题目内容
2.When asked to name the one invention that would be impossible to live without,Americans did not pick their phone.They didn't pick their car.They picked their toothbrush,according to the Lemelson-MIT survey.Hold up though.That survey was from 2003.So we conducted an informal survey of How Stuff Works staffers to find out if the toothbrush would still take the lead 14 years later.It did.The toothbrush got11 votes,followed by the cell phone (5),computer (3),microwave (2)and car (2).
You probably aren't amazed.The tiny toothbrush is an important product for a lot of modem cultures,and it comes by its popularity honestly; Versions of the toothbrush have been around since ancient Babylonian times.But note that these were not the boring plastic creations we take out of the box.
"The first tooth cleaning instrument seems to have been the‘toothpick'or more correctly small bones or slivers of bones,"writes Scott Swank,dentist and leader of the National Museum of Dentistry,in an email.
He points out that people used even less technical means,too."Fingers wrapped in cloth have been used for ages to clean teeth,"he says."An ancient Greek doctor recommended using a round woolen ball dipped in honey to clean one's teeth.''But not all recipes (配方) or early toothpaste were so sweet.
"Both the Greeks and Romans had recipes for toothpaste,"says Swank.We're here for the powerful toothbrush,and Swank says that the first real evidence of that comes from Babylon,around 2500-1800 B.C.The frayed (纤维状散开的) end of a stick or plant was used to brush the teeth.
We have to look much closer to our own times to find a brush we might recognize."The first device that we would consider people to use the modem toothbrushes was recorded in China in 1500,''says Swank.In 1780,the English merchant William Addis fashioned a modern"toothbrush"and began mass-producing them in England.Sounds too good to be true?"I have no reason to doubt the story as a whole,''Swank says."It could have become a bit different over time but I think,on the whole,it stands up."
32.According to the passage,how many HowStuffWorks staffers at most took part in the survey?D
A.5 B.11 C.12 D.23
33.The underlined words in the second paragraph probably refer toD.
A.different techniques of making the toothbrush
B.different steps to make the toothbrush
C.different periods of making the toothbrush
D.different makes of the toothbrush
34.Which of the following can NOT be inferred from the passage?D
A.The survey was conducted in the year of 2017.
B.The most recent survey showed the toothbrush is still considered an important invention.
C.Records showed the Chinese people were the first to use modem toothbrushes.
D.Scott Swank didn't at all believe the way modem toothbrushes got spread.
35.What may well serve as the title of the passage?C
A.What was used to make the toothbrush?
B.How long was the history of the toothbrush?
C.How was the toothbrush historically developed?
D.Why was the toothbrush chosen as a daily necessity?
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了在人们日常生活中不可缺少的一个小物件-牙刷.它对人们的重要性以及它的发展情况.
解答 32.D 细节题.根据文章内容,So we conducted an informal survey of HowStuffWorks staffers to find out if the toothbrush would still take the lead 14years later.It did.The toothbrush got 11votes,followed by the cell phone (5),computer (3),microwave (2)and car (2).根据后面各种物品的得票情况看,一共应该有23人参与该调查.结合选项,故选D
33.D词义猜测题.根据文章内容Versions of the toothbrush have been around since ancient Babylonian times各种各样的牙刷开始于古代古巴比伦;意为不同的;故选D.
34.D 细节题.根据文章内容,?"I have no reason to doubt the story as a whole,''Swank says."It could have become a bit different over time but I think,on the whole,it stands up."由此可知,答案为D
35.C 主旨题.根据文章内容,主要讲述了在人们日常生活中不可缺少的一个小物件-牙刷.它对人们的重要性以及它的发展情况.结合选项,故选C
点评 本文是一个人物故事类阅读,题目涉及多道细节理解题,做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析,结合选项选出正确答案.推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案,切忌胡乱猜测,一定要做到有理有据.
A. | Since | B. | If | C. | As if | D. | In case |
A. | ones | B. | them | C. | which | D. | what |
A. | take apart | B. | do with | C. | take off | D. | deal with |
They (20)Bsitting in the living-room,the 10-year-old daughter,looking at the flowers outside the window.The father was just about to take his cup when the (21)Ccame,right there in the living-room.Something was hopelessly broken.
It was the thermos,which had fallen to the floor.The girl looked (22)Dher shoulder at once,startled (吓一跳),(23)A.It was(24)C.Neither of them had touched it,not even a little bit.The sound caused the host to rush back from the inner room.He looked at the (25)Bfloor and blurted out(脱口而出),"It doesn't matter,it doesn't matter!"
The father started to say something.Then he muttered(嘀咕),"Sorry,I (26)A it and it fell."
"It doesn't matter,"the host said.
Later,when they left the house the daughter said,"Daddy,I saw your(27)Cin the windowpane (窗玻璃).You were sitting perfectly (28)B.Why did you say…?"
The father (29)C,"What then would you (30)Das the cause of its fall?"
"It fell by itself!Maybe the floor is uneven.It wasn't steady when Mr.Li put it there."
"It won't (31)A,girl.It sounds more (32)Cwhen I say I touched it.There are things people accept less the more you (33)Athem.The truer your story is,the less true it sounds."
The daughter was (34)Din silence for a while.Then she said,"Can you explain it only this way?"
"Only this way,"the father laughed again."Since life is not perfect,sometimes we need to deal with it with a white (35)B."
16.A.owner | B.host | C.guest | D.master |
17.A.friends | B.neighbors | C.children | D.guests |
18.A.knowing | B.remembering | C.hearing | D.thinking |
19.A.thermos | B.cup | C.lid | D.tea |
20.A.enjoyed | B.remained | C.imagined | D.hated |
21.A.stranger | B.host | C.crash | D.noise |
22.A.around | B.at | C.behind | D.over |
23.A.staring | B.glaring | C.observing | D.glancing |
24.A.helpless | B.exciting | C.strange | D.terrible |
25.A.breaking | B.steaming | C.sinking | D.flooding |
26.A.touched | B.used | C.hit | D.moved |
27.A.expression | B.shadow | C.reflection | D.action |
28.A.calm | B.still | C.silent | D.straight |
29.A.shouted | B.recalled | C.laughed | D.repeated |
30.A.tell | B.make | C.accept | D.give |
31.A.do | B.help | C.go | D.suit |
32.A.comfortable | B.friendly | C.acceptable | D.agreeable |
33.A.defend | B.support | C.discuss | D.argue |
34.A.kept | B.shut | C.worried | D.lost |
35.A.action | B.lie | C.excuse | D.devotion |