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It was a rare — indeed unique — occasion when I was able to put Ritchie right. A 19th-century inventor, William Henry James Grout, did in fact design a folding wheel. His bike, predictably named the Grout Portable, had a frame that split into two and a larger wheel that could be separated into four pieces. All the bits fitted into Grout’s Wonderful Bag, a leather case.
Grout’s aim: to solve the problems of carrying a bike on a train. Now doesn’t that sound familiar? Grout intended to find a way of making a bike small enough for train travel: his bike was a huge beast. And importantly, the design of early bicycles gave him an advantage: in Grout’s day, tyres were solid, which made the business of splitting a wheel into four separate parts relatively simple. You couldn’t do the same with a wheel fitted with a one-piece inflated (充气的) tyre.
So, in a 21st-century context, is the idea of the folding wheel dead? It is not. A British design engineer, Duncan Fitzsimons, has developed a wheel that can be squashed into something like a slender ellipse (椭圆). Throughout, the tyre remains inflated.
Will the young Fitzsimons’s folding wheel make it into production? I haven’t the foggiest idea. But his inventiveness shows two things. First, people have been saying for more than a century that bike design has reached its limit, except for gradual advances. It’s as silly a concept now as it was 100 years ago: there’s plenty still to go for. Second, it is in the field of folding bikes that we are seeing the most interesting inventions. You can buy a folding bike for less than £1,000 that can be knocked down so small that it can be carried on a plane — minus wheels, of course — as hand baggage.
Folding wheels would make all manner of things possible. Have we yet got the magic carpet of Andrew Ritchie’s imagination? No. But it’s progress.
小题1:We can infer from Paragraph 1 that the Brompton folding bike .
A.was portable |
B.had a folding wheel |
C.could be put in a pocket |
D.looked like a magic carpet |
A.were difficult to separate |
B.could be split into 6 pieces |
C.were fitted with solid tyres |
D.were hard to carry on a train |
A.kept the tyre as a whole piece |
B.was made into production soon |
C.left little room for improvement |
D.changed our views on bag design |
A.Three folding bike inventors |
B.The making of a folding bike |
C.Progress in folding bike design |
D.Ways of separating a bike wheel |
答案
小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:C
解析
小题1:逻辑推理题。从文章第一段Andrew Ritchie, inventor of the Brompton folding bicycle, once said that the perfect portable bike would be “like a magic carpet…ou could fold it up and put it into your pocket or handbag”.
小题2:细节判断题。从文in Grout’s day, tyres were solid, 可知。
小题3:细节判断题。从第四段最后一句话Duncan Fitzsimons, has developed a wheel that can be squashed into something like a slender ellipse (椭圆). Throughout, the tyre remains inflated.可知。
小题4:逻辑判断题。从整篇文章中可以看出是对便携式是自行车的设计的改进。
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试题【Andrew Ritchie, inventor of the Brompton folding bicycle, once said that the per】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Did your mother ever tell you to eat your carrots because they are good for your eyes? Scientists now report that eating carrots can help prevent a serious eye disease called macular degeneration Eating just one carrot a day can reduce the possibility of getting this disease by 40%. Garlic(蒜)is good for you, too。It can kill the type of virus that causes colds.
Unfortunately, not all of Mom’s advice passed the test of medical studies. For example, generations of children have been told not to go swimming within an hour after eating. But research suggests that there is no danger in doing so. Do sweets cause tooth problems? Well, yes and no. sticky sweets made with grains tend to cause more problems than sweets made with simple sugars.
Even though science can tell us that some of our traditional beliefs don’t hold water, there is still a lot of truth in the old wives’ tales, After all, much of this knowledge has been accumulated (积累) from thousands of our traditional beliefs don’t hold water should respect this body of knowledge even as research for clear scientific support to proven it true or false
小题1:Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
A.Eating garlic is good for our eyes |
B.Sticky sweets are damaging to our teeth |
C.Swimming after a meal is dangerous。 |
D.Carrots prevent people from catching colds |
A.by cause and effects | B.by order in space |
C.by order in time | D.by examples |
A.to be believable | B.to be valuable | C.to be admirable | D.to be smtable |
A.So objective | B.Objective | C.Dissatisfied | D.Curious |
Most people believe they don’t have much imagination. They are 50 .Everyone has imagination, but most of us, once we become adults, forget how to 51 it. Creativity isn’t always 52 with great works of art or ideas. People at work and in their free time 53 think of creative ways to solve problems. Maybe you have a goal to achieve, a tricky question to answer or you just want to expand your mind! Here are three techniques to help you.
Making connections This technique involves taking 54 ideas and trying to find links between them. First, think about the problem you have to solve or the job you need to do. Then find an image, word, idea or object, for example, a candle. Write down all the idea/words 55 with candles: light, fire, matches, wax, night, silence, etc. Think of as many as you can. The next stage is to relate the 56 to the job you have to do. So imagine you want to buy a friend an original 57 ; you could buy him tickets to match or take him out for the night.
NO limits! Imagine that normal limitations don’t 58 . You have as much time/space/money, etc. as you want. Think about your goal and the new 59 .If your goal is to learn to ski, 60 , you can now practise skiing every day of your life (because you have the time and the money). Now 61 this to reality. Maybe you can practise skiing ever day in December, or every Monday in January.
Be someone else! Look at the situation from a 62 point of view. Good businessmen use this technique in trade, and so do writes. Fiction writers often imagine they are the 63 in their books. They ask question: What does this character want? Why can’t she get it? What changes must she make to get what she wants? If your goal involves other people, put yourself in their 64 . The best fishermen think like fish!
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In 1879, a group of explorers made an incredible find. They discovered paintings of remarkable beauty on the walls of a cave in Spain. Some scientists believed that these paintings were created by early humans from the Stone Age, between ten and thirty thousand years ago. Other scientists and the public did not believe the claim, but over the years, it was proven correct. Our ancestors had incredible artistic talents.
Most of the cave art that has been discovered has been found in Spain and France. A smaller number of such caves are located in Italy, Portugal, Russia, and other countries. Scientists believe that many more caves will be discovered in the coming years, and are concentrating their efforts on Africa and the area between Europe and Asia. These two regions of the world were, populated first by humans.
Cave art was carved or painted on the walls and roofs of caves, usually near the entrance. The entrance area was probably chosen to take advantage of daylight and to allow many people to view the paintings. In some cases, the art appears much deeper in caves and requires artificial light. Evidence suggests that the artists used torches or shallow bowls in which animal fat was burned.
9.What was the response of general public to the discovery of cave art made by Stone Age people?
A. They believed it at first.
B. They did not believe it.
C. They thought it was beautiful.
D. They ignored it.
10.According to the passage, what can we conclude about animal fat?
A. It does not burn.
B. Stone Age artists used it to preserve their paintings.
C. It can be burned to produce light.
D. Stone Age artists mixed it with their food.
11.. Where do scientists expect to find more cave paintings?
A. In Central and South America.
B. In Spain and France.
C. In the places where there are caves with large openings.
D. In the regions of the world first populated by humans.
12.Where would this passage be most likely to appear?
A. In a textbook about early human history.
B. In a textbook about modern art.
C. In a dictionary.
D. In an encyclopedia entry about caves.
36. A. humorous B. private C. reasonable D. valuable
37. A. followed B. gave C. set D. took
38. A. ordered B. booked C. offered D. bought
39. A. hesitation B. doubt C. permission D. difficulty
40. A. other B. last C. extra D. rest
41. A. again B. already C. only D. also
42. A. nothing B. everything C. anything D. something
43. A. finding B. accepting C. looking for D. pointing at
44. A. behind B. beyond C. ahead of D. next to
45. A. much B. some C. any D. enough
46. A. far B. 1ong C. short D. high
47. A. and B. but C. SO D. while
48. A. 1itres B. kilograms C. pounds D. kilometers
49. A. $15 B. $20 C. $25 D. $30
50. A. until B. as C. although D. unless
51. A. what B. which C. whatever D. whichever
52. A. excited B. surprised C. interested D. encouraged
53. A. easier B. better C. faster D. worse
54. A. comer B. way C. ground D. carpet
55. A. there B. here C. out D. around
Of course, the good of oxen is not limited to plowing. In fact, they are seen as "boats on land" for their ability to carry loads. Besides, the whole body of an ox is full of treasures. Their meat and milk are food full of nutrition, and their skin can be used to make clothes and shoes. With all these qualities, oxen are regarded as generous creatures.
In the past, oxen played an important role in the spiritual life of the Chinese. Even today, oxen still play a special part in some folk activities. For example, some people who1ire in southwest China will cook cattle bone soup and share it among family members when holding the ceremony for children who reach 13. They believe that the cattle bone soup represents the blood relationship among family members. In order to express their love for oxen, people in some other areas will run to shake off diseases on the 16th day of the first month by the lunar calendar (农历), and during their run they will take their oxen along, which indicates they regard the creature as human.
Because of the contribution of oxen in their lives, the Chinese people are very grateful to the animal. In addition, the use of oxen in ceremonies and the thanks people owe to oxen help to develop various traditional customs, which becomes an important part of the folk culture of the Chinese nation.
小题1:The words "boats an land" underlined in Paragraph 2 refer to __
A.animals for taking goods | B.creatures for pulling plows |
C.treasures of the folk culture | D.tools in the farming economy |
A.oxen are no more important today than in the past |
B.ceremonies are held when people cook cattle bone soup |
C.oxen are treated as human in some areas of China |
D.people run with oxen to shake off diseases every month |
A.The special role of oxen in frowning. |
B.People"s respect and love for oxen. |
C.The practical value of an ox"s body. |
D.The contribution of oxen to the economy. |
A.To stress the importance of oxen in farming. |
B.To introduce the Chinese folk culture. |
C.To describe how to celebrate the Year of Ox. |
D.To explain how to develop agriculture with oxen. |
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