Question

Science, as we think, was born when the Greek philosopher ( 希腊哲学家 ) Thales ( about 640-546 B.C.) asked a difficult question: What makes up our universe?

No one had a ready answer, so Thales went on studying the earth around him, the sky and the stars. He saw so much water on earth and so much water falling from the sky as rain that he decided water must be the basic substance ( 物质 ) of the universe.

Other Greek thinkers became interested in this question. They suggested other answers. One said that because air lies around the earth, it must be air that makes up all things. Another said that fire, appearing in different forms, was the building block of the universe.

The Greek philosophers were feeling their way towards the ideas on which chemistry is based. Centuries later, scientists proved that the universe is made up of certain basic substances. But the list is much more complicated than the Greeks realized. We now know of 103 basic substances which we call “ elements ( 元素 )”.

1.Thales, the famous Greek philosopher, died when he was about _________.

A．106 years old      B．94years old        C．64 years old       D．46 years old

2.From the passage we know that __________.

A．Thales asked many questions              B．Greeks were all philosophers

C．science began long ago                   D．water and air make up all things.

3.After reading the passage, we can be sure that_________.

A．nothing ever changes in the universe

B．Thales decided that the basic substance of the universe was air

C．the universe is made up of four different substances

D．the early Greek thinkers did much valuable work for the progress of science

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述的是科学起源的话题，古希腊思想家Thales提出了宇宙是由什么组成的时候？科学就出现了。并讲述了希腊人对这个问题的研究。

1.B 计算题。根据文章第一行( about 640-546 B.C.)可知他大约94岁，所以是在94岁的时候去世的。故B正确。

2.C 推理题。根据文章第一段Science, as we think, was born when the Greek philosopher ( 希腊哲学家 ) Thales ( about 640-546 B.C.) asked a difficult question: What makes up our universe?可知在古希腊的时候，Thales提出了这个问题，科学就出现了。故C正确。

3.D 细节题。根据文章3,4段Other Greek thinkers became interested in this question.和The Greek philosophers were feeling their way towards the ideas on which chemistry is based. Centuries later, scientists proved that the universe is made up of certain basic substances. 可知希腊的思想家和哲学家都对这个问题进行了探讨，对于科技的发展做出了巨大的贡献。故D正确。

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点评：本文讲述的是科学起源的话题。在解题时要立足已知，推断未知。立足现在，猜测未来。不能主观臆想，凭空想象，随意揣测，更不能以自己的观点代替作者的观点;要把握句、段之间的逻辑关系，了解语篇的结构。要体会文章的基调，揣摸作者的态度，摸准逻辑发展的方向，悟出作者的弦外之音。