VI.完形填空(共10小题,每小题1分,计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 (盖子) 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

Donald was not very good at math. He couldn’t understand the teacher’s explanations. Even when the teacher explained something a second time, Donald Still couldn’t understand it.

“Never mind.” Donald told himse1f, “I’m quite good at other subjects. I’ll cheat(作弊) in the math exam to get a good grade, then I won’t be in trouble. ”

“I’ll sit next to the boy who does best in math,” he thought, “and copy down this answers.”

The day of the exam came, and Donald sat next to Tommy, who was always at the top of the class in math. Donald carefully copied Tommy’s answers onto his own exam paper. At the end the exam, the teacher collected the papers and graded them in time.

Then she said, “well, boys and girls, I’ve decided to give a prize to the student who got the highest grade. It’s difficult for me to decide who I’ll give the prize to one of them.”

The students were surprised when they heard this. They said, “That’s not fair. They got the same grade.”

“That’s true.” the teacher said, “However, Tommy’s answer to Question 18 was ‘I don’t know’ while Dona1d’s was ‘Neither do I ’ .”

1.Donald wanted to cheat because .

A. he didn’t do well in any subjects B. his teacher didn’t explain things well

C. he wanted to get a good grade in math D. he wanted to get a bad grade in math

2.Donald during the exam.

A. sat behind Tommy B. copied from Tommy

C. asked the teacher for help D. asked the student for help

3.The students were surprised because .

A. they thought the teacher unfair B. Donald did as well as Tommy

C. the teacher would give them a prize D. they thought the teacher fair

4.The teacher decided to give the prize to .

A. Tommy B. Donald C. both Tommy and Donald D. the others

5.We can infer(推断) .

A. Donald may study hard at math B. the teacher may criticize Donald

C. Tommy may share the prize with other students D. the teacher may criticize Tommy

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