Question

完形填空 Yesterday evening I was watching the evening news on television．The news was about a prize for a scientific 　　1　　 though I forgot what it was．The announcer, whose name was Ralph Story, said something that caught my 　　2　　．“All great discoveries made by young scientists, in their twenties…” Being a little over thirty myself, I wanted to 　　3　　 with him．Nobody wants to think that he is past the age of making any discovery．The next day I 　　4　　 to be in the public library and spent several hours looking up the　　5　　 of famous people and their discoveries．Ralph was right．First I looked at some of the 　　6　　 discoveries．One of the earliest discoveries, the famous experiment that proved that bodies of different 　　7　　 fall at the same speed, was made by Galileo when he was 26．Madam Curie started her research that 　　8　　 to Nobel Prize when she was 28．Einstein was 26 when he published his world-changing theory of relativity．Well, 　　9　　 of that．Yet I 　　10　　 if those “best years” were true in other fields．Then how about the field of 　　11　　? Surely it needs the wisdom of age to make a good leader．Perhaps it 　　12　　, but look when these people started their career．Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons at the age of 26．Abraham Lincoln 　　13　　 the life of a country lawyer and was elected to the government．At what 　　14　　? Twenty-six．But 　　15　　 don’t best years come after thirty? After thirty, I 　　16　　, most people do not want to take risk or try 　　17　　 ways．Then I thought of people like Shakespeare and Picasso．The former was 　　18　　 wonderful works at the ripe age of fifty, while the latter was 　　19　　 trying new ways of painting when he was 90!Perhaps there is still 　　20　　 for me． (1) [　　] A． invention B． discovery C． experiment D． progress (2) [　　] A． mind B． idea C． attention D． thought (3) [　　] A． agree B． disagree C． talk D． quarrel (4) [　　] A． happened B． went C． seemed D． meant (5) [　　] A． names B． ages C． achievements D． theories (6) [　　] A． modern B． scientific C． latest D． oldest (7) [　　] A． heights B． sizes C． weights D． things (8) [　　] A． led B． turned C． stuck D． referred (9) [　　] A． plenty B． enough C． much D． none (10) [　　] A． asked B． found C． wondered D． believed (11) [　　] A． science B． politics C． industry D． society (12) [　　] A． makes B． sets C． has D． does (13) [　　] A． devoted B． dropped C． began D． had (14) [　　] A． place B． year C． time D． age (15) [　　] A． why B． how C． whether D． what (16) [　　] A． trust B． realize C． guess D． know (17) [　　] A． wide B． new C． various D． serious (18) [　　] A． making B． writing C． doing D． inventing (19) [　　] A． always B． still C． seldom D． hardly (20) [　　] A． problem B． chance C． time D． hope

Answer 1

答案：1．B;2．C;3．B;4．A;5．B;6．B;7．C;8．A;9．B;10．C;11．B;12．D;13．B;14．D;15．A;16．C;17．B;18．B;19．B;20．D;
解析：

(1)	从下一句主持人话中的discoveries可知，这一奖项是为了科学“发现”，而不是“发明”“实验”或“进步”。
(2)	catch one’s attention意为“引起某人的注意”。
(3)	作者刚刚超过30岁，有点心中不服，所以要表示“不同意”。
(4)	happen to do sth．表示“碰巧做某事”。若要表达“去图书馆”，则为went to the public library。
(5)	从上文得知引起我不服的是年龄问题，从下文得知我查阅的是一些名人的年龄。
(6)	根据下文伽利略、居里夫人和爱因斯坦可知是“科学方面的发现”。
(7)	根据常识可知，伽利略实验的是不同“重量”的物体下落的速度。
(8)	led to意为“带来；导致”；turned to意为“转向”；stuck to意为“坚持”；referred to意为“提到；查阅”。根据句意应选A项，表示使她获得了诺贝尔奖。
(9)	查阅的结果证实了前面主持人的话是正确的，但作者仍心有不甘，所以用B项表示“够了”，然后去查查其他领域。plenty of表示“充足的；大量的”。
(10)	wondered表示“想知道”，于是去查阅其他领域的情况。
(11)	从下句的“make a good leader”以及下文丘吉尔和林肯的例子可以判断出，作者进一步查阅的是“政治”领域。
(12)	does代替前面出现的needs the wisdom of age to make a good leader，以避免重复。
(13)	drop此处指“放下、停止乡村律师的生活，被选为了总统”。
(14)	根据下一句的回答可知此处设问的是“年龄”。
(15)	作者在此提出了疑问。
(16)	作者作出了自己的揣测。
(17)	年龄大了往往会因循守旧，不去冒险、不尝试“新”的方法。
(18)	“写”作品。
(19)	90岁高龄“仍然”在尝试新的绘画方法。
(20)	莎士比亚和毕加索的实例给了作者以安慰，作者最后还是充满“希望”。