Question

I heard a story about a famous scientist who had made several very important achievements.

What made him   41   from others?

    He said it all came from   42   that happened when he was two years old. He tried to  43 

a bottle of milk away from the fridge, but the slippery(光滑的) bottle fell, spilling its milk all over the   44   floor.

    When his mother came in,  45   shouting at him, she said, “Robert, what a great mess(一團糟) you have made! I have never seen such a big puddle(水坑) of milk. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes   46   we clean it up?”

    Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, “Robert, when you make a mess like this, you have to clean it up at last. So,   47   would you like to do that? We would use a towel or a mop. Which do you prefer?” He chose the towel and together they cleaned up the milk.

    His mother then said, “We had a failed   48   in how to carry a big milk bottle with two small hands in the kitchen. Let’s go out and fill the bottle with water and see if you can   49   a way to carry it without dropping it.” The little boy learned that if he held the bottle at the top near the lip(杯口) with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it.

    This scientist then said that it was at that moment that he knew he didn’t need to be afraid to

  50  .So, what have you learnt from the story?

1.A. serious          B. similar             C. different    D. important

2. A. an experience     B. advice             C. a promise   D. an idea

3.A. pass             B. bring             C. drink             D. take

4. A. kitchen          B. bedroom           C. bathroom         D. living room

5.A. from            B. with               C. because of        D. instead of

6.A. after             B. before             C. as soon as      D. since

7.A. when            B. what              C. how              D. why

8. A. experiment        B. condition          C. survey      D. research

9.A. look             B. discover           C. recognize    D. develop

10. A. clean the floor     B. spill milk          C. make mistakes     D. realize mistakes

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.C

【解析】【主旨大意】本文講述一個著名的科學家在兩歲時，從冰箱里取牛奶時灑了牛奶，而他的媽媽沒有責罵他，而是鼓勵他找到正確的方法去取奶。從此他知道他不需要害怕犯錯誤。因此取得了很多的成就。

1.根據句意“什么使他不同于其他人”，可知選D。

2.根據下文的故事可知那時他在兩歲時發生的一次經歷。因此選A。

3.take.. away為固定短語意為“取走”。

4.冰箱應該放在廚房里。因此選A。

5.because of 意為“因為”，instead of意為“相反”。根據下文可知他的母親沒有對他喊叫。因此選D。

6.根據句意“在我們打掃干凈之前，你愿意下來在牛奶里玩嗎？”可知選B。

7.根據句意“你想如何做那個？”可知選C

8.根據句意“我們有了一個失敗的經驗”可知選A。

9.根據句意“看你是否能發現一種取牛奶而不掉落的方法”。Discover意為“發現”，因此選B。

10.根據文章大意可知“他知道他不需要害怕犯錯了”。因此選C。