Question

【題目】Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (選擇最恰當?shù)膯卧~或短語完成短文):

The word that has changed the world

Apple is one of the most popular fruits in our life, and people eat apples every day. But there are ________ apples that are especially important to the history of our human beings and they have changed the whole world.

Long long ago when the world just started, apple was a forbidden(被禁止的) fruit in the Garden of Eden, however, a girl named Eve stole and ate it. Unfortunately, she was discovered by God, and was driven away from the Garden together with a boy called Adam. After they left the garden, Adam and Eve had their own babies and became the ancestors(祖先) of all of us. This is the ________ of our world.

In the Autumn of 1665, there was a young man sitting under an apple tree in his garden. His name was Newton. While he was thinking of one problem, suddenly, an apple dropped down from the tree and fell on his head. ________ this, Newton discovered gravitation(引力) on that day and his new idea of science made people really surprised and happy, also he changed our opinions about nature and the way we think, then people began to ________ what science was at that time.

And today, Jobs Steve, this crazy old man changed the world by his apple products. For example, iPhones can be found ________ in the street. Young people feel cool when they use this kind of new high-tech(技術) product. Don’t you think that apple products have become a symbol of our time? As Jobs Steve often said he was born to change the world and he made it. ________ he has died, people remember him and miss him. It is because he made our life more colorful and amazing.

【1】A. one B. two C. three D. four

【2】A. top B. beginning C. disaster D. end

【3】A. Because of B. In favour of C. Instead of D. With the help of

【4】A. watch B. talk C. share D. know

【5】A. somewhere B. nowhere C. everywhere D. anywhere

【6】A. However B. Although C. Since D. Unless

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】D

【5】C

【6】B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文講的是和蘋果有關的三個故事，一個亞當與夏娃的故事，一個是牛頓的故事，還有一個就是喬布斯的故事。

【1】C考查數(shù)詞與語境理解。A. one一個；B. two兩個； C. three三；D. four 四。句意：但有三個蘋果對人類歷史尤其重要并改變了整個世界。根據(jù)后文介紹的內容，有三個關于蘋果的故事，故選答案C

【2】B考查名詞與語境理解。A. top頂部；B. beginning開始；C. disaster災難；D. end結束。句意：這就是我們世界的開始。根據(jù)句意及語境亞當和夏娃成為人類的祖先，所以是世界的開始，故選B。

【3】A考查詞組與語境理解。A. Because of因為；B. In favour of喜歡；C. Instead of代替；D. With the help of 在……幫助下。句意：因為這一點，牛頓在那一天發(fā)現(xiàn)了地球引力。據(jù)上下文的內容，可知答案為A，表示由于這個的意思，是指蘋果落地的意思，故選A

【4】D考查動詞與語境理解。A. watch觀察；B. talk交談； C. share分享；D. know 知道。句意：然后，在那時人們開始知道什么是科學。根據(jù)上文的意思，可知答案為D，表示知道的意思。符合題意。

【5】C考查不定代詞詞與語境理解。A. somewhere一些地方；B. nowhere沒有地方；C. everywhere到處；D. anywhere任何地方。句意：例如蘋果手機在大街上到處可以看到。根據(jù)上下文的意思和蘋果手機產(chǎn)品的實際情況，可知答案為C，表示到處都是的意思，故選C。

【6】B考查連詞與語境理解。A. However然而；B. Although雖然；C. Since自從；D. Unless除非。句意：雖然他已經(jīng)去世了，人們仍然記住他并懷念他。根據(jù)前后句子之間的關系，可知答案為B.表示盡管的意思，引導讓步狀語從句。