Question

【題目】

“I will think of it.” It is easy to say this， but do you know what great things have come from thinking?

Sir Isaac Newton was sitting in his garden when he saw an apple fall from a tree. He began to think and tried to find out why the apple fell. Then he discovered how the sun， moon， and stars are kept in their places.

A boy named James Watt sat quietly by the fire， watching the lid of the kettle move up and down. He wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the lid. From that time he went on thinking and thinking. And when he became a man， he improved the steam engine (蒸汽機(jī)) so much that it could easily do the work of many horses.

James Ferguson was a poor boy. Once， seeing the inside of a watch， he wondered. “Why should I not make a watch?” But how could he get the materials to make the mainspring (鐘表的主發(fā)條)? He soon found he could make it with whalebone (鯨骨). He then made a wooden clock which kept good time. His motto (座右銘) was “I will think of it.” And he made his thoughts useful to himself and the world.

Boys and girls， when you have a difficult lesson to learn， don’t lose heart， and don’t ask someone for help before helping yourselves. Think， and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.

【1】From the passage， we know that some great things come from _____.

A. listening B. reading C. speaking D. thinking

【2】The idea of Isaac Newton’s discovery was from _____.

A. the falling of an apple

B. the cleaning of a garden

C. the falling of a tree

D. the moving of a lid

【3】The achievement of James Watt was that he _____.

A. kept thinking

B. found the steam in the kettle

C. improved the steam engine much

D. watched the lid move up and down

【4】The right order of the following sentences is _____.

① James Ferguson made a wooden clock.

② James Ferguson saw the inside of a watch.

③ James Ferguson made the mainspring with whalebone.

A. ③ ② ① B. ② ③ ① C. ② ① ③ D. ③ ① ②

【5】What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Learn to ask for help.

B. A difficult lesson to learn.

C. It is easy to say “I will think of it.

D. Think， and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【4】B

【5】D

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述的思想雖然看不見、摸不著，但是它卻帶來偉大的發(fā)明或發(fā)現(xiàn)。只有善于思考，才會(huì)有所發(fā)現(xiàn)和創(chuàng)造。遇到困難別灰心，勤用腦就會(huì)有創(chuàng)新。

【1】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句It is easy to say this， but do you know what great things have come from thinking? 的描述，可知一些偉大的事情來源于思考。故選D。

【2】 A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段的描述可知，牛頓發(fā)現(xiàn)萬有引力是根據(jù)他發(fā)現(xiàn)蘋果從樹上掉下來，他開始思考蘋果為什么掉下來，到后來發(fā)現(xiàn)萬有引力。故選A。

【3】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段最后一句From that time he went on thinking and thinking. And when he became a man， he improved the steam engine (蒸汽機(jī)) so much that it could easily do the work of many horses，可知瓦特的成就是改善了蒸汽機(jī)。故選C。

【4】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段的描述可知，當(dāng)他看到中標(biāo)內(nèi)部的結(jié)構(gòu)，就在想為什們不能制作一個(gè)手表呢，不久他先用鯨骨做了一個(gè)主發(fā)條，然后他做了一個(gè)木制的鬧鐘。故選B。

【5】 D主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章最后一句Think， and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.可知，文章的大意就是：通過思考，你將學(xué)會(huì)怎樣達(dá)到某個(gè)目的。故選D。