题目内容
Looking back on my childhood,I am quite sure that naturalists are born and not made.Although we were all brought up in the same way,my brothers and sisters soon left their pressed flowers and insects completely and forever.Unlike them,I had no ear for music and languages.I was not an early reader and I could not do mental mathematics.
Before World War I we spent our summer holidays in Hungary.I have only the dim(模糊的)memory of the house we lived in,of my room and my toys.Nor do I remember clearly the large family of grandparents,aunts,uncles and cousins who gathered next door.But I do have a clear memory of the dogs,the farm animals,the local birds,and above all,the insects.
I am a naturalist,not a scientist.I have a strong love of the natural world and my interest had led me into varied investigations(调查).I love discussing my favorite subjects and enjoy burning the midnight oil reading about other people's discoveries.Then something happens that brings these discoveries together in my mind.Suddenly you imagine you see the answer to the question,because it all seems to fit together.This has resulted in my publishing 300 papers and books,which some might honor with the title of scientific research.
But interest,a good eye,a good memory and enjoyment of the animal and plant world do not make a scientist:one of the outstanding and necessary qualities required is self-discipline(自我修养),a quality I lack.A scientist,up to point,can be made.A naturalist is born.If you can combine the two,you get the best of both worlds.
1.The first paragraph tells us the author________.
A.was interested in flowers and insects in his childhood
B.lost his hearing when he was a child
C.didn't like his brothers and sisters
D.was born to a naturalist's family
2.The author can't remember his relatives clearly because________.
A.he didn't live very long with them
B.the family was extremely large
C.he was too young when he lived with them
D.he paid more attention to nature
3.The author says that he is a naturalist rather than a scientist probably because he thinks he________.
A.has a great deal of trouble doing mental mathematics
B.lacks some of the qualities required of a scientist
C.just reads about other people's discoveries
D.comes up with solutions (解决方法) in a most natural way
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1-25各题所给的四个选项中, 选出一个最佳答案。
When sailors are allowed ashore (登岸) after a long time at sea, they sometimes get drunk and cause trouble. 1 this reason, the navy (海军) 2 has its police in big ports. 3 sailors cause trouble, the police come and 4them.
One day, the police in a big seaport received a telephone call 5 a bar(酒吧)in the town. The barman said that a big sailor had got drunk and 6 the furniture in the bar. The officer 7 the police guard that evening said that he 8 immediately.
Now, officers who 9 and punish the sailors who were 10 drunk usually choose 11 policeman they could find to go with them. 12 this particular officer did not do this. Instead, he chose the smallest and 13 man he could find to go to the bar with him and 14 the sailor. Another officer who 15 there was surprised when he saw the officer of the guard choose 16 small man. 17 he said to him. "Why 18 you take a big man with you? You have to fight the sailor who 19."
"Yes, you are 20 right," answered the officer of the guard. "That is exactly 21 I 22 this small man. If you saw two policemen coming 23 you, and one of them was 24 the other, which one 25 you attack(攻击)?"
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B. Because of |
C. For |
D. To |
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A. always |
B. seldom |
C. forever |
D. sometimes |
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A. As |
B. Where |
C. Wherever |
D. Whenever |
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A. meet with |
B. deal with |
C. meet |
D. judge |
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A. about |
B. from |
C. in |
D. of |
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A. was breaking |
B. would break |
C. had broken into |
D. was breaking in |
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(7) |
A. charging |
B. charged by |
C. in charge of |
D.in charge from |
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(8) |
A. was leaving |
B. is coming |
C. will leave |
D. would come |
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A. would go |
B. need come |
C. dared come |
D. had to go |
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A. very |
B. very much |
C. heavily |
D. much more |
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A. the biggest |
B. a much bigger |
C. a bigger |
D. a big |
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A. In fact |
B. But |
C. So |
D. And |
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A. strong-looking |
B. weakest-looking |
C. stronger-looking |
D. strongest-looking |
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(14) |
A. seize |
B. caught |
C. get rid of |
D. deal |
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(15) |
A. was |
B. had been |
C. would be |
D. happened to be |
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A. such an |
B. so a |
C. such a |
D. a such |
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(17) |
A. Yet |
B. But |
C. So |
D. Then |
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A. don't |
B. didn't |
C. can't |
D. do |
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(19) |
A. had got drunk |
B. is drunk |
C. is drinking |
D. drank |
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A. all |
B. very |
C. too |
D. quite |
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(21) |
A. how |
B. what |
C. why |
D. that |
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A. will carry |
B. take |
C. am taking |
D. am holding |
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A. up |
B. at |
C. onto |
D. towards |
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A. not smaller than |
B. as big as |
C. as small as |
D. much smaller than |
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A. would |
B. will |
C. shall |
D. can |
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完形填空
Tadatoyo Yamamoto is a Japanese businessman.He 1 the US from time to time.While he was 2 at a hotel on a visit to Chicago,he put his bag on the 3 .A few minutes 4 ,Mr Yamamoto reached down for it,but it was 5 .Inside it were about $ 900,his passport(护照), 6 of his family,and his 7 tickets to Japan.
But three weeks 8 he returned to Tokyo,Mr Yamamoto 9 an envelope.There was 10 inside but his passport,his airline tickets,photos of his family and 11 orders for more than $900 and a 12 from Mr Joseph Loveras.It said:
“I 13 this money order and the things … will make you believe in the 14 of Chicago.”
The next 15 he travelled to the US,Mr Yamamoto 16 Mr Loveras.He was a 67-year-old sick man with a total 17 of $ 493 a month.
He explained that he 18 the bag on a street corner and 19 the money and the tickets in the top part of the 20 .He changed the money into money orders and 21 his own money to send it to Japan.
Mr Yamamoto was very 22 by what Mr Loveras had done. “I asked him 23 he would go to all the trouble to return 24 to me.He told me that if he had not done it,it would have made him feel bad for the rest of his 25 .”
Now they have become friends,and Mr Yamamoto visits Mr Loveras every time he is in the US.
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A.understands |
B.studies |
C.visits |
D.calls |
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A.looking |
B.living |
C.telephoning |
D.sleeping |
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A.table |
B.floor |
C.car |
D.computer |
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A.later |
B.ago |
C.before |
D.earlier |
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A.open |
B.broken |
C.down |
D.gone |
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A.information |
B.photos |
C.names |
D.letters |
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A.coming |
B.return |
C.written |
D.waste |
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A.when |
B.before |
C.after |
D.till |
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A.received |
B.accepted |
C.picked up |
D.heard from |
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A.anything |
B.something |
C.everything |
D.nothing |
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A.money |
B.post |
C.spoken |
D.bank |
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A.record |
B.letter |
C.programme |
D.passage |
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A.decide |
B.believe |
C.hope |
D.learn |
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A.service |
B.hotels |
C.police |
D.people |
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A.day |
B.hour |
C.time |
D.way |
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A.looked for |
B.looked after |
C.called at |
D.called on |
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A.unmber |
B.income |
C.saving |
D.cost |
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A.bought |
B.tried |
C.saw |
D.picked |
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A.found |
B.paid |
C.passed |
D.changed |
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A.bus |
B.bag |
C.jpise |
D.wall |
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A.shared |
B.got |
C.wasted |
D.spent |
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A.excited |
B.surprised |
C.moved |
D.frigtened |
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A.how |
B.when |
C.whether |
D.why |
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A.things |
B.everything |
C.the bag |
D.the money |
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A.life |
B.country |
C.city |
D.family |