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2.I passed all the other courses that I took at my university,but I could have never passed botany.This was because all botany students had to spend several hours a week in a laboratory looking through a microscope at plant cells,and I could never once see a cell through a microscope.This used to make my professor angry.He would wander around the laboratory pleased with the progress all the students were making in drawing the structure of flower cells,until he came to me.I would just be standing there."I can't see anything,"I would say.He would begin patiently enough,explaining how anybody can see through a microscope,but he would always end up angrily,claiming that I could too see through a microscope but just pretended that I couldn't."It takes away from the beauty of flowers anyway."I used to tell him."We are not concerned with beauty in this course,"he would say."We are concerned with the structure of flowers.""Well,"I'd say."I can't see anything.""Try it just once again,"he'd say,and I would put my eye to the microscope and see nothing at all,except now and again something unclear and milky."You were supposed to see a clear,moving plant cells shaped like clocks.""I see what looks like a lot of milk."I would tell him.This,he claimed,was the result of my not having adjusted the microscope properly,so he would readjust it for me,or rather,for himself.And I would look again and see milk.
I failed to pass botany that year,and had to wait a year and try again,or I couldn't graduate.The next term the same professor was eager to explain cell-structure again to his classes."Well,"he said to me,happily,"we're going to see cells this time,aren't we?""Yes,sir,"I said.Students to the right of me and to the left of me and in front of me were seeing cells; what's more,they were quietly drawing pictures of them in their notebook.Of course,I didn't see anything.
So the professor and I tried with every adjustment of the microscope known to man.With only once did I see anything but blackness or the familiar milk,and that time I saw,to my pleasure and amazement,something like stars.These I hurriedly drew.The professor,noting my activity,came to me,a smile on his lips and his eyebrows high in hope. He looked at my cell drawing."What's that?"he asked."That's what I saw,"I said."You didn't,you didn't,you didn't!"he screamed,losing control of himself immediately,and he bent over and looked into the microscope.He raised his head suddenly."That's your eye!"he shouted."You've adjusted the microscope so that it reflects!You're drawn your eye!"

21.Why couldn't the writer see the flower cells through the microscope?C.
A.Because he had poor eyesight
B.Because the microscope didn't work properly
C.Because he was not able to adjust the microscope properly
D.Because he was just playing jokes on his professor by pretending not to haveseen it
22.What does the writer mean by"his eyebrows high in hope"in the last paragraph?A
A.His professor expected him to have seen the cells and drawn the picture of them
B.His professor hoped he could perform his task with attention
C.His professor wished him to learn how to draw pictures
D.His professor looked forward to seeing all his students finish their drawings
23.What is the thing like stars that the writer saw in the last paragraph?B
A.Real stars          
B.His own eye
C.Something unknown
D.Milk
24.In what writing style did the writer write the passage?D
A.Realistic 
B.Romantic 
C.Serious  
D.Humorous.

分析 本文讲述了作者使用显微镜的过程.由于作者不会使用显微镜而挂科了,到了第二次考试作者终于画出细胞结构了,教授也很激动,但是教授看了一眼显微镜,发现作者画的是自己的眼睛.

解答 CABD
21.C 细节理解题.结合This,he claimed,was the result of my not having adjusted the microscope properly可知,他说,这是我没有正确地调整显微镜的结果.故选C.
22.A 推理判断题.作者因不能正确使用显微镜而考试不及格,教授自然希望作者能和其他学生一样,正确调节显微镜,并能看到"细胞",在他们的笔记本里画出细胞的照片.故选A.
23.B 细节理解题.结合He raised his head suddenly."That's your eye!"he shouted."You've adjusted the microscope so that it reflects可知,作者看到的是自己的眼睛.故选B.
24.D 考查写作风.本文的结局令人发笑,作者以为自己经过多次尝试之后看到的是细胞,教授也很激动,但是教授看了一眼显微镜,发现实际上画的是自己的眼睛.从文章用词及作者语气可看出作者的"幽默诙谐".故选D.

点评 阅读理解考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.

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