Question

【题目】

“I will think of it.” It is easy to say this, but do you know what great things have come from thinking?

Sir Isaac Newton was sitting in his garden when he saw an apple fall from a tree. He began to think and tried to find out why the apple fell. Then he discovered how the sun, moon, and stars are kept in their places.

A boy named James Watt sat quietly by the fire, watching the lid of the kettle move up and down. He wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the lid. From that time he went on thinking and thinking. And when he became a man, he improved the steam engine(蒸汽机) so much that it could easily do the work of many horses.

James Ferguson was a poor boy. Once, seeing the inside of a watch, he wondered. “Why should I not make a watch?” But how could he get the materials to make the mainspring(钟表的主发条)? He soon found he could make it with whalebone(鲸骨). He then made a wooden clock which kept good time. His motto(座右铭) was “I will think of it.” And he made his thoughts useful to himself and the world.

Boys and girls, when you have a difficult lesson to learn, don’t lose heart, and don’t ask someone for help before helping yourselves. Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.

【1】From the passage, we know that some great things come from __________.

A. listening B. reading C. speaking D. thinking

【2】The achievement(成就) of James Watt was that he __________.

A. kept thinking B. found the steam in the kettle

C. improved the steam engine much D. watched the lid move up and down

【3】The right order of the following sentences is __________.

① James Ferguson made a wooden clock.

② James Ferguson saw the inside of a watch.

③ James Ferguson made the mainspring with whalebone.

A. ③②① B. ②③① C. ②①③ D. ③①②

【4】What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Learn to ask for help.

B. A difficult lesson to learn.

C. It is easy to say “I will think of it.”

D. Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 D

【2】 C

【3】 B

【4】 D

【解析】

我们的生活中，很多伟大的事情都来源于思考，这篇短文中给我们列举了一些例子，并建议我们在学习中也应该学会思考，来达到自己的目标。

【1】细节理解题。根据短文第一段中It is easy to say this, but do you know what great things have come from thinking?可知，很多伟大的东西都来源于思考。故应选D。

【2】细节理解题。根据短文第三段中And when he became a man, he improved the steam engine(蒸汽机) so much that it could easily do the work of many horses.可知，James Watt改良了蒸汽机，由此可知应选C。

【3】细节理解题。根据短文第四段中James Ferguson was a poor boy. Once, seeing the inside of a watch, he wondered. “Why should I not make a watch?” But how could he get the materials to make the mainspring(钟表的主发条)? He soon found he could make it with whalebone(鲸骨). He then made a wooden clock which kept good time.可知，James Ferguson先看到了钟表的内部结构，然后他想自己制作一个钟表，并用鲸骨做钟表的主发条，最后他制作了一个木钟，走得非常准。由这些内容可知应选B。

【4】主旨大意题。短文第一段先点明It is easy to say this, but do you know what great things have come from thinking?很多伟大的事物都来源于思考。在文章的最后Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.作者再次重申了思考的重要。D选项的意思最符合文意，且能概括文章的主要内容，故选D。

这篇短文通过举例告诉了我们思考的重要性。文章主题明确，结构清晰第一段点明主题，第二、三、四段分别给出了例子来证明，最后一段再次重申主题。后面的题目设置有细节理解题和主旨大意题，细节题考查我们对文章事实细节的理解，答案常可以在原文中找到。做题时，应根据题目所问，利用关键词定位到原文相关段落，找到有用信息作答。例如第3小题，这是一个排序题，首先我们应先弄清楚每句话的意思，找到每句话的关键信息，然后根据James Ferguson这个人名定位到文章第四段中，根据这一段的描述可知应选B。