题目内容
14.Yesterday evening I was watching the evening news on TV.The news was about a prize for scientific discoveries.The(21)Asaid something that caught my(22)C."All great discoveries,"he said,"are made by people between the ages of 25 and 30."Being a little over 30 myself,I wanted to(23)Awith him.Nobody wants to think that he has passed the age of making any (24)B.The next day I went to the public library,spending several hours,and (25)Dto find the ages of famous people and their discoveries.The announcer was right!First,I looked at some of the(26)Bdiscoveries.One of the earliest,the famous one that (27)Bthat bodies of different weights(28)Dat the same speed,was made by Galileo when he was 26.Madam Curie started her research that led to a Nobel Prize when she was 28.Einstein was 26when he(29)C his world-changing Theory of Relativity.Well,(30)Aof that.Yet I wondered if those"best years"were true in other(31)A.
Then how about this in(32)B?Surely it needs the wisdom of(33)Ato make a good leader.Perhaps it does,but look when these people(34)Ctheir careers.Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons at the age of 26.Abraham Lincoln(35)Dthe life of a country lawyer and was elected to the government at what age?Twenty-six!
But why don't best years come after 30?After 30,I (36)A,most people don't want to take risks or try new ways.Then I thought of people (37)CShakespeare and Picasso.The (38)Dwas writing wonderful (39)D at the late age of 50,(40)B the latter was still trying new ways of painting when he was 90!
Perhaps there is still hope for me.
21.A.announcer | B.conductor | C.speaker | D.hostess |
22.A.mind | B.care | C.attention | D.surprise |
23.A.disagree | B.talk | C.meet | D.advise |
24.A.chance | B.discovery | C.research | D.fortune |
25.A.happened | B.wanted | C.succeeded | D.managed |
26.A.last | B.scientific | C.oldest | D.modern |
27.A.found | B.proved | C.doubted | D.showed |
28.A.disappear | B.move | C.drop | D.fall |
29.A.invented | B.improved | C.published | D.made |
30.A.plenty | B.enoug h | C.much | D.all |
31.A.fields | B.science | C.courses | D.ages |
32.A.election | B.politics | C.leaders | D.society |
33.A.age | B.brain | C.living | D.leadership |
34.A.finished | B.won | C.started | D.defeated |
35.A.led | B.devoted | C.began | D.gave up |
36.A.guess | B.know | C.believe | D.agree |
37.A.as | B.to be | C.like | D.about |
38.A.first | B.writer | C.poet | D.former |
39.A.painting | B.idioms | C.fiction | D.works |
40.A.when | B.while | C.who | D.after |
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前者在50岁后期创作了精彩的作品,而后者在90岁时仍在尝试新的绘画方式,年龄不能成为我们停止脚步的理由.
解答 21---25 ACABD 26---30 BBDCA 31---35 ABACD 36---40 ACDDB
21.A.考查名词辨析.从句意可知在电视上是主持人宣布,故选A.
22.C.考查名词辨析.根据后文All great discoveries,"he said,"are made by people between the ages of 25 and 30."Being a little over 30 myself可知catch one's attention意为"引起某人的注意";故选C.
23.A.考查动词辨析.作者刚刚超过30岁,有点心中不服,所以要表示"不同意";故选A.
24.B.考查名词辨析.由句意可知这些科学家做出的是一些"发现",故选B.
25.D.考查动词辨析.根据后文One of the earliest,the famous one that (27)Bthat bodies of different weights可知因此我"决定"去图书馆查阅,故选D.
26.B.考查形容词辨析.根据下文伽利略、居里夫人和爱因斯坦可知是"科学方面的发现";故选B.
27.B. 考查句意理解.根据常识可知,伽利略实验的是"证实"不同重量的物体下落的速度;故选B.
28.D.考查动词辨析.根据前文One of the earliest,the famous one that (27)Bthat bodies of different weights可知证实不同重量的物体下落的速度是一样的,故选D.
29.C.考查动词辨析.根据句意可知爱因斯坦出版了他的相对论;故选C…
30.A 形容词辨析.查阅的结果证实了前面主持人的话是正确的,但作者仍心有不甘,所以用B项表示"够了",然后去查查其他领域.plenty of表示"充足的;大量的";故选A.
31.A.考查动词辨析.于是去查阅其他领域的情况;故选A.
32..B.考查名词辨析.从下句的"make a good leader"以及下文丘吉尔和林肯的例子可以判断出,作者进一步查阅的是"政治"领域;故选B.
33.A.考查名词辨析.根据后文Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons at the age of 26可知需要年龄的智慧去当一个好的领导人;故选A.
34.C.考查动词辨析.does代替前面出现的needs the wisdom of age to make a good leader,当这些人开始他们的事业时要注意;故选C..
35.D.考查动词短语辨析.gave up此处指"放下、停止乡村律师的生活,被选为了总统";故选D.
36.A.考查动词辨析.作者作出了自己的揣测,大部分都更愿意冒险或者尝试新的方法;故选A.
37.C.考查句意理解.作者举了莎士比亚和毕加索的例子,就如同他们一样;故选C..
38.D.考查句意理解.根据前文Then I thought of people (37)CShakespeare and Picasso可知前者在50岁后期创作了精彩的作品,而后者在90岁时仍在尝试新的绘画方式!;故选D.
39.D.考查动词辨析.根据句意前者在50岁后期创作了精彩的作品,而后者在90岁时仍在尝试新的绘画方式!;故选D.
40.B.考查句意理解.根据前文Then I thought of people (37)CShakespeare and Picasso可知前者在50岁后期创作了精彩的作品,而后者在90岁时仍在尝试新的绘画方式,作者最后还是充满"希望";故选B.
点评 考察学生的推理判断能力和联系上下文的能力,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.此类的填空题一定要联系上下文,根据上下文的内容加上自己的理解,再作出正确的判断
-_______?I've been looking forward to it for weeks.( )
A. | So what | B. | What if | C. | What for | D. | How come |
A. | many | B. | more | C. | fewer | D. | much |