Question

 

Name	Personal information
Ludwig Von Beethoven	Born in 1770, in Germany. A musician, Died in 1827
Florence Nightingale	Born in Italy on May 12th, 1820 An English nurse Died in 1910
Bill Gates	Born in 1955 in the USA Wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought Own Microsoft
Thomas Edison	Born in 1847 in the USA Made over 6000 inventions(发明)Died in 1931
Yao Ming	Born on September 12th, 1980 in Shanghai, China A basketball player Played in the Houston Rockets, USA .In 2011 he came back to China.

1.Thomas Edison is from .

A. Canada B. Italy

C. America D. Australia

2.The was born in 1770.

A. musician B. nurse

C. businessman D. scientist

3.Business @ the Speed of Thought is the name of a .

A. song B. book

C. school D. movie

4.Florence Nightingale died in .

A. 1931 B. 1827 C. 1847 D. 1910

5.Which of the following is true?

A. Yao Ming stopped playing basketball in America .

B. Beethoven made over 1000 inventions.

C. Edison was born in 1820 .

D. Bill Gates worked in Microsoft in 1955

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文利用表格的形式给我们介绍了五个名人，即贝多芬、南丁格尔、比尔盖茨、爱迪生和姚明。有关于他们的出生年代、地点和主要贡献等信息。

1.细节理解题。根据表格中的第四个人Thomas Edison 中Born in 1847 in the USA可知，爱迪生来自美国。故选C。

2.细节理解题。根据表格中Personal Information中出生在1770年这个线索我们发现，这个人是Ludwig Von Beethoven，后面的信息中告诉我们他是a musician，是一个音乐家。故选A。

3.细节理解题。根据表格中的第三个人Bill Gates的信息中可知，Business @ the Speed of Thought是一本书的名字，是比尔盖茨写的。故选B。

4.细节理解题。根据表格中第二个人Florence Nightingale 的信息Died in 1910可知，南丁格尔出生在1820年，她在1910年去世，由此可知选D。

5.推理判断题。根据表格中最后一个人姚明的信息可知，In 2011 he came back to China可知，姚明不在美国打球了，故A是正确的。根据表格中第一个人贝多芬的信息可知，他是一个音乐家，不是发明家，故B不对；根据表格中第四个人爱迪生的信息中可知，他出生在1847年，故C不对；根据表格中第三个人比尔盖茨的信息可知，他出生在1955年，故D不对。

考点：人物类短文阅读。