Question

【題目】VI．完形填空（共10小題，每小題1分，計(jì)10分）

“I will think of it.”It is easy to say this; but do you know what great things have come from

______? We can not see our own thoughts, or hear, or taste, or feel them; but we do feel the ______

our thoughts have!

Sir Isaac Newton was seated in his garden ______ a summer’s evening. He was thinking about something else when he saw ______ fall from a tree. He began to think. In trying to understand why the apple fell, he ______ how the earth, the sun, the moon and the stars were kept in their places.

A boy named James Watt sat quietly by the fireplace, watching the lid (蓋子) of the tea kettle as it moved up and down. He began to think; he wanted to ______ why the steam in the kettle moved the heavy lid. From that time he went on thinking and thinking; and when he became a man, he

______ the steam engine successfully. From then on it could do the work of many horses ______.

Next time when you see a steam boat or a steam mill, remember that it would ______ have been built without the hard thinking of someone.

Boys, when you have a ______ lesson to learn, don’t feel discouraged, and help yourselves before asking someone to help you. Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.

【1】A. saying B. thinking C. writing D. reading

【2】A. power B. method C. pressure D. reason

【3】A. in B. at C. on D. for

【4】A. a lid B. an orange C. an apple D. a leaf

【5】A. described B. invented C. complained D. discovered

【6】A. look out B. take out C. find out D. turn out

【7】A. increased B. improved C. repaired D. influenced

【8】A. hardly B. busily C. heavily D. easily

【9】A. never B. ever C. still D. yet

【10】A. possible B. difficult C. simple D. useful

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】C

【5】D

【6】C

【7】B

【8】D

【9】A

【10】B

【解析】試題分析：本文講述的是思考的重要性。思考看不見、摸不著，但是它卻帶來偉大的發(fā)明或發(fā)現(xiàn)。Isaac Newton，James Ferguson，Walt Disney都是因?yàn)樯朴谒伎迹�才會有所發(fā)現(xiàn)和創(chuàng)造。遇到困難別灰心，勤用腦就會有創(chuàng)新。

【1】B考查動詞及語境理解。句意：這說來容易，但是你知道什么偉大的東西來源于思考嗎？A. saying說，講；B. thinking想，思考；C. writing 寫，書寫；D. reading讀。前句提到think思考；后句講到我們看不到、聽不到、嘗不到或是摸到我們的想法�？梢酝茰y出本句也講的思考。故選B。

【2】A考查名詞及語境理解。句意：但是我們真的能夠感受到我們思想的力量。A. power力量；B. method方法；C. pressure 壓力；D. reason理由，原因。由下文所列舉的三位偉人因?yàn)樯朴谒伎级�取得的偉大成就，我們可以感受到思考的力量。故選A。

【3】C考查介詞及語境理解。句意：一個夏天的傍晚，牛頓坐在花園里。A. in 在某時段內(nèi)；B. at在某時刻；C. on在某天或某天某時；D. for后跟時長，表示計(jì)……；達(dá)……。A summer’s evening一個夏天的傍晚，指具體的某一天的傍晚。用介詞on。故選C。

【4】C考查名詞及語境理解。句意：當(dāng)他看到一個蘋果從樹上落下來時，他正在思考其他事情。A. a lid一個蓋子；B. an orange一個桔子；C. an apple一個蘋果；D. a leaf一片樹葉。由下句里的：why the apple fell可知他看到的是一個蘋果掉下來。故選C。

【5】D考查動詞及語境理解。句意：在努力理解為什么蘋果落下的過程中，他發(fā)現(xiàn)了地球、太陽、月球及星星的位置。A. described描述；B. invented 發(fā)明；C. complained抱怨；D. discovered發(fā)現(xiàn)。Invent指發(fā)明出本來不存在的東西；discover的發(fā)現(xiàn)本身存在而未被人們發(fā)現(xiàn)的東西。宇宙中的星球本身存在，在這之前未被發(fā)現(xiàn)，用discover。故選D。

【6】C考查動詞短語及語境理解。句意：他想要找出為什么水壺里的蒸氣可以移動重重的蓋子。A. look out當(dāng)心，往外看；B. take out拿出，取出；C. find out找出，查明；D. turn out結(jié)果是。牛頓想通過思考找出其中的原因。故選C。

【7】B考查動詞及語境理解。句意：當(dāng)他長大了，他成功地改進(jìn)了蒸氣發(fā)動機(jī)。A. increased增加；B. improved改進(jìn)，改善；C. repaired 修理，修補(bǔ)；D. influenced影響。通過研究、思考，提高了蒸氣發(fā)動機(jī)的性能。故選B。

【8】D考查副詞及語境理解。句意：從那時起，它可以輕易地做許多匹馬的工作。A. hardly幾乎不；B. busily忙碌地；C. heavily 沉重地；D. easily容易地。機(jī)器輕易地干以前動物做的工作。故選D。

【9】A考查副詞及語境理解。句意：下一次你見到一艘蒸氣船或蒸氣機(jī)時，記得沒有某人的努力思考，它是絕對不會被建成的。A. never從不，絕不；B. ever曾經(jīng)；C. still還，仍舊；D. yet然而。沒有努力的思考，絕不可能有什么發(fā)明。故選A。

【10】B考查形容詞及語境理解。句意：孩子們，當(dāng)你有困難的功課要學(xué)習(xí)時，不要感到恢心。A. possible可能的；B. difficult困難的；C. simple簡單的；D. useful有用的。學(xué)習(xí)中遇到困難時，不要恢心。故選B。