Question

【题目】阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项只能用一次。

Careful and careless are as different as fire and water. But it is strange that quite a few scientists have both these qualities (品质). They are both careful and careless.

【1】 .

Once Newton invited a friend to dinner at home. When they were ready to eat, Newton left to get a bottle of wine (酒). 【2】 , Newton still didn’t come back. At last his friend found Newton in his lab. When Newton was going to get the bottle of wine, he suddenly had a new idea for his experiment. So he quite forgot his friend and the dinner. Another time, Newton was leading a horse up a mountain, and he held the rein (缰绳) in his hand. While he was walking along, he kept thinking about problems. 【3】 , he found that the horse was gone.

Einstein was another example. 【4】 . While waiting, he became lost in thought. It started to rain. The rain kept on for some time. When he took out a piece of paper to write something down, the paper was wet and then he knew that it was raining. 【5】 , he again forgot he was standing in the rain

A. But after he put the paper into his pocket

B. But after his friend had waited for a long time.

C. Once he was waiting for a friend at a bridge

D. Newton, the famous English scientist, was such a person

E. When he got to the top of the mountain

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】E

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】

试题分析：从文中举的两个例子来看，作者是想说明许多像牛顿、爱因斯坦这样的科学家都有细心和粗心的习惯．许多科学家不关心如何生活。这是因为他们太专注于自己的研究的缘故。

【1】D根据下文内容是讲科学家牛顿的粗心的情况，故选D。

【2】B根据上下文牛顿去拿酒及牛顿还没回来可知此空是说他的朋友等了很长时间，故选B。

【3】E根据下文他发现马跑了可知此空是说到达山顶时才发现马不见了，故选E。

【4】C根据上文这是讲爱因斯坦粗心的故事，所以选C。

【5】A根据下文他又忘记了站在雨里可知此句是但当他把纸放进兜里，故选A。