Question

【題目】 Charles Darwin was a scientist who changed our understanding of the natural world. He is known _______ the Father of Modern Biology. Darwin spent all his life _______ nature and making notes about all the species (物種) he found.

Darwin was born in 1809 in England. Like many geniuses (天才), he didn’t do well at school and got _______ marks. He was a good athlete though and loved exploring nature and collecting sea shells. His father was a doctor and expected Charles _______ one too. Charles started studying medicine at Edinburgh University, but soon gave up his studies there.

In 1831, _______ the age of 22, Darwin went on a _______ expedition to South America, Australia and South Africa by ship. He was often seasick, but the things he saw on this long journey _______ his life. Darwin’s most famous book On the Origin of Species _______ in 1859 and sold out in a day. It said that all _______ things were related, which meant that human beings were just another kind of animal. These ideas were not popular at first, but now most people __________ them and admire Darwin as a brilliant scientist.

【1】A.asB.forC.onD.with

【2】A.studyB.to studyC.studyingD.having study

【3】A.wellB.goodC.littleD.poor

【4】A.becameB.becomeC.to becameD.to become

【5】A.inB.atC.onD.with

【6】A.5 yearB.5-yearC.5-yearsD.5 years

【7】A.savedB.madeC.gaveD.changed

【8】A.came inB.came outC.came onD.came true

【9】A.liveB.livesC.lifeD.living

【10】A.agree withB.agree toC.disagree withD.disagree to

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】D

【4】D

【5】B

【6】B

【7】D

【8】B

【9】D

【10】A

【解析】

文章大意：本文主要講了現(xiàn)代生物學(xué)之父達(dá)爾文的成長(zhǎng)故事，并詳細(xì)介紹了他為探索自然而進(jìn)行的活動(dòng)及其著作《物種起源》的觀點(diǎn)。

【1】句意：他作為現(xiàn)代生物學(xué)之父而知名。

考查介詞辨析。A. as作為；B. for因?yàn)椋?/span>C. on在……之上；D. with和。be known as作為……而知名；be known for因……而知名。根據(jù)題干中“the Father of Modern Biology”可知此處要用介詞as。故選A。

【2】句意：達(dá)爾文花費(fèi)他畢生時(shí)間研究自然和為他發(fā)現(xiàn)的所有物種作筆記。

考查非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。“study”意為“學(xué)習(xí)”。A. study動(dòng)詞原形；B. to study動(dòng)詞不定式；C. studying動(dòng)名詞；D. having study錯(cuò)誤搭配。spend some time doing sth.花費(fèi)時(shí)間做某事，是固定搭配。故選C。

【3】句意：像許多天才一樣，他在學(xué)校表現(xiàn)得不好，成績(jī)不理想。

考查形容詞辨析。A. well好，副詞；B. good好的；C. little少的；D. poor窮的，匱乏的。get poor marks成績(jī)很差，是固定搭配。故選D。

【4】句意：他的爸爸是一名醫(yī)生，期望查爾斯也成為一名醫(yī)生。

考查非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞�！�become”意為“成為”。A. became動(dòng)詞的過(guò)去式；B. become動(dòng)詞原形；C. to became錯(cuò)誤搭配；D. to become動(dòng)詞不定式。expect sb. to do sth.期望某人做某事，是固定搭配。故選D。

【5】句意：1831年，22歲時(shí)，達(dá)爾文乘船踏上了一場(chǎng)為期五年的去南美洲、澳洲和南非的探險(xiǎn)。

考查介詞辨析。A. in在……里；B. at在……；C. on在……之上；D. with和。at the age of …在……歲時(shí)，是表示年齡的固定搭配。故選B。

【6】句意：1831年，22歲時(shí)，達(dá)爾文乘船踏上了一場(chǎng)為期五年的去南美洲、澳洲和南非的探險(xiǎn)。

考查復(fù)合形容詞。根據(jù)題干中“a _____ expedition”可知此處要用“基數(shù)詞-名詞單數(shù)”構(gòu)成復(fù)合形容詞，此處用5-year。故選B。

【7】句意：他經(jīng)常暈船，但是他在長(zhǎng)途旅途中看到的事物改變了他的人生。

考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A. save挽救；B. made制造；C. gave給予；D. changed改變。根據(jù)下文說(shuō)他發(fā)表了《物種起源》這本書(shū)，可知是改變了他的人生。故選D。

【8】句意：達(dá)爾文最著名的書(shū)《物種起源》出版于1859年，并且在一天之內(nèi)賣完。

考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)。A. came in進(jìn)來(lái)；B. came out出版；C. came on加油；D. came true實(shí)現(xiàn)。根據(jù)句意“達(dá)爾文最著名的書(shū)《物種起源》____于1859年，并且在一天之內(nèi)賣完�！笨赏瞥龃颂幨钦f(shuō)《物種起源》出版。故選B。

【9】句意：書(shū)中說(shuō)所有的生物都有關(guān)聯(lián)，意味著人類是另一種動(dòng)物。

考查形近詞辨析。A. live活著；B. lives動(dòng)詞的第三人稱單數(shù)或life的復(fù)數(shù)形式；C. life生命；D. living活著的。living things是固定短語(yǔ)，意為“生物”。故選D。

【10】句意：這些觀點(diǎn)期初不受歡迎，但是現(xiàn)在大部分人同意它們并且贊譽(yù)達(dá)爾文是一名卓越的科學(xué)家。

考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)。A. agree with同意；B. agree to同意；C. disagree with不同意；D. disagree to不同意。根據(jù)上文“These ideas were not popular at first, but now most people”可推出此處是說(shuō)同意。with后接表示人或表示意見(jiàn)等的名詞，而to后只能接“提議、計(jì)劃、方案”等詞�？蘸�them指代上文中的觀點(diǎn)，要用介詞with。故選A。