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【题目】“I will think of it.” It is easy to say this, but do you know what great things have come from thinking? We cannot see our thoughts, or hear, or taste, or feel them, yet what power they have!

A boy named Watt sat quietly by the fireside, watching the lid(盖子) of a pot move up and down. The boiling water makes steam. He wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the heavy lid. He went on thinking and thinking. When he grew up, he improved the steam engine(发动机) so much that it could easily do the work of many horses. When you see a steamboat or a steam train, remember that it would never have been built if it had not been the hard thinking of someone.

James was a poor farmer’s boy from Scotland. Once, seeing the inside of a watch, he thought, “I am sure that I could make a watch too.” He kept thinking and then made a wooden clock which kept good time. In a few years while still a small boy, he made enough money to support his father. When he grew up, he went to London to live. Some of the wisest men in England, and the king himself, used to come and listen to him speak. His motto was “I will think of it” which means that he would be able to think of how to do something. In this way, he made his thoughts useful to himself and the world.

Boys and girls, when you have a difficult lesson to learn, don't feel discouraged. Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think in a way that solves your problems, and the problem of others.

【1】What made Watt think to invent the steam engine?

A. The boiling water made the lid of a pot move up and down.

B. Watt liked to sit quietly by the fireside, watching water.

C. He got a high education and learned a lot about water.

D. He liked to study a steamboat or a steam train.

【2】What do the people mentioned in the passage have in common?

A. They wanted to be successful and famous.

B. They kept thinking of a solution.

C. Their families were very good.

D. They were rich and worked hard.

【3】The underlined word “discouraged” in the last paragraph means _______________.

A. 困难的 B. 自信的 C. 失望的 D. 灰心的

【4】What does the passage want to tell us?

A. We should thinking less and work hard.

B. We should give up easily if meeting difficulties.

C. We should work hard to be famous.

D. We should try to think of ways to solve problems.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】D

【解析】这篇短文主要通过三个例子来给我们讲述了思考的重要作用。

【1】根据文中A boy named Watt sat quietly by the fireside, watching the lid(盖子) of a pot move up and down. The boiling water makes steam. He wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the heavy lid.可知，开水使壶盖上下移动，使Watt发明了水蒸气。故选A。

【2】根据文中所举的实例，可知他们都有一个共同的特点就是，他们在一直思考问题，怎样发明一个东西。故选B。

【3】根据下文Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think in a way that solves your problems, and the problem of others.可知上文是discouraged的意思是“灰心的”。当你在学习中有困难的时候，不要灰心。故选D。

【4】通读整篇短文可知，这篇短文主要是想告诉我们应该用思考的方式去解决问题。通过瓦特发明蒸汽机等例子。故选D。