题目内容
-Why was the house on fire?
-_______ lightning hit it.
- A.Because
- B.Since
- C.As
- D.Because of
because用来回答以Why引导的特殊疑问句。
备战中考寒假系列答案When Steven was a young boy, he moved quite often with his family and so he never had many friends. He spent a lot of time on his own and liked to play with electronic(电子的)things. Steven had a neighbour, Steve Wozniak. Steve was a little bit younger than Steven but also liked to play with electronic things. Steven made a microphone(麦克风)and Steve asked him many questions about it until he understood how it worked. Steven liked the fact that such a young boy was also interest ed in electronic things and so he taught him everything he knew.
When they were a little older and knew more about electronic things, they made a “blue box”. People could make free phone calls by breaking into the phone company’s system with this box. They sold this to many people even though it was illegal(非法的), but this is not why they are famous today.
Steven and Steve were the inventors of the first PC—personal computer. They called their first computer the Apple I. They invented it only for fun and to make themselves known among their friends. They did not think it would become so popular. They just liked playing computer games on it. Their computer made it cheaper and easier for people to own and use a computer. Their PCs were so popular that they made a new PC called the Apple II. Soon many schools, families and factories were using their computers.
Without the two clever men, the personal computers might never have appeared.
【小题1】Why didn’t Steven have many friends?
| A．Because he wasn’t a very nice boy. |
| B．Because he liked electronic things. |
| C．Because his family moved a lot. |
| D．Because he did some illegal things. |
| A．Because he made a microphone. |
| B．Because he was also interested in electronic things. |
| C．Because he was his neighbour. |
| D．Because his family moved a lot, too. |
| A．People could play computer games with it. |
| B．It helped people make electronic things. |
| C．It paid for everybody’s telephone calls. |
| D．It helped people make free phone calls. |
| A．For fun and to impress their friends. |
| B．To make money. |
| C．For a school project. |
| D．For schools, families and factories. |
| A．Steve became interested in electronic things after Steven made a microphone. |
| B．Steve and Steven had done something illegal. |
| C．The Apple 1 was the first computer in the world. |
| D．Factories don’t use PCs. |
A lady in an old cotton dress and her husband, dressed in an old suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked into the president of Harvard’s outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such country people had no business at Harvard. She frowned(皱眉). “We want to see the president,” the man said softly. “He’ll be busy all day,” the secretary said coldly. “We’ll wait,” the lady replied.
For hours, the secretary didn’t talk to them, hoping that the couple would finally become tired and go away. They didn’t. And the secretary finally decided to disturb the president. “Maybe if they just see you for a few minutes, they’ll leave,” she told him. He frowned too. Someone of his importance obviously didn’t have the time to spend with them.
The president walked toward them unwillingly. The lady told him, “We had a son that attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard, and was very happy here. But he was accidentally killed. And my husband and I would like to set up a memorial(纪念碑) to him somewhere on campus. ” The president was so surprised that he shouted sharply, “We can’t put up a statue(塑像) for every person who attended Harvard and died. This place would look like a cemetery (墓地).
“Oh, no” the lady explained, “We don’t want to build a statue. We thought we would give a building to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at their plain clothes, and said with surprise, “A building! Do you have any idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million dollars in the physical buildings here at Harvard.”
For a moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased. He could get rid of them now. The lady turned to her husband and said quietly. “Is that all it costs to start a university? Why don't we just start our own?” Her husband nodded. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they set up the university with their name, Stanford University, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.
【小题1】What did the old couple go to Harvard for?
| A．They wanted to see their son. |
| B．They had an important meeting |
| C．They went to Harvard just to start a university |
| D．They wanted to meet the president of Harvard. |
| A．He was really busy at that time. |
| B．The secretary didn’t allow the couple to meet the president. |
| C．He was important and didn’t have time for unimportant people. |
| D．He had an important friend to meet and had to spend some time together. |
| A．the old couple were in fact rich people |
| B．the secretary was afraid of the old couple |
| C．the old couple’s son was killed in Harvard |
| D．the president of Harvard was kind and patient to anyone |
| A．A Statue or A Building | B．How Stanford University Was Built |
| C．A Visit to Harvard University | D．A Strange Old Couple |