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【題目】“I will think of it.” It is easy to say this, but do you know what great things have come from thinking? We cannot see our thoughts, or hear, or taste, or feel them, yet what power they have!

A boy named Watt sat quietly by the fireside, watching the lid(蓋子) of a pot move up and down. The boiling water makes steam. He wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the heavy lid. He went on thinking and thinking. When he grew up, he improved the steam engine(發(fā)動機) so much that it could easily do the work of many horses. When you see a steamboat or a steam train, remember that it would never have been built if it had not been the hard thinking of someone.

James was a poor farmer’s boy from Scotland. Once, seeing the inside of a watch, he thought, “I am sure that I could make a watch too.” He kept thinking and then made a wooden clock which kept good time. In a few years while still a small boy, he made enough money to support his father. When he grew up, he went to London to live. Some of the wisest men in England, and the king himself, used to come and listen to him speak. His motto was “I will think of it” which means that he would be able to think of how to do something. In this way, he made his thoughts useful to himself and the world.

Boys and girls, when you have a difficult lesson to learn, don't feel discouraged. Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think in a way that solves your problems, and the problem of others.

【1】What made Watt think to invent the steam engine?

A. The boiling water made the lid of a pot move up and down.

B. Watt liked to sit quietly by the fireside, watching water.

C. He got a high education and learned a lot about water.

D. He liked to study a steamboat or a steam train.

【2】What do the people mentioned in the passage have in common?

A. They wanted to be successful and famous.

B. They kept thinking of a solution.

C. Their families were very good.

D. They were rich and worked hard.

【3】The underlined word “discouraged” in the last paragraph means _______________.

A. 困難的 B. 自信的 C. 失望的 D. 灰心的

【4】What does the passage want to tell us?

A. We should thinking less and work hard.

B. We should give up easily if meeting difficulties.

C. We should work hard to be famous.

D. We should try to think of ways to solve problems.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】D

【解析】這篇短文主要通過三個例子來給我們講述了思考的重要作用。

【1】根據(jù)文中A boy named Watt sat quietly by the fireside, watching the lid(蓋子) of a pot move up and down. The boiling water makes steam. He wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the heavy lid.可知，開水使壺蓋上下移動，使Watt發(fā)明了水蒸氣。故選A。

【2】根據(jù)文中所舉的實例，可知他們都有一個共同的特點就是，他們在一直思考問題，怎樣發(fā)明一個東西。故選B。

【3】根據(jù)下文Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think in a way that solves your problems, and the problem of others.可知上文是discouraged的意思是“灰心的”。當(dāng)你在學(xué)習(xí)中有困難的時候，不要灰心。故選D。

【4】通讀整篇短文可知，這篇短文主要是想告訴我們應(yīng)該用思考的方式去解決問題。通過瓦特發(fā)明蒸汽機等例子。故選D。