Question

【題目】D

Humans’ 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 (印刷術(shù))? 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 (智能手機(jī)). 2

What about the 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?

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容，從下面五個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出能填入文中空缺處的最佳選項(xiàng)，使短文意思通順、內(nèi)容完整，并將其標(biāo)號填寫在下面題號后的橫線上。

A. Is it something that makes us rich or happy or save lives? B. They used fire for cooking and heating and invented the wheel. C. Many of humans’ great achievements are in science and technology. D. And is Mickey Mouse as important an achievement as going to space? E. We could probably live without them, but life wouldn’t be as interesting.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】E

【3】D

【4】B

【5】A

【解析】

【文章大意】本文敘述了歷史上的人們?nèi)〉玫某删�，現(xiàn)在人們已經(jīng)適應(yīng)了現(xiàn)代的生活方式，所以這些成就對目前人們的生活來說很重要。

【1】 根據(jù)空前的we have achieved some amazing things.及空后的The list is almost endless.可知，這里起承上啟下的作用，故選C。

【2】 根據(jù)In the last 50 years, there have been great achievements in communication, such as radio, TV, computers, the Internet, and smartphones可知，人們已經(jīng)適應(yīng)了現(xiàn)代化的生活，沒有了現(xiàn)在的現(xiàn)代化的東西，生活就會變得很無趣，故選E。

【3】 根據(jù)空前面是一個(gè)疑問句，而這一段主要是在講藝術(shù)方面的成就，而此空也必然也是同藝術(shù)科技成就的一個(gè)對比，故選D。

【4】 根據(jù)空后的We can’t imagine modern life without cooked food and cars.可知前面應(yīng)該也與做飯相關(guān)，故選B。

【5】 根據(jù)由下文的＂or＂可以判斷出前面也是一個(gè)疑問句，故選A。