题目内容
20.Early one morning,more than a hundred years ago,an American inventor called Elias Howe finally fell asleep.He had been working all night on the design of a sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult problem:It seemed impossible to get the thread to run around the needle without any problems.Though he was tired,Howe slept badlyHe turned and turned.Then he had a dream.He dreamt that he had been caught by terrible savages whose king wanted to kill him and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine.When he tried to do so,Howe ran into the same problem as before.The thread kept getting caught around the needle.The king flew into the cage and ordered his soldiers to kill Howe.They came up towards him with their spears raised.But suddenly the inventor noticed something.There was a hole in the tip of each spear.The inventor awoke from the dream,realizing that he had just found the answer to the problem.Instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle,he should make it run through a small hole in the center of the needle.This was the simple idea that finally made Howe design and build the first really practised sewing machine.
Elias Howe was not the only one in finding the answer to his problem in this way.Thomas Edison,the inventor of the electric light,said his best ideas came into him in dreams.So did the great physicist Albert Einstein.Charlotte Brone also drew in her dreams in writing Jane Eyre.
To know the value of dreams,you have to understand what happens when you are asleep.Even then,a part of your mind is still working.This unconscious(无意识的),but still active part understands your experiences and goes to work on the problems you have had during the day.It stores all sorts of information that you may have forgotten or never have really noticed.It is only when you fall asleep that this part of the brain can send messages to the part you use when you are awake.However,the unconscious par acts in a special way.It uses strange images which the conscious part may not understand at first.This is why dreams are sometimes called"secret messages to us".
21.The problem Howe was trying to solve wasD.
A.what kind of thread to use
B.how to design a needle which would not break
C.where to put the needle
D.how to stop the thread from getting caught around the needle
22.Thomas Edison is spokenof becauseB.
A.he also tried to invent a sewing machine
B.he got some of his ideas from dreams
C.he was one of Howe's best friends
D.he also had difficulty in falling asleep
23.Dreams are sometimes called"secret messages to ourselves"becauseA.
A.strange images are used to communicate ideas
B.images which have no meaning are used
C.we can never understand the real meaning
D.only specially trained people can understand them.
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Elias Howe 一直致力于缝纫机的设计,却遇到线总是被针抓住的问题,他在梦境中受到了启发,最终制出缝纫机,还有其他很多伟大的科学家也都曾经受到梦的启发,由此可见,睡着了你的思想仍在工作,帮助你解决白天的困难.
解答 31.D.细节理解题.根据文章第一段"It seemed impossible to get the thread to run around the needle without any problems",这似乎是不可能做到的,令线在针周围毫无问题的转,因此他的困难是如何阻止线被针抓住;故选D.
32.B.细节理解题.根据文章第一段"Thomas Edison,the inventor of the electric light,said his best ideas came into him in dreams",Thomas Edison发明了电灯,说他的最好的想法是在梦中形成的;故选B.
33.A.推理判断题.根据文章最后一段"This unconscious,but still active part understands your experiences and goes to work on the problems you have had during the day"这种无意识的但仍然活跃的部分理解你的经历并且继续去解决你白天所遇到的问题,可知梦境的神秘是奇怪的想法被用来交流思想;故选A.
点评 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
A. | provided | B. | providing | C. | to provide | D. | provide |
-It's a difficult and stressful job but one you can really help people.( )
A. | where | B. | when | C. | which | D. | that |
This situation continued daily for a few months,until the owner (38)A to give the homeless man a job which (39)B sweeping outside the shop.Every single day from 5am,the homeless man was there doing the very best he could for the (40)C,and it did earn him some pennies.(41)D,the owner saw how good a job the man was doing and gave him a job working as a cashier.He was watched closely to make sure that he didn't (42)B any of the money received from the sales.He was still homeless,after all.The homeless man did a/an (43)A job as a cashier for over 2years,and did such a good job that he was promoted to(44)D the finance for the whole shop.
To my knowledge,this was the arrangement up until 2years ago,when the owner (45)C.In his will,he only had one request,to give the whole shop to the now stable,"homeless"man.Now,I could walk into that shop and see him working as hard as ever,with his own business that is still (46)B and active 10years after getting his job as a sweeper.
From this story,we can probably get the inspiration:work hard and give everything your best effort,even if it isn't your (47)A situation,it may turn out to be very good some day in the future.
36.A.coin | B.home | C.job | D.meal |
37.A.ignoring | B.considering | C.accepting | D.refusing |
38.A.agreed | B.wanted | C.planned | D.expected |
39.A.meant | B.involved | C.permitted | D.kept |
40.A.family | B.shop | C.owner | D.money |
41.A.Normally | B.Accurately | C.Generally | D.Eventually |
42.A.lose | B.pocket | C.spend | D.save |
43.A.honest | B.practical | C.fantastic | D.kind |
44.A.take | B.raise | C.provide | D.manage |
45.A.got down | B.grew up | C.passed away | D.gave up |
46.A.big | B.popular | C.different | D.new |
47.A.ideal | B.current | C.reasonable | D.financial |
To make her skills perfect,Lola(11)D for four hours a day,five days a week.At the state championships in March,she finished seventh out of 16 girls.
That's especially impressive,(12)Ashe is almost blind,born with an unusual condition that makes her eyes unable to see properly.She often sees double an d can't (13)Chow far away things are.
When she was little,her mom (14)A that even though she couldn't see(15)B,she was fearless.So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three.She loved the (16)C right away and gymnastics became her favorite.
Though learning gymnastics has been more (17)Bfor her than for some her teammates,she has never given up.She doesn't let her (18)D stop her from doing anything that she wants to.
She likes the determination it takes to do the sport.Her biggest (19)Ais the balance beam.Because she has double sight,she often sees two beams.She must use her sense of touch to help her during her practice.Sometimes she even closes her eyes."You have to (20)C your mind that it'll take you where you want to go,"says Lola.
To be a top-level gymnast,one must be brave.The beam is probably the most (21)Afor anyone because it's four inches wide.At the state competition,Lola didn't fall (22)Cthe beam.In fact,she got 8.1 out of 10----her highest score ever.
Lola doesn't want to be (23)D differently from the other girls on her team.In the competition,the judges don't know about her sight (24)B.She doesn't tell them,because she doesn't think they need to know.Her mom is amazed by her(25)C attitude.
Lola (26)A thinks about giving up.She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics.Her (27)D is to reach level 9.She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she's learned to other kids(28)Bshe grew up.
Lola is (29)Aof all her hard work and success.She says it's helpful her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics,too.Her (30)Cfor others is"just believe yourself".
11.A.runs | B.teaches | C.dances | D.train s |
12.A.since | B.unless | C.after | D.though |
13.A.talk | B.guess | C.tell | D.predict |
14.A.noticed | B.remembered | C.imagined | D.doubted |
15.A.deeply | B.well | C.ahead | D.closely |
16.A.task | B.event | C.sport | D.show |
17.A.boring | B.difficult | C.enjoyable | D.unsatisfactory |
18.A.talent | B.quality | C.nature | D.condition |
19.A.challenge | B.advantage | C.favor | D.program |
20.A.examine | B.express | C.trust | D.open |
21.A.fearful | B.harmful | C.unfair | D.inconvenient |
22.A.to | B.on | C.off | D.against |
23.A.greeted | B.paid | C.served | D.treated |
24.A.pains | B.problems | C.injuries | D.feeling |
25.A.negative | B.friendly | C.positive | D.careful |
26 A.never | B.sometimes | C.often | D.just |
27.A.prize | B.range | C.view | D.goal |
28.A.until | B.when | C.as | D.before |
29.A.proud | B.tired | C.ashamed | D.confident |
30.A.plan | B.love | C.advice | D.duty. |
A. | marry | B. | many | C. | apply | D. | separate |