Question

【題目】A.remained B.embarrassed C.similar D. material E.gained

Carver studied peanuts.He knew that the south couldn't grow just cotton. Planting cotton year after year wore out the soil and made it useless.Carver learned that if farmers planted cotton one year and peanuts the next,the soil【1】healthy.

To encourage this practice,Carver thought of new uses for the peanut.Would you like to try peanut and raisin ice cream? How about using peanuts as a kind of【2】 to make shampoo? Perhaps you would prefer to make paint from peanuts,or maybe

you would like to bake with peanut flour.Glue? Paper? Rubber? The list goes on and on.He also thought of【3】uses for pecans (山核桃）and other nuts.

Carver【4】little from most of his inventions.He didn't feel that it was right to sell his ideas. He gave them freely to help farmers and fellow scientists.Carver's life is one that we could all use as an example.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【4】E

【解析】本文介紹了卡佛關于花生的用途的一些發(fā)明。他覺得出售自己的想法是不對的，所以他沒有因為自己的發(fā)明而賺得很多錢。

【1】A

句意：卡佛得知如果農民一年種棉花，第二年種花生，土壤將仍然健康。此處接形容詞healthy，故用系動詞，故為remained。故選A。

【2】D

句意：把花生用于制作一種洗發(fā)水的材料怎么樣？a kind of修飾名詞，根據句意花生用于制作洗發(fā)水的材料，故用material，故選D。

【3】C

句意：他也想出了關于山核桃和其他堅果的相似用法。修飾名詞uses，故用形容詞similar，故選C。

【4】E

句意：卡佛從他的大多數發(fā)明中獲得很少。根據.He didn't feel that it was right to sell his ideas.可知他沒有因為他的發(fā)明獲得很多，故用動詞gained，故選E。