Question

阅读理解 　　On the morning of November 18, 1755, an earthquake shook Boston, Massachusetts．John Winthrop, a professor at Harvard College, felt the quake and awoke．“I rose, ”Winthrop wrote, “and lighted a candle, looked at my watch, and found it to be 15 minutes after four．”John Winthrop hurried downstairs to the grandfather clock．It had stopped three minutes before, at 4∶12．Except for stopping the clock, the quake had only thrown a key from the mantel(壁炉台)to the floor． 　　The clock had stopped because Winthrop had put some long glass tubes he was using for an experiment into the case for safekeeping．The quake had knocked the tubes over and blocked the pendulum(钟摆)．Winthrop, therefore, had the exact time that the earthquake had hit Boston．He looked at the key on the floor．The quake had thrown it forward in the direction of the quake’s motion by a shock coming from the northwest, perhaps in Canada． (1) The selection suggests that ________． [　　] A． earthquakes are common in Boston B． John Winthrop was a scientist C． John Winthrop often had difficulty in sleeping D． Harvard College was a center for earthquake-researching (2) Professor Winthrop hurried downstairs because he wanted to know what had happened to ________． [　　] A． the clock B． his grandfather C． the key D． both A and B (3) John Winthrop put some tubes into this clock case because ________． [　　] A． he wanted to do an experiment B． he thought an earthquake was probably to happen soon C． he thought it safe for them to be put there D． he wanted to record the exact time of the earthquake

Answer 1

答案：1．B;2．A;3．C;
解析：

依据第二段第一句判断答案为C项。

提示：

(1)	从文中“John Winthrop, a professor at Harvard College;…long glass tubes he was using for an experiment”以及John Winthrop的工作作风和他对事情的细致观察，这些都表明他是一名科学家。
(2)	grandfather clock说明钟很旧。