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) 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 achievement(成就) 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

【3】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. ③②① B. ②③① C. ②①③ D. ③①②

【4】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】 C

【3】 B

【4】 D

【解析】

我們的生活中，很多偉大的事情都來源于思考，這篇短文中給我們列舉了一些例子，并建議我們在學習中也應(yīng)該學會思考，來達到自己的目標。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段中It is easy to say this, but do you know what great things have come from thinking?可知，很多偉大的東西都來源于思考。故應(yīng)選D。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第三段中And when he became a man, he improved the steam engine(蒸汽機) so much that it could easily do the work of many horses.可知，James Watt改良了蒸汽機，由此可知應(yīng)選C。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第四段中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.可知，James Ferguson先看到了鐘表的內(nèi)部結(jié)構(gòu)，然后他想自己制作一個鐘表，并用鯨骨做鐘表的主發(fā)條，最后他制作了一個木鐘，走得非常準。由這些內(nèi)容可知應(yīng)選B。

【4】主旨大意題。短文第一段先點明It is easy to say this, but do you know what great things have come from thinking?很多偉大的事物都來源于思考。在文章的最后Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.作者再次重申了思考的重要。D選項的意思最符合文意，且能概括文章的主要內(nèi)容，故選D。

這篇短文通過舉例告訴了我們思考的重要性。文章主題明確，結(jié)構(gòu)清晰第一段點明主題，第二、三、四段分別給出了例子來證明，最后一段再次重申主題。后面的題目設(shè)置有細節(jié)理解題和主旨大意題，細節(jié)題考查我們對文章事實細節(jié)的理解，答案常可以在原文中找到。做題時，應(yīng)根據(jù)題目所問，利用關(guān)鍵詞定位到原文相關(guān)段落，找到有用信息作答。例如第3小題，這是一個排序題，首先我們應(yīng)先弄清楚每句話的意思，找到每句話的關(guān)鍵信息，然后根據(jù)James Ferguson這個人名定位到文章第四段中，根據(jù)這一段的描述可知應(yīng)選B。