . . set. . . ”The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed me. I felt as I fell farther and farther behind.
“Hooray! ”shouted the crowd. It was the loudest I had ever heard at a meet. The first-place runner was two laps(圈)ahead of me when she crossed the finish line. “Maybe I should , ”I thought as I moved on. , I decided to keep going. During the last two laps, I ran and decided not to in track next year. It wouldn’t be it, even if my foot did heal.
When I finished, I heard a cheer— than the one I’d heard earlier. I turned around and enough, the boys were preparing for their race. “They must be cheering for the boys. ”I was leaving several girls came up to me. “Wow, you’ve got courage! ”one of them told me.
“Courage? I just a race! ”I thought. “I would have given up on the first lap, ”said another girl. “We were cheering for you. Did you hear us? ”
Suddenly I regained . I decided to track next year. I realized strength and courage aren’t always in medals and victories, but in the we overcome(战胜). The strongest people are not always the people who win, the people who don’t give up when they lose.
| 小题1: | | A．slighter | B．worse | C．earlier | D．heavier |
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| 小题2: | | A．expected | B．supposed | | C．imagined | D．doubted |
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| 小题3: | | A．late | B．eager | C．ready | D．thirsty |
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| 小题4: | | A．from behind | B．ahead of | | C．next to | D．close to |
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| 小题5: | | A．ashamed | B．astonished | | C．excited | D．frightened |
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| 小题6: | | A．cheer | B．shout | C．cry | D．noise |
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| 小题7: | | A．slow down | B．drop out | | C．go on | D．speed up |
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| 小题8: | | A．Therefore | B．Otherwise | | C．Besides | D．However |
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| 小题9: | | A．with delight | B．with fear | | C．in pain | D．in advance |
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| 小题10: | | A．play | B．arrive | C．race | D．attend |
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| 小题11: | | A．worth | B．good | C．valuable | D．close |
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| 小题12: | | A．weaker | B．longer | C．lower | D．louder |
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| 小题13: | | A．well | B．sure | | C．surprisingly | D．strangely |
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| 小题14: | | A．while | B．when | C．as | D．since |
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| 小题15: | | A．finished | B．won | C．passed | D．lost |
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| 小题16: | | A．cheer | B．hope | C．interest | D．experience |
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| 小题17: | | A．hold on | B．turn to | | C．begin with | D．stick with |
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| 小题18: | | A．measured | B．praised | | C．tested | D．increased |
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| 小题19: | | A．sadness | B．struggles | | C．diseases | D．tiredness |
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When I was in my second year of senior high school, a girl called Jeanie in my class made a big name for herself. She had successfully the interviews for a famous women’s university in the USA.
On hearing the news, I told the girl that I her very much. Then, she at me and said the words I will never . “You can also do it! If you have , you realize them. You see, action, dreams are still dreams. If you , the dreams will come true. ”Her words gave me so much . She encouraged me to take action to achieve my dreams. From then on, I spent a lot of time an article for competitions. It was a really for me, not only for my writing but also a of my courage.
After several days’ hard work, I finished it. Even though I lacked , I still handed it in. I knew it was the only that may make my dreams come true. But day in and day out, I waiting and waiting, yet I heard nothing. I was very then.
One day, however, a classmate of mine to an English newspaper and said , “Mary, your is in the newspaper! Is that your article? ”My heart beat heavily. With shock and joy, I the newspaper. The thing I thought was had really happened.
| 小题1: | | A．begun | B．given | C．attended | D．passed |
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| 小题2: | | A．loved | B．admired | | C．congratulated | D．thanked |
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| 小题3: | | A．smiled | B．aimed | C．laughed | D．shouted |
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| 小题4: | | A．doubt | B．understand | | C．forget | D．accept |
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| 小题5: | | A．designs | B．demands | C．actions | D．dreams |
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| 小题6: | | A．into | B．by | C．without | D．with |
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| 小题7: | | A．try | B．like | C．work | D．live |
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| 小题8: | | A．pain | B．inspiration | | C．surprise | D．advice |
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| 小题9: | | A．seeking | B．reciting | | C．reading | D．preparing |
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| 小题10: | | A．shock | B．turn | C．challenge | D．success |
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| 小题11: | | A．test | B．risk | C．part | D．reward |
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| 小题12: | | A．self-respect | B．self-confidence | | C．enthusiasm | D．dream |
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| 小题13: | | A．way | B．suggestion | | C．question | D．purpose |
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| 小题14: | | A．hated | B．kept | | C．meant | D．remembered |
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| 小题15: | | A．worried | B．surprised | | C．disappointed | D．ashamed |
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| 小题16: | | A．wrote | B．explained | C．returned | D．pointed |
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| 小题17: | | A．proudly | B．hopelessly | | C．excitedly | D．angrily |
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| 小题18: | | A．name | B．writing | C．report | D．diary |
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| 小题19: | | A．picked out | B．picked up | | C．made out | D．made up |
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| 小题20: | | A．incorrect | B．impossible | | C．interesting | D．special |
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Do you suppose Darwin, one of the greatest scientists of all time, really did foolish experiments? Or did he do experiments that were so simple and basic that other people just thought they were foolish?
Sometimes, people think they already know the answer to a question or the solution 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 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.
Scientists sometimes stop 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.
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 |
小题2: The underlined phrase “set aside” most probably means . | A．throw away | B．store up | | C．put to use | D．realize |
小题3: The author of the passage tries to . | 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 |
小题4:Which of the following is TRUE? | A．Darwin really did foolish 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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