Question

【题目】根据对话内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空，使对话内容完整正确。

directions, goes back, the ancient Chinese, records, put into

M: Do you know who the compass(指南针) was invented by?

W: Of course. It was invented by 【1】, right?

M: Exactly. And you know when it was first invented?

W: No. But I know there were written【2】 of South-pointing Fish in the Song Dynasty.

M: That’s true. People in the 10th century began to use an instrument called South-pointing Fish to show 【3】.

W: How did it work?

M: When it is【4】 the water, the floating fish has its head pointing to the south.

W: It wasn’t the first recorded compass, wasn’t it?

M: No, of course not. “Sinan” appeared much earlier, in the Warring States Period(战国).

W: So the history of compass 【5】 to over 2000 years ago.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】the ancient Chinese

【2】records

【3】directions

【4】put into

【5】goes back

【解析】

本文是一则关于讨论指南针发明的对话。

【1】细节理解题。结合原文信息，依据文中： the ancient Chinese古代中国人。完整表达为：Do you know who the compass was invented by?你知道指南针是谁发明的吗? 空格前面是by，被动语态中by后面加实施动作的人，结合句意，填the ancient Chinese 是由古代中国人发明的。 Of course.当然。It was invented by the ancient Chinese，right?是古代中国人发明的，对吧?根据语境及上下文分析，正确答案为： the ancient Chinese。

【2】细节理解题。结合原文信息，依据文中：Exactly.完全正确。And you know when it was first invented?你知道它是什么时候发明的吗?written records of......的文字记载。完整表达为：No.

不。But I know there were written records of South-pointing Fish in the Song Dynasty.但我知道在宋代有关于指南鱼的文字记载。根据语境及上下文分析，正确答案为：records。

【3】细节理解题。结合原文信息，依据常识及后文：show directions指示方向。完整表达为：That’s true.这是真的。People in the 10th century began to use an instrument called South-pointing Fish to show directions.10世纪时，人们开始使用一种叫“指南鱼”的仪器来指示方向。根据语境及上下文分析，正确答案为：directions。

【4】细节理解题。put into 放入。结合原文信息，依据文中：How did it work?它是如何工作的?完整表达为：When it is put into the water, the floating fish has its head pointing to the south.当它被放入水中，漂浮的鱼的头指向南方。本句中it与put into有逻辑上的被动关系，故用被动语态，而put into的被动形式为be put into。根据语境及上下文分析，正确答案为： put into。

【5】细节理解题。go back 回到，追溯到.....结合原文信息，依据文中：It wasn’t the first recorded compass, wasn’t it?这不是第一个有记录的指南针，不是吗? No, of course not.是的，当然不是。“Sinan” appeared much earlier, in the Warring States Period(战国).“Sinan”出现得更早,在战国时期。So the history of compass goes back to over 2000 years ago所以指南针的历史可以追溯到2000多年前。完整表达为：So the history of compass goes back to over 2000 years ago.所以指南针的历史可以追溯到2000多年前。根据语境及上下文分析，正确答案为：goes back。