题目内容
Suppose the year is 1666 and we can see a student called Isaac Newton. He’s away from his university for a holiday and at home with his family. Isaac Newton continues to study at home. He enjoys physics and thinking about the mysteries of the world.
On a day there is rain and sun at the same time, so he sees a beautiful rainbow( 彩虹 )in the sky. It has many different colors. He is told that there are five. Newton wants to have his own rainbow because he wants to look at it closely. He decides to do an experiment. On a sunny day he goes inside a small room and makes the room very dark. Then he makes a small hole and the sun comes inside; it’s a small ray of light. It’s white. Newton takes a prism( 棱镜 ) and holds it up to the light. The ray of light goes through the prism, but it isn’t white now---there are many colors. The prism has split up ( 分解 ) the white into different colors: Newton has a rainbow.
Newton looks at his rainbow carefully. He can see more than five colors, and he can see seven. He says the colors are: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.
But Newton is a scientist and he’s always very interested in how things work. He has his rainbow but he wants to know more. So he takes another prism and holds it up to the rainbow. The rainbow goes through the second prism, but it isn’t colorful now---it’s white again. The prism has joined up the colors back into white light. Newton is the first person to understand that light is a combination ( 结合 ) of all the rainbow colors together.
1. In 1666 Isaac Newton was _____.
A. a famous doctor B. an assistant in a lab
C. a university teacher D. a university student
2. What is the Chinese meaning of the words “ray of light”?
A.光线 B. 光圈 C. 光速 D.灯光
3. The prism can split up the white into ____.
A. less than five different colors B. seven different colors
C. five different colors D. more than seven different colors
4. Which of the following is RIGHT according to the sentences underlined(画线)?
A B C D
5. Which of the following is NOT according to the passage?
A. Newton did his experiment on a sunny day.
B. Newton continued his study at home during his holidays.
C. If we put five different colors together, we get the white light.
D. Newton can see seven different colors in his experiment.
DABAC

Laura Brent is a manager in an important company. She has three children—the eldest is 10, and youngest is three. “My job was only possible because my husband David was prepared to take my place and become a house husband,” she says.
More and more couples are finding this arrangement suits them better in today’s world, where women are rising to the top of their careers faster and more easily than they did in the past. Many men, on the other hand, like the idea of staying at home and looking after the children. “My children see a lot more of me than I saw of my father when I was young, and I think it’s better for them, especially for the boys,” says Da
vid. “It works just as well for Laura.”
“Now I can come home from a hard day at work, and immediately relax with the children, instead of having to do the housework and the cooking,” she says.
Is there anything David misses about going out to work?
“Not really. I suppose the worst thing about looking after children and doing the housework is not having a lunch break! It’s a lot harder than most men think.”
【小题1】How many people are there in Laura’s family?
A.2. | B.3. | C.4. | D.5 |
A.Laura. | B.David. |
C.The children. | D.David’s parents. |
A.Cook for the family. |
B.Take children from school. |
C.Take a good rest with the children. |
D.Wash dishes and sweep the floor. |
A.Hard. | B.Easy. | C.Boring. | D.Fun |
A.children hate to stay with their mothers |
B.men are better at looking after the children |
C.women do better at work than they did before |
D.children want their fathers to help them with the homework |