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【题目】VI．完形填空（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）

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

______? We can not see our own thoughts, or hear, or taste, or feel them; but we do feel the ______

our thoughts have!

Sir Isaac Newton was seated in his garden ______ a summer’s evening. He was thinking about something else when he saw ______ fall from a tree. He began to think. In trying to understand why the apple fell, he ______ how the earth, the sun, the moon and the stars were kept in their places.

A boy named James Watt sat quietly by the fireplace, watching the lid (盖子) of the tea kettle as it moved up and down. He began to think; he wanted to ______ why the steam in the kettle moved the heavy lid. From that time he went on thinking and thinking; and when he became a man, he

______ the steam engine successfully. From then on it could do the work of many horses ______.

Next time when you see a steam boat or a steam mill, remember that it would ______ have been built without the hard thinking of someone.

Boys, when you have a ______ lesson to learn, don’t feel discouraged, and help yourselves before asking someone to help you. Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.

【1】A. saying B. thinking C. writing D. reading

【2】A. power B. method C. pressure D. reason

【3】A. in B. at C. on D. for

【4】A. a lid B. an orange C. an apple D. a leaf

【5】A. described B. invented C. complained D. discovered

【6】A. look out B. take out C. find out D. turn out

【7】A. increased B. improved C. repaired D. influenced

【8】A. hardly B. busily C. heavily D. easily

【9】A. never B. ever C. still D. yet

【10】A. possible B. difficult C. simple D. useful

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】C

【5】D

【6】C

【7】B

【8】D

【9】A

【10】B

【解析】试题分析：本文讲述的是思考的重要性。思考看不见、摸不着，但是它却带来伟大的发明或发现。Isaac Newton，James Ferguson，Walt Disney都是因为善于思考，才会有所发现和创造。遇到困难别灰心，勤用脑就会有创新。

【1】B考查动词及语境理解。句意：这说来容易，但是你知道什么伟大的东西来源于思考吗？A. saying说，讲；B. thinking想，思考；C. writing 写，书写；D. reading读。前句提到think思考；后句讲到我们看不到、听不到、尝不到或是摸到我们的想法。可以推测出本句也讲的思考。故选B。

【2】A考查名词及语境理解。句意：但是我们真的能够感受到我们思想的力量。A. power力量；B. method方法；C. pressure 压力；D. reason理由，原因。由下文所列举的三位伟人因为善于思考而取得的伟大成就，我们可以感受到思考的力量。故选A。

【3】C考查介词及语境理解。句意：一个夏天的傍晚，牛顿坐在花园里。A. in 在某时段内；B. at在某时刻；C. on在某天或某天某时；D. for后跟时长，表示计……；达……。A summer’s evening一个夏天的傍晚，指具体的某一天的傍晚。用介词on。故选C。

【4】C考查名词及语境理解。句意：当他看到一个苹果从树上落下来时，他正在思考其他事情。A. a lid一个盖子；B. an orange一个桔子；C. an apple一个苹果；D. a leaf一片树叶。由下句里的：why the apple fell可知他看到的是一个苹果掉下来。故选C。

【5】D考查动词及语境理解。句意：在努力理解为什么苹果落下的过程中，他发现了地球、太阳、月球及星星的位置。A. described描述；B. invented 发明；C. complained抱怨；D. discovered发现。Invent指发明出本来不存在的东西；discover的发现本身存在而未被人们发现的东西。宇宙中的星球本身存在，在这之前未被发现，用discover。故选D。

【6】C考查动词短语及语境理解。句意：他想要找出为什么水壶里的蒸气可以移动重重的盖子。A. look out当心，往外看；B. take out拿出，取出；C. find out找出，查明；D. turn out结果是。牛顿想通过思考找出其中的原因。故选C。

【7】B考查动词及语境理解。句意：当他长大了，他成功地改进了蒸气发动机。A. increased增加；B. improved改进，改善；C. repaired 修理，修补；D. influenced影响。通过研究、思考，提高了蒸气发动机的性能。故选B。

【8】D考查副词及语境理解。句意：从那时起，它可以轻易地做许多匹马的工作。A. hardly几乎不；B. busily忙碌地；C. heavily 沉重地；D. easily容易地。机器轻易地干以前动物做的工作。故选D。

【9】A考查副词及语境理解。句意：下一次你见到一艘蒸气船或蒸气机时，记得没有某人的努力思考，它是绝对不会被建成的。A. never从不，绝不；B. ever曾经；C. still还，仍旧；D. yet然而。没有努力的思考，绝不可能有什么发明。故选A。

【10】B考查形容词及语境理解。句意：孩子们，当你有困难的功课要学习时，不要感到恢心。A. possible可能的；B. difficult困难的；C. simple简单的；D. useful有用的。学习中遇到困难时，不要恢心。故选B。