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1、1 Section Introduction & Reading and Vocabulary . 阅读理解 A He is regarded as having one of the brightest minds on the planet.But outstanding astrophysicist(天体物理学家 )Stephen Hawking has admitted that he did not learn to read until he was eight years old. In a public lecture at the Royal Albert Hall，Prof
2、essor Hawking also admitted that he was not active in studying while at Oxford University， where he studied physics ，and that only the diagnosis that he might die young from motor neuron(神 经元 )disease made him concentrate on his work. Professor Hawking said ，“My sister Philippa could read by the age
3、 of 4 but then she was definitely brighter than me.” He said that he was unexceptional at school and was never further than halfway up his class.“My classwork was very untidy， and my handwriting was the despair of my teachers，” he said.“But my classmates gave me the nickname Einstein，so presumably t
4、hey saw signs of something better.” But he said that it was when doctors told him that he probably only had a few years to live at the age of 21 that galvanized(刺激 )him into focusing on his work and a period of productivity that resulted in some of his early breakthroughs.He said ， “When you are fac
5、ed with the possibility of an early death，it makes you realize that life is worth living and there are lots of things you want to do.” 【语篇解读】文章向我们讲述了传奇科学家霍金的故事。 1Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? AStephen Hawking is the second Einstein in the world. BStephen Hawking couldn
6、t read at the age of 7. CStephen Hawkings handwriting was once terribly bad. DStephen Hawkings sister once performed much better than him. 解析： 选 A 细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句“But my classmates gave me the nickname Einstein，so presumably they saw signs of something better.”可知，绰号 “爱因斯坦”是同学给起的，但并不意味着他就是第二个爱因斯坦。故选A
7、项。 2We can infer that Stephen Hawking was_when he was a child and studied in Oxford University. Aclever B lazy Cbright D mean 2 解析： 选 B 推理判断题。根据第一段特别是“But outstanding astrophysicist ( 天 体物理学家 )Stephen Hawking has admitted that he did not learn to read until he was eight years old. ”和第二段开头霍金自己承认的话中可知
8、，他小时候和在大学里是非常懒 惰的。 3What can we learn from the last paragraph? AStephen Hawking didnt realize his dreams in physics. BIt was possible for Hawking to face the early death. CThe purpose of the doctors diagnosis was to encourage him to work hard. DHis life might be taken away by long hard work. 解析： 选 B
9、 细节理解题。根据最后一段特别是“He said ，When you are faced with the possibility of an early death，it makes you realize that life is worth living and there are lots of things you want to do.”可知，他有可能要面对英年早逝的不 幸事实。故选B项。 4From whom did Hawking get a relatively just respect when he was at school? AHis sister. B His cl
10、assmates. CHis teachers. D His parents. 解析： 选 B 细节理解题。根据第三段最后霍金的话可知，尽管老师不看好他，同学们 仍给他“爱因斯坦”的绰号，他们从他身上看到了好的一面。 B About ten men in every hundred suffer from color blindness in some way.Women are luckier；only about one in two hundred is affected in this matter.Perhaps， after all， it is safer to be drive
11、n by a woman! There are different forms of color blindness.In some cases a man may not be able to see deep red.He may think that red ， orange and yellow are all shadows of green.Sometimes a person cannot tell the difference between blue and green.In rare cases an unlucky man may see everything in sh
12、ades of green a strange world indeed. Color blindness in human beings is a strange thing to explain.In a single eye there are millions of very small things called “cones”These help us to see in a bright light and to tell the difference between colors.There are also millions of “rods”， but these are
13、used for seeing when it is near dark.They show us shape but no color. Some insects have favorite colors.Mosquitoes prefer blue to yellow.A red light will not attract insects，but a blue lamp will.In a similar way human beings also have favorite colors.Yet we are lucky.With the aid of the cones in our
14、 eyes we can 3 see many beautiful colors by day， and with the aid of the rods we can see shapes at night.One day we may even learn more about the invisible colors around us. 【语篇解读】本文主要讲述了关于色盲的一些知识。 5The passage is mainly about_ Acolor and its surprising effects Bwomen being luckier than men Cdanger
15、caused by color blindness Dcolor blindness 解析： 选 D 主旨大意题。本文第一段讲述了男女色盲的比例，第二段主要讲了色盲的 形式，第三段主要讲了关于色盲很难解释的一些事情。故选D项。 6Which of the following statements about the color- blind is TRUE? ANot all of them have the same problem in recognizing color. BNone of them can see deep red. CNone of them can tell the
16、 difference between blue and green. DAll of them see everything in shades of green. 解析： 选 A 细节理解题。根据第二段可知，人与人之间有不同形式的色盲。 7According to the passage，with the help of the“cones”， we can_ Atell different shapes Bsee in a weak light Ckill mosquitoes Dtell orange from yellow 解析： 选 D 细节理解题。根据第三段第三句“These help us to see in a bright light and to tell the difference between colors.”可知，“ cones”可以帮助我们分辨颜色。 故选 D项。
