Question

【题目】阅读短文及文后选项，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Human’s Greatest Achievements

The Earth is 4.5 billion years old, but the human race has lived on it for just 200,000 years. In that short time, we have achieved some amazing things.

【1】 The list is almost endless. The invention of the airplane has changed our lives. The discovery of antibiotics(抗生素) has saved the lives of millions of people. Can you imagine living without electricity? What about the printing press? Without the printing press, you wouldn’t be reading this. In the last 50 years, there have been great achievements in communication, such as radio, TV, computers, the Internet, and smartphones. 【2】

What about arts? The arts have brought pleasure to many people, but are the Beatles and Bach more important than antibiotics? 【3】

Finally, we must not forget humans’ early achievements. 【4】 We can’t imagine modern life without cooked food and cars.

What are humans’ greatest achievements? To answer the question, we need to decide what we mean by “great”. 【5】 Or is it just something that makes us say “Wow,” like the Great Wall? What do you think?

A. We could probably live without them, but life wouldn’t be as interesting.

B. Is it something that makes us rich or happy or save lives?

C. And is Mickey Mouse as important an achievement as going to space?

D. They used fire for cooking and heating and invented the wheel.

E. Many of humans’ great achievements are in science and technology.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【5】B

【解析】本文介绍了人类的伟大成就。没有这些伟大的发现和成就，人类生活将会没有意思。

【1】E

根据In that short time, we have achieved some amazing things.可知此处介绍了人类取得的成就，故选E。

【2】A

根据Can you imagine living without electricity? What about the printing press? Without the printing press, you wouldn’t be reading this.可知此处表示想象一下没有这些发现和成就，我们的生活会是什么样，故选A。

【3】C

根据What about arts? The arts have brought pleasure to many people, but are the Beatles and Bach more important than antibiotics?可知此处是把艺术和科技作比较，它们是不是一样重要，故选C。

【4】D

根据We can’t imagine modern life without cooked food and cars.可知没有火就没有汽车和煮熟的食物，因此我们用火煮熟食物，用火来发明汽车，故选D。

【5】B

根据Or is it just something that makes us say “Wow,” like the Great Wall?可知此处用一种问句来提问什么可能是“伟大”，故选B。