Question

【題目】Simple things that are super complex

● Defining (定義) the word “the” is really difficult.

The word “the” is one of the most common words in the English language and most of us have probably never stopped to think about how strange of a word it actually is. A dictionary lists more than twenty different ways the word can be used in a sentence correctly, which makes an exact definition of the word much more difficult to explain.

● There’s no theory (理論) accepted by everyone on how bikes work.

Bicycles have existed (存在) for over 100 years, and scientists have been discussing about how exactly they work, or more specifically, how they stay upright, almost since they were first invented. But there’s no exact answer to it. And because bicycle dynamics (動態(tài)) isn’t exactly an area of science into which researchers like to spend time, it’s highly impossible that we’ll know for sure anytime soon.

● Yawning (打哈欠)

Yawning is a puzzling phenomenon (現(xiàn)象). Even that act of talking about it is simple enough to make some people do it. There is really no other bodily function quite like it. In fact, there is no theory for we yawn, which is agreed upon by everyone. As for why yawning is contagious (傳染), no one knows that either.

閱讀以上信息，用恰當(dāng)?shù)脑~完成下面的表格，每空一詞。

The word “the”	● It is one of the most words in English language, most of us 【1】 on thinking about the word. ● There are 【2】 twenty different ways of its usage in the dictionary, it is still difficult to make an exact definition of this word.
Bicycle	● Bicycle have existed for over 100 years and have been 【3】 how exactly they work. ● Researchers don’t like to spend time on how bicycles and 【4】 react to each other.
Yawning	● It’s a puzzling phenomenon which is simple enough to make some people do while talking about it. ● No other bodily function is like yawning. ● No one knows the 【5】 — why yawning is contagious.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】insisted

【2】over

【3】discussed

【4】riders

【5】reason

【解析】

本文作者主要說明了越是簡單的事情就越復(fù)雜，比如最簡單的單詞“the”的用法，比如自行車到底是如何工作的，比如人為什么打哈欠，都是一些很簡單的事情，但是卻沒有人知道原因。

【1】根據(jù)原文most of us have probably never stopped to think about how strange of a word it actually is.其中用到了“never stopped to think about….”從來沒有停止思考過…即“一直在思考”，故填insisted/ kept.

【2】根據(jù)原文A dictionary lists more than twenty different ways the word can be used in a sentence correctly可知字典中對這個單詞有20多種在句子中的用法，“more than”多于，大于，即“over”故填over。

【3】根據(jù)原文and scientists have been discussing about how exactly they work,可知科學(xué)家一直在討論自行車到底是怎么工作的，原文匯總的主語是scientists, 但是題目中句子的主語卻是Bicycle，所以是“被討論”，所以用過去分詞，故填discussed.

【4】根據(jù)And because bicycle dynamics (動態(tài)) isn’t exactly an area of science into which researchers like to spend time,因?yàn)樽孕熊噭恿�學(xué)并不是科學(xué)家喜歡研究的領(lǐng)域�！�bicycle dynamics”即騎自行車時，自行車和人之間的相互作用力，故此空填riders.

【5】根據(jù)原文In fact, there is no theory for we yawn, which is agreed upon by everyone.打哈欠是沒有任何理論的，但卻是大家都公認(rèn)的現(xiàn)象�！�there is no theory for we yawn”也就是沒人知道打哈欠的原因，故此空填reason.