Great Gatsby, written by Fitzgerald in 1925, is a story about ______ who was destroyed by the influence of the wealthy, pleasure-seeking people around him.A.a vagabondB.an idealistC.an eccentricD.an opportunist

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Great Gatsby, written by Fitzgerald in 1925, is a story about ______ who was destroyed by the influence of the wealthy, pleasure-seeking people around him.

A.a vagabond

B.an idealist

C.an eccentric

D.an opportunist


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3.BOpen Letter to an EditorI had an interesting conversation with a reporter recently---one who works for you. In fact, he's one of your best reporters. He wants to leave.Your reporter gave me a copy of his resume (简历) and photocopies of six stories that he wrote for you. The headlines showed you played them proudly. With great enthusiasm, he talked about how he finds issues (问题), approaches them, and writes about them, which tells me he is one of your best. I'm sure you would hate to lose him. Surprisingly, your reporter is not unhappy. In fact, he told me he really likes his job. He has a great assignment (分工), and said you run a great paper. It would be easy for you to keep him, he said. He knows that the paper values him. He appreciates the responsibility you've given him, takes ownership of his profession, and enjoys his freedom.So why is he looking for a way out?He talked to me because he wants his editors to demand so much more of him. He wants to be pushed, challenged, coached to new heights.The reporter believes that good stories spring from good questions, but his editors usually ask how long the story will be, when it will be in, where it can play, and what the budget is.He longs for conversations with an editor who will help him turn his good ideas into great ones. He wants someone to get excited about what he's doing and to help him turn his story idea upside down and inside out, exploring the best ways to report it. He wants to be more valuable for your paper. That's what you want for him, too, isn't it?So your reporter has set me thinking.Our best hope in keeping our best reporters, copy editors, photographers, artists---everyone--is to work harder to make sure they get the help they are demanding to reach their potential. If we can't do it, they'll find someone who can.60. What does the writer think of the reporter?A. Optimistic.B. Imaginative.C. Ambitious.D. Proud.

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  • 第1题:

    About 150 years ago,a musician sat quietly at a concert in Vienna. He was playing his new symphony. He couldn‘t (11) that the audience were clapping wildly. He was deaf. He was Beethoven,one of the greatest musicians who ever lived.

    Beethoven wrote about 300 (12) of music. He wrote some of his most beautiful pieces after he became deaf. It is hard for anyone to be deaf. But it is even worse for a musician than for (13) else. Think of not being able to hear the music you have written!

    As a child Beethoven did not have a happy life. His father drank (14) .When the boy was only four,his father decided to make a musician (15) him. Hour after hour he had to practice (16) the violin. He learned so fast that he was able to make a concert tour when he was eleven. When he was seventeen,the great Mozart praised him. After he studied with Haydn. Beethoven was writing a great deal of music (17) .

    Beethoven had an ugly face and a bad temper. He was often invited (18) the homes of wealthy people. They forgave him when his temper flared up. Illness made him become deaf when he was (19) thirty-one.

    Beethoven wrote long pieces and short ones,gentle ones and (20) ones.

    A. hear

    B. listen

    C. listen to

    D. hear of


    正确答案:D
    [解析] hear表示听见,认真地听,故选D。

  • 第2题:

    learners will discover on the internet that they can use ___________ as a means of learning about and communicating with people around the world, including those who are not native speakers.

    A. German

    B. Chinese

    C. French

    D. English


    正确答案是:D

  • 第3题:

    The fast food industry has a great influence on the way of living of millions of people.()


    正确答案:对

  • 第4题:

    Scientists who study the brain have found out a great deal about how we learn.They have_____21_____that babies learn much more from the sights and sounds around them than we_____22_____before.You can?help your baby by taking advantage of her hunger to learn.
    From the_____23_____beginning,babies try to imitate the____24______they hear us make.They""read"the_____25_____on our faces and our movements.That is_____26_____it is so important to talk,sing and smile to?your child.Hearing you talk is your baby′s first_____27_____toward becoming a reader,because it_____28_____her?to love language and to learn words.
    As your child grows older,_____29_____talking with her.Ask her about the things she does.Ask her?about the events and people in the story you_____30_____together.Let her know you are carefully_____31_____what she says.By keeping her in_____32_____and listening,you are_____33_____encouraging your child to think as?she speaks._____34_____,you are showing that you respect her knowledge and her ability to____35______learning.

    第(21)题答案

    A.discovered
    B.heard
    C.watched
    D.written

    答案:A
    解析:
    【考情点拨】理解推断题。【应试指导】前一句提到科学家们发现了大量的关于我们如何学习的情况。此句进一步介绍他们发现的婴儿的学习情况,故选discover发现。

  • 第5题:

    共用题干
    Verne's Accurate Previw of the Future
    Since the beginning of time,man has been interested in the moon.The Romans designed a special day to show admiration and respect to the moon.They called it“Moonday”,or “Monday”,as we know it today.Later,the great mind of Leonardo da Vinci studied the moon and designed a machine to carry a human to the moon.Leonardo said that one day a great machine bird would take a person to the moon and bring great honor to the home where it was born.
    Four and a half centuries later,Leonardo's idea was realized.Apollo Ⅱ took three
    Americans一Collins,Aldrin,and Armstrong一to the moon.The mission did fill the whole world with great surprise,as Leonardo had said it would.Numerous essays,articles,and books were written about man's first moon mission.But perhaps the most interesting story was one written before the event一over 100 years ago.
    In 1865,French author Jules Verne wrote a story about the first journey to the moon.His story was very similar to the 1969 Apollo Ⅱ mission.
    Verne's spacecraft also contained three men一two Americans and a Frenchman.The spacecraft was described as being almost the same size as Apollo Ⅱ .The launch site in Verne's story was also in Florida.The spacecraft in Verne's story was named the“Columbiad”aa.The Apollo Ⅱ command ship was called“Columbia”.His account of sending the space-craft into the space could easily have been written about how Apollo Ⅱ was sent into the space.
    Verne's story was the same as the actual event in several other respects.The speed of Verne's spacecraft was 36,000 feet per second;Apollo's was 35,533 feet per second.Verne's spacecraft took 97 hours to reach the moon;Apollo's time was 103 hours.Like Apollo's spacemen,Verne's spacemen took pictures of the moon's surface,relaxed on their seats, cooked with gas,and experienced weightlessness.They also came down in the Pacific and were picked up by an American warship.
    What were the reasons for Jules Verne's extreme accuracy in describing an event 100 years or more before it actually occurred?He based his writings on the laws of physics and astronomy(天文学).Nineteenth-century science and the vivid Verne's imagination gave people an unbelievable accurate preview of the greatest events of the 20th century.

    The passage suggests that Jules Verne______.
    A:developed the laws of physics
    B:based his writing on the works of Leonardo da Vinci
    C:was very lucky in what he had described about the future
    D:knew a great deal about the laws of physics and astronomy

    答案:D
    解析:
    题干意为“Leonardo da Vinci说一个巨大的机器飞鸟将……”。利用题干中 的细节信息词/短语Leonardo da Vinci, a great machine bird作为定位线索,在第一段中找到 相关句:Since the beginning of time, man has been interested in the moon.The Romans designed a special day to show admiration and respect to the moon.They called it“Moonday”, or“Monday”,as we know it today.Later,the great mind of Leonardo da Vinci studied the moon and designed a machine to carry a human to the moon.Leonardo said that one day a great machine bird would take a person to the moon and bring great honor to the home where it was born.意为“Leonardo说将来有一天,一个巨大的机器飞鸟将把人带到月球上去,并因此给它所诞生的国家带来荣誉”,由此可知答案为D,把人带到月球上。
    题干意为“Jules Verne关于人类访问月球的故事写于大约什么时候?”利用 题干及四个备选项中的细节信息词/短语Jules Verne, story of a man's visit to the moon, 100 years before the Apollo Ⅱ mission,10 years before the Apollo Ⅱ mission four and onehalf centuries ago, 100 years ago作为定位线索,在第三段中找到相关句:In 1865, French author Jules Verne wrote a story about the first journey to the moon.His story was very similar to the 1969 Apollo Ⅱ mission.意为“1865年,法国作家Jules Verne写了关于第一次登月旅行。他的故事与1969年阿波罗二号的太空飞行任务很相似。”通过对比两个时间可知Jules Verne所写的故事比阿波罗二号的太空飞行任务早大约100年。
    题干意为“Verne所写的故事与……很相似”。利用题干及四个备选项中的 细节信息词/短语Verne's story, the first U.S.space mission, the Apollo Ⅱ mission, Leonardo da Vinci's story, numerous other books, same subject作为定位线索,在第三段中找到 相关句:In 1865 .French author Jules Verne wrote a story about the first journey to the moon.His story was very similar to the 1969 Apollo Ⅱ mission.意为“1865年,法国作家 Jules Verne写了关于第一次登月旅行。他的故事与1969年阿波罗二号的太空飞行任务很相似。”由此可知答案为B,
    题干意为“短文表明Jules Verne是怎样一个人?”利用题干及四个备选项中的细节信息词/短语Jules Verne,laws of physics, writing, works of Leonardo da Vinci, fu-ture, a great deal, laws of physics and astronomy作为定位线索,在最后一段中找到相关句: What were the reasons for Jules Verne's extreme accuracy in describing an event 100 years or more before it actually occurred?He based his writings on the laws of physics and astronomy (天文学).Nineteenth-century science and the vivid Verne's imagination gave people an un-believable accurate preview of the greatest events of the 20th century.由第二句可知“他 (Jules Verne)的作品是根据物理学和天文学的规律写成的”,因此答案为D,深知物理学和天文学的规律。

  • 第6题:

    共用题干
    Verne's Accurate Previw of the Future
    Since the beginning of time,man has been interested in the moon.The Romans designed a special day to show admiration and respect to the moon.They called it“Moonday”,or “Monday”,as we know it today.Later,the great mind of Leonardo da Vinci studied the moon and designed a machine to carry a human to the moon.Leonardo said that one day a great machine bird would take a person to the moon and bring great honor to the home where it was born.
    Four and a half centuries later,Leonardo's idea was realized.Apollo Ⅱ took three
    Americans一Collins,Aldrin,and Armstrong一to the moon.The mission did fill the whole world with great surprise,as Leonardo had said it would.Numerous essays,articles,and books were written about man's first moon mission.But perhaps the most interesting story was one written before the event一over 100 years ago.
    In 1865,French author Jules Verne wrote a story about the first journey to the moon.His story was very similar to the 1969 Apollo Ⅱ mission.
    Verne's spacecraft also contained three men一two Americans and a Frenchman.The spacecraft was described as being almost the same size as Apollo Ⅱ .The launch site in Verne's story was also in Florida.The spacecraft in Verne's story was named the“Columbiad”aa.The Apollo Ⅱ command ship was called“Columbia”.His account of sending the space-craft into the space could easily have been written about how Apollo Ⅱ was sent into the space.
    Verne's story was the same as the actual event in several other respects.The speed of Verne's spacecraft was 36,000 feet per second;Apollo's was 35,533 feet per second.Verne's spacecraft took 97 hours to reach the moon;Apollo's time was 103 hours.Like Apollo's spacemen,Verne's spacemen took pictures of the moon's surface,relaxed on their seats, cooked with gas,and experienced weightlessness.They also came down in the Pacific and were picked up by an American warship.
    What were the reasons for Jules Verne's extreme accuracy in describing an event 100 years or more before it actually occurred?He based his writings on the laws of physics and astronomy(天文学).Nineteenth-century science and the vivid Verne's imagination gave people an unbelievable accurate preview of the greatest events of the 20th century.

    Verne's story is very similar to______.
    A:the first U.S.space mission
    B:the Apollo Ⅱ mission
    C:Leonardo da Vinci's story
    D:numerous other books on the same subject

    答案:B
    解析:
    题干意为“Leonardo da Vinci说一个巨大的机器飞鸟将……”。利用题干中 的细节信息词/短语Leonardo da Vinci, a great machine bird作为定位线索,在第一段中找到 相关句:Since the beginning of time, man has been interested in the moon.The Romans designed a special day to show admiration and respect to the moon.They called it“Moonday”, or“Monday”,as we know it today.Later,the great mind of Leonardo da Vinci studied the moon and designed a machine to carry a human to the moon.Leonardo said that one day a great machine bird would take a person to the moon and bring great honor to the home where it was born.意为“Leonardo说将来有一天,一个巨大的机器飞鸟将把人带到月球上去,并因此给它所诞生的国家带来荣誉”,由此可知答案为D,把人带到月球上。
    题干意为“Jules Verne关于人类访问月球的故事写于大约什么时候?”利用 题干及四个备选项中的细节信息词/短语Jules Verne, story of a man's visit to the moon, 100 years before the Apollo Ⅱ mission,10 years before the Apollo Ⅱ mission four and onehalf centuries ago, 100 years ago作为定位线索,在第三段中找到相关句:In 1865, French author Jules Verne wrote a story about the first journey to the moon.His story was very similar to the 1969 Apollo Ⅱ mission.意为“1865年,法国作家Jules Verne写了关于第一次登月旅行。他的故事与1969年阿波罗二号的太空飞行任务很相似。”通过对比两个时间可知Jules Verne所写的故事比阿波罗二号的太空飞行任务早大约100年。
    题干意为“Verne所写的故事与……很相似”。利用题干及四个备选项中的 细节信息词/短语Verne's story, the first U.S.space mission, the Apollo Ⅱ mission, Leonardo da Vinci's story, numerous other books, same subject作为定位线索,在第三段中找到 相关句:In 1865 .French author Jules Verne wrote a story about the first journey to the moon.His story was very similar to the 1969 Apollo Ⅱ mission.意为“1865年,法国作家 Jules Verne写了关于第一次登月旅行。他的故事与1969年阿波罗二号的太空飞行任务很相似。”由此可知答案为B,
    题干意为“短文表明Jules Verne是怎样一个人?”利用题干及四个备选项中的细节信息词/短语Jules Verne,laws of physics, writing, works of Leonardo da Vinci, fu-ture, a great deal, laws of physics and astronomy作为定位线索,在最后一段中找到相关句: What were the reasons for Jules Verne's extreme accuracy in describing an event 100 years or more before it actually occurred?He based his writings on the laws of physics and astronomy (天文学).Nineteenth-century science and the vivid Verne's imagination gave people an un-believable accurate preview of the greatest events of the 20th century.由第二句可知“他 (Jules Verne)的作品是根据物理学和天文学的规律写成的”,因此答案为D,深知物理学和天文学的规律。

  • 第7题:

    The majority of people around here are decent.

    A:real
    B:honest
    C:normal
    D:wealthy

    答案:B
    解析:
    本句意思:这里的大部分人都很正派。decent意思是“正派的,合乎礼节的”,与honest (诚实的,老实的,正直的)意思相近。real真正的,真实的;normal正常的;wealthy富裕的。

  • 第8题:

    Francis Scott Fitzgerald was famous for ( )

    A.The Great Gatsby
    B.The Sound and the Fury
    C.A Farewell to Arms
    D.the Grapes of Wrath

    答案:A
    解析:
    美国文学之作家作品。Francis Scott Fitzgerald是美国现代主义的代表作家之一,代表作有The Great Gatsby(《了不起的盖茨比》)和Tender Is the Night(《夜色温柔》)。

  • 第9题:

    单选题
    In The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway is on the whole a _____ narrator.
    A

    reliable

    B

    unreliable

    C

    incredible

    D

    credulous


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    从叙述的角度来看,尼克是位可靠的叙述者,他具有双重视角的特征。

  • 第10题:

    问答题
    Now Internet has almost become the symbol of information age. Some think that it is a very great invention because by it, they can do many things that were impossible before. But some view Internet with much disapproval because it distracts people's attention rather than help people do things better. What is your opinion about the influence of Internet on the modern society? Write an essay of about 400 words on the following topic:Internet and the Modern SocietyIn the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement, with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have .written to a natural conclusion or a summary.  Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.

    正确答案:
    The Internet and the Modern Society Recently the influence of Internet has attracted much public attention. People worry about the time wasted on it, the damage caused by virus spread on it, and most of all, some violent crimes committed due to the violent games played on it. All these concerns may be reasonable. But if we take a broader perspective, we may find that Internet has had many positive impacts on the modern society.
    First of all, Internet has made the access to information more convenient. In .the past, people could get information they wanted through only limited channels, such as newspaper, radio, and television. This means that only a certain amount of people could get the information at a certain time and in a certain place. But now with the help of internet, people can get information no matter when they want. As a researcher has pointed out, information explosion means that people live in the ocean of information, and Internet has been essential to make that true.
    Besides, Internet has also made communication more convenient. Sociologists agree that communication is vital to maintain harmonious human relation, but the communication was rather inconvenient in the past despite the continuous improvement of technology. Letters have been so slow as to be nicknamed snail mail; telegraph and telephone may be quicker, but they have been very costly. But now many new communication tools developed on the basis of the Internet, such as e-mail, msn and QQ, have made talking to a person extremely quick, convenient, and virtually free of charge. This will undoubtedly improve the human relation in the modern world.
    The most important impact, however, is that Internet has made social interaction more convenient. Before the Internet era, various social institutes had only limited options to choose from if they wanted to reach the public, and naturally the result was usually unsatisfactory. But now in the Internet era, all these institutes can set up their own websites, which can not only provide the public with information but also collect reaction from the public. For example, the government can collect people's opinion about a certain project through the Internet, producers can promote products through Internet, and universities can clarify admission policies through Internet. The result is that Internet can help to bring about a more open, fair and interactive society.
    In a word, more convenient social interaction, personal communication and access to information are the three major changes the Internet has made in the modern society. Although there do exist some problems with the Internet, these positive influences certainly are more important. What we should do is to find measures to solve the problems rather than just talk about them. Just as the proverb goes, we should not stop eating for fear of being choked.
    解析:
    本题的题目首先列举了人们对互联网的两种看法,然后要求考生谈论自己对关于“互联网对现代社会的影响”。本文的引言段采用的是转折式(self-refutation)。作者先列举了互联网的一些问题,然后话锋一转,提出互联网的影响主要是积极的这一观点。在正文段落中,作者分别从三个方面阐述互联网的影响,即获取信息更方便、人际交流更方便和社会互动更方便。这一顺序非常合理,从个人到社会,符合范围从小到大、水平从低到高的规律。前面两段的衔接词分别为first of all和besides,第三段则使用了the most important impact,however,这起到了很好的强调作用。另外,第一段中的专家证言和第二段中的例子都使得文章的内容更加丰富。结论段使用in a word开始,作者在一句话中完成了summary。Final comment中的格言的使用,也为文章添色不少。

  • 第11题:

    单选题
    According to the passage, which of the following about Dickens is TRUE?
    A

    He was a peaceful person.

    B

    He was a quiet writer.

    C

    He worked very hard at school.

    D

    He cared a lot about things around him.


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    推理判断题。由原文最后一段中的“Dickens was meticulous. Everything had to be just right. When he worked at home, everything had to be in its place. He worked at a desk by a window that always had a vase of flowers and the same ornament on it.(狄更斯很重视细节。每件事情都得恰到好处。他在家工作时,每样东西都得在它本来的位置上。他在窗边的一张桌子那儿工作,那里总是放着一个装着鲜花的花瓶,窗户上总是贴着一成不变的装饰物。)”可知,他很关注周围的事物。因此D项正确。

  • 第12题:

    单选题
    5.According to the passage, pop music _____.
    A

    has a great influence on young people of most cultures

    B

    attracts a small number of young people

    C

    is not a profitable industry

    D

    is alone responsible or drug abuse


    正确答案: C
    解析:

  • 第13题:

    This story is about some American students ()learnt business skills by operating their own banks.

    A、which

    B、whom

    C、who


    参考答案:C

  • 第14题:

    In Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, there are detailed descriptions of big parties.The purpose of such descriptions is so show _______.

    A.emptiness of life

    B.the corruption of the upper class

    C.contrast of the rich and the poor

    D.the happy days of the Jazz Age


    正确答案:A

  • 第15题:

    Though most people know this story is make-believe, they still tell each other about it(翻译)


    参考答案:虽然大多数人都知道这个故事是虚构来的,却依然相互传颂着它。

  • 第16题:

    共用题干
    Verne's Accurate Previw of the Future
    Since the beginning of time,man has been interested in the moon.The Romans designed a special day to show admiration and respect to the moon.They called it“Moonday”,or “Monday”,as we know it today.Later,the great mind of Leonardo da Vinci studied the moon and designed a machine to carry a human to the moon.Leonardo said that one day a great machine bird would take a person to the moon and bring great honor to the home where it was born.
    Four and a half centuries later,Leonardo's idea was realized.Apollo Ⅱ took three
    Americans一Collins,Aldrin,and Armstrong一to the moon.The mission did fill the whole world with great surprise,as Leonardo had said it would.Numerous essays,articles,and books were written about man's first moon mission.But perhaps the most interesting story was one written before the event一over 100 years ago.
    In 1865,French author Jules Verne wrote a story about the first journey to the moon.His story was very similar to the 1969 Apollo Ⅱ mission.
    Verne's spacecraft also contained three men一two Americans and a Frenchman.The spacecraft was described as being almost the same size as Apollo Ⅱ .The launch site in Verne's story was also in Florida.The spacecraft in Verne's story was named the“Columbiad”aa.The Apollo Ⅱ command ship was called“Columbia”.His account of sending the space-craft into the space could easily have been written about how Apollo Ⅱ was sent into the space.
    Verne's story was the same as the actual event in several other respects.The speed of Verne's spacecraft was 36,000 feet per second;Apollo's was 35,533 feet per second.Verne's spacecraft took 97 hours to reach the moon;Apollo's time was 103 hours.Like Apollo's spacemen,Verne's spacemen took pictures of the moon's surface,relaxed on their seats, cooked with gas,and experienced weightlessness.They also came down in the Pacific and were picked up by an American warship.
    What were the reasons for Jules Verne's extreme accuracy in describing an event 100 years or more before it actually occurred?He based his writings on the laws of physics and astronomy(天文学).Nineteenth-century science and the vivid Verne's imagination gave people an unbelievable accurate preview of the greatest events of the 20th century.

    Leonardo da Vinci said that a great machine bird would______.
    A:bring great honor to the moon
    B:fly toward the sun
    C:explore the heavens
    D:take people to the moon

    答案:D
    解析:
    题干意为“Leonardo da Vinci说一个巨大的机器飞鸟将……”。利用题干中 的细节信息词/短语Leonardo da Vinci, a great machine bird作为定位线索,在第一段中找到 相关句:Since the beginning of time, man has been interested in the moon.The Romans designed a special day to show admiration and respect to the moon.They called it“Moonday”, or“Monday”,as we know it today.Later,the great mind of Leonardo da Vinci studied the moon and designed a machine to carry a human to the moon.Leonardo said that one day a great machine bird would take a person to the moon and bring great honor to the home where it was born.意为“Leonardo说将来有一天,一个巨大的机器飞鸟将把人带到月球上去,并因此给它所诞生的国家带来荣誉”,由此可知答案为D,把人带到月球上。
    题干意为“Jules Verne关于人类访问月球的故事写于大约什么时候?”利用 题干及四个备选项中的细节信息词/短语Jules Verne, story of a man's visit to the moon, 100 years before the Apollo Ⅱ mission,10 years before the Apollo Ⅱ mission four and onehalf centuries ago, 100 years ago作为定位线索,在第三段中找到相关句:In 1865, French author Jules Verne wrote a story about the first journey to the moon.His story was very similar to the 1969 Apollo Ⅱ mission.意为“1865年,法国作家Jules Verne写了关于第一次登月旅行。他的故事与1969年阿波罗二号的太空飞行任务很相似。”通过对比两个时间可知Jules Verne所写的故事比阿波罗二号的太空飞行任务早大约100年。
    题干意为“Verne所写的故事与……很相似”。利用题干及四个备选项中的 细节信息词/短语Verne's story, the first U.S.space mission, the Apollo Ⅱ mission, Leonardo da Vinci's story, numerous other books, same subject作为定位线索,在第三段中找到 相关句:In 1865 .French author Jules Verne wrote a story about the first journey to the moon.His story was very similar to the 1969 Apollo Ⅱ mission.意为“1865年,法国作家 Jules Verne写了关于第一次登月旅行。他的故事与1969年阿波罗二号的太空飞行任务很相似。”由此可知答案为B,
    题干意为“短文表明Jules Verne是怎样一个人?”利用题干及四个备选项中的细节信息词/短语Jules Verne,laws of physics, writing, works of Leonardo da Vinci, fu-ture, a great deal, laws of physics and astronomy作为定位线索,在最后一段中找到相关句: What were the reasons for Jules Verne's extreme accuracy in describing an event 100 years or more before it actually occurred?He based his writings on the laws of physics and astronomy (天文学).Nineteenth-century science and the vivid Verne's imagination gave people an un-believable accurate preview of the greatest events of the 20th century.由第二句可知“他 (Jules Verne)的作品是根据物理学和天文学的规律写成的”,因此答案为D,深知物理学和天文学的规律。

  • 第17题:

    共用题干
    Verne's Accurate Previw of the Future
    Since the beginning of time,man has been interested in the moon.The Romans designed a special day to show admiration and respect to the moon.They called it“Moonday”,or “Monday”,as we know it today.Later,the great mind of Leonardo da Vinci studied the moon and designed a machine to carry a human to the moon.Leonardo said that one day a great machine bird would take a person to the moon and bring great honor to the home where it was born.
    Four and a half centuries later,Leonardo's idea was realized.Apollo Ⅱ took three
    Americans一Collins,Aldrin,and Armstrong一to the moon.The mission did fill the whole world with great surprise,as Leonardo had said it would.Numerous essays,articles,and books were written about man's first moon mission.But perhaps the most interesting story was one written before the event一over 100 years ago.
    In 1865,French author Jules Verne wrote a story about the first journey to the moon.His story was very similar to the 1969 Apollo Ⅱ mission.
    Verne's spacecraft also contained three men一two Americans and a Frenchman.The spacecraft was described as being almost the same size as Apollo Ⅱ .The launch site in Verne's story was also in Florida.The spacecraft in Verne's story was named the“Columbiad”aa.The Apollo Ⅱ command ship was called“Columbia”.His account of sending the space-craft into the space could easily have been written about how Apollo Ⅱ was sent into the space.
    Verne's story was the same as the actual event in several other respects.The speed of Verne's spacecraft was 36,000 feet per second;Apollo's was 35,533 feet per second.Verne's spacecraft took 97 hours to reach the moon;Apollo's time was 103 hours.Like Apollo's spacemen,Verne's spacemen took pictures of the moon's surface,relaxed on their seats, cooked with gas,and experienced weightlessness.They also came down in the Pacific and were picked up by an American warship.
    What were the reasons for Jules Verne's extreme accuracy in describing an event 100 years or more before it actually occurred?He based his writings on the laws of physics and astronomy(天文学).Nineteenth-century science and the vivid Verne's imagination gave people an unbelievable accurate preview of the greatest events of the 20th century.

    Jules Verne wrote his story of a man's visit to the moon about______.
    A:100 years before the Apollo Ⅱ mission
    B:10 years before the Apollo Ⅱ mission
    C:four and one-half centuries ago
    D:100 years ago

    答案:A
    解析:
    题干意为“Leonardo da Vinci说一个巨大的机器飞鸟将……”。利用题干中 的细节信息词/短语Leonardo da Vinci, a great machine bird作为定位线索,在第一段中找到 相关句:Since the beginning of time, man has been interested in the moon.The Romans designed a special day to show admiration and respect to the moon.They called it“Moonday”, or“Monday”,as we know it today.Later,the great mind of Leonardo da Vinci studied the moon and designed a machine to carry a human to the moon.Leonardo said that one day a great machine bird would take a person to the moon and bring great honor to the home where it was born.意为“Leonardo说将来有一天,一个巨大的机器飞鸟将把人带到月球上去,并因此给它所诞生的国家带来荣誉”,由此可知答案为D,把人带到月球上。
    题干意为“Jules Verne关于人类访问月球的故事写于大约什么时候?”利用 题干及四个备选项中的细节信息词/短语Jules Verne, story of a man's visit to the moon, 100 years before the Apollo Ⅱ mission,10 years before the Apollo Ⅱ mission four and onehalf centuries ago, 100 years ago作为定位线索,在第三段中找到相关句:In 1865, French author Jules Verne wrote a story about the first journey to the moon.His story was very similar to the 1969 Apollo Ⅱ mission.意为“1865年,法国作家Jules Verne写了关于第一次登月旅行。他的故事与1969年阿波罗二号的太空飞行任务很相似。”通过对比两个时间可知Jules Verne所写的故事比阿波罗二号的太空飞行任务早大约100年。
    题干意为“Verne所写的故事与……很相似”。利用题干及四个备选项中的 细节信息词/短语Verne's story, the first U.S.space mission, the Apollo Ⅱ mission, Leonardo da Vinci's story, numerous other books, same subject作为定位线索,在第三段中找到 相关句:In 1865 .French author Jules Verne wrote a story about the first journey to the moon.His story was very similar to the 1969 Apollo Ⅱ mission.意为“1865年,法国作家 Jules Verne写了关于第一次登月旅行。他的故事与1969年阿波罗二号的太空飞行任务很相似。”由此可知答案为B,
    题干意为“短文表明Jules Verne是怎样一个人?”利用题干及四个备选项中的细节信息词/短语Jules Verne,laws of physics, writing, works of Leonardo da Vinci, fu-ture, a great deal, laws of physics and astronomy作为定位线索,在最后一段中找到相关句: What were the reasons for Jules Verne's extreme accuracy in describing an event 100 years or more before it actually occurred?He based his writings on the laws of physics and astronomy (天文学).Nineteenth-century science and the vivid Verne's imagination gave people an un-believable accurate preview of the greatest events of the 20th century.由第二句可知“他 (Jules Verne)的作品是根据物理学和天文学的规律写成的”,因此答案为D,深知物理学和天文学的规律。

  • 第18题:

    The majority of people around here are decent.

    A:real
    B:honest
    C:normal
    D:wealthy

    答案:B
    解析:
    本句意思:这里的大部分人都很正派。decent意思是“(人或行为举止)正派的,合乎礼节的”,与honest(正直的,诚实的)意思相近。real真的,真实的;wealthy富裕的;normal正常的,正规的。

  • 第19题:

    Which of the following works expresses the desire for an escape from society and a return to nature?( )

    A.Dreiser′s Sister Carrie
    B.Henry Jame′s The Portrait of a Lady
    C.Fitzgerald′s The Great Gatsby
    D.Mark Twain′s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    答案:A
    解析:
    考查美国作家及其代表作。《嘉莉妹妹》是自然主义的代表作,表达人们回归自然的愿望;《一位女士的画像》的主题是人的自由、责任和背叛;《伟大的盖茨比》的主题是美国梦(American Dream)的破灭;《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》反映的是美国人当时的生活现状。

  • 第20题:

    单选题
    The pop music_____.
    A

    has a great influence on young people of most cultures

    B

    only appeals to a small number of young people

    C

    is not a profitable industry

    D

    is the only culprit responsible for drug amuse


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    由Excerpt 3中的“The 74-page study says that pop music, as a global industry, is by far the most influential trend—setter for young people of most cultures.”可知,流行音乐对年轻人影响很大,故A项为正确答案。

  • 第21题:

    单选题
    This passage was probably written to _____.
    A

    tell about Edison’s inventions

    B

    explain electricity

    C

    prove that people wished to honor Edison

    D

    show how great Edison was


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    根据文章内容可知,文章主要讲述了爱迪生的重要发明以及对人类的巨大影响,由此可知,该文章是为了向读者展示爱迪生的伟大和重要。结合选项,故选D。

  • 第22题:

    问答题
    Practice 3  We all know talented people who never seem to reach their potential. These people often have great early success, then seem to fade into averages.  Those who lack persistence start out with the best intentions, but they eventually drift.  This trait is quite characteristic, for example, of people who are constantly changing careers. They become enthusiastic about their new job and feed off this momentum for a while to perform well. But when this newness wears off and they realize they aren’t incredibly committed to sticking with that job in the long term, their success begins to wane and they start to fail.

    正确答案:
    【参考译文】
    我们都知道有些有天分的人似乎没有完全发挥出潜力,这些人往往在前期取得巨大的成功,然后似乎变得默默无闻。
    没有毅力的人在开始时,出发点是好的,但他们最终会随波逐流。
    例如,对于那些不断换工作的人来说,这种特质是非常典型的。他们对新工作充满激情,有一段时间他们会凭借这一势头表现良好。但是当新鲜感逐渐消失后,他们意识到不可能承诺长期坚守那份工作,他们的成功逐渐消退,开始走向失败。
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第23题:

    单选题
    According to the passage, which of the following about Dickens is TRUE?
    A

    He was a peaceful person.

    B

    He was a quiet writer.

    C

    He worked ver)r hard at school.

    D

    He cared a lot about things around him.


    正确答案: C
    解析: