题目内容
【题目】III. Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.
A. famous B. although C. history D. first
E. was connected with F. flew G. until
Electricity didn’t begin when Benjamin Franklin 【1】 his kite during a rainstorm, nor did it begin when people first used light bulbs.
Electricity has always been around 【2】 it’s invisible. Scientists have worked with electricity for thousands of years. We’ve all heard of some 【3】 scientists such as Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison, but many other important inventors have been buried in 【4】. Back in ancient Greece, scientists began to study electricity. Over 2,000 years later in 1600, English scientist William Gilbert 【5】 used the word “electric” in a report. When Edison’s generator (发电机) 【6】 James Watt’s steam engine, it became possible to produce a lot of electricity at last. Scottish inventor Watt was born in 1763. His name was given to the electric unit of power, the watt (瓦特).
【答案】
【1】F
【2】B
【3】A
【4】C
【5】D
【6】E
【解析】
文章讲述了电是怎么发明的,以及单位“瓦特”的由来。
【1】句意:当本杰明富兰克林在暴雨中放风筝时,电并没有开始。
根据句意理解可知,这里表达的是“放风筝”,英语是fly a kite,而前句用的是过去时,所以这里应该也用过去时,fly的过去式是flew,故选F。
【2】句意:电虽然看不见,但一直存在。
根据句意理解可知,这里表达的是“虽然,尽管”,英语是although,是一个连词,在英语中引导让步状语从句,故选B。
【3】句意:我们都听说过一些著名的科学家。
根据句意理解及后句such as Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison可知,这里表达的是“著名的”,英语是famous,在句中作定语,修饰后面的名词scientists,故选A。
【4】句意:但许多其他重要的发明家已被埋葬在历史中。
根据句意理解及后句Back in ancient Greece, scientists began to study electricity.可知,这里表达的是“历史”,英语是history,故选C。
【5】句意:2000多年后的1600年,英国科学家威廉·吉尔伯特在一份报告中首次使用了“电”这个词。
根据句意理解可知,这里表达的是“第一次”,英语中表达“第几”要用序数词,所以这里应该用first,故选D。
【6】句意:当爱迪生的发电机与詹姆斯瓦特的蒸汽机相连时,终于可以产生大量的电。
根据句意理解可知,这里表达的是“连接”,英语是be connected with,而文章讲述的是过去的事情,所以这里be动词应该用过去时,而句子主语是generator,是单数名词,所以这里的be动词应该用was,故选E。