When the Farnsworth family moved to their new farm in 1919, eleven-year-old Phil

When the Farnsworth family moved to their new farm in 1919, eleven-year-old Phil

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When the Farnsworth family moved to their new farm in 1919, eleven-year-old Philo was surprised to find it wired for electricity. This unusual circumstance contributed to his fate — to become an important inventor of the twentieth century.
By thirteen, Farnsworth had become a self-taught electrical engineer. He was able to fix the farm’s generator(发电机)when none of the adults could. In 1922, he read an article about a new idea of John Baird, a Scottish scientist, who had been working with the cathode ray tube (阴极射线管) for the transmission of electronic pictures and wanted to attempt it himself.
Farnsworth studied everything he could find on the subject. Although many older engineers with money backers were already developing television, Farnsworth made a bold decision — he was going to perfect a working model of it before anybody else.
In college, Farnsworth continued his research with cathode ray and vacuum tubes, but the death of his father, the only money maker in the family, forced him to give up this research and find a job. His first job was for George Everson, with whom Farnsworth discussed his dream of television. While acknowledging the achievements of those who came before, Farnsworth thought that he could get closer. Everson agreed to risk $6,000 for the research.
Backers came in 1927 to see the first American television, one year after Baird’s. They were astonished to see the image of a single white line resolve itself on the screen before them, and agreed that this new invention was worth putting money into.
In 1930, Farnsworth won a patent (专利权) for his all-electronic TV. By the time he died, he had earned over 300 American and foreign patents for electronic and mechanical devices.
小题1:When Farnsworth was at a young age, he _______
A.had to drop out of school to help on the family farm
B.was sent to school to study electrical engineering
C.wanted to be the first person to invent the television
D.had shown a surprising ability in the electrical field
小题2:What difficulty did Farnsworth meet when he first began his research on the television?
A.His parents didn’t support his work.
B.He didn’t have enough knowledge in this field.
C.He didn’t have enough money for his research.
D.No one was interested in this research.
小题3:How old was Philo Farnsworth when he invented the first American television?
A.11. B.13.C.19.D.22.
小题4:From the passage, we can learn that Farnsworth is ______.
A.the first person who worked for the transmission of electronic pictures
B.an inventor who improved on somebody else’s idea
C.an inventor who always came up with an original idea
D.a person who earned over 300 American patents for electronic devices

答案

小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:C
小题4:B
解析

试题分析:他在少年时代就在电气方面显现出了不凡的才能,13岁就通过自学成为了电机工程师,这就是本文介绍的二十世纪最重要的发明家之一------费罗•法恩斯沃斯。他是一名多产的发明家,除发明了第一台能传输图像的机械式电视机外,他还发明了一百多种装置。
小题1:D推理判断题。文章第二段提到他在13岁的时候通过自学成为了电机工程师,而且能够修理农场的发电机,由此可知本段讲述了法恩斯沃斯在少年时代就表现出的不凡才能,故答案选D。
小题2:C细节理解题。根据文章第四段可知当他在研究改进电视机时,家里唯一挣钱的父亲去世了,他没钱进行研究,所以正确答案为C。
小题3:C细节理解题。根据文章第一段When the Farnsworth family moved to their new farm in 1919, eleven-year-old Philo was surprised to find it wired for electricity. 和倒数第二段Backers came in 1927 to see the first American television,可以判断当他发明一台美国电视机的时候是19岁,故答案选C。
小题4:B细节理解题。由文章第三段he was going to perfect a working model of it before anybody else.可知他是在别人研究的基础上进行了改进完善,由此可知答案选B。
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My parents have certainly had their troubles, and as their child I’ll never know how they made it to 38 years of marriage. They loved each other, but they didn’t seem to like each other very much. Dad was too fond of his beer, and he talked down to Mom a lot. When she tried to stand up to him, a fight would unavoidably follow.
It was my dad’s disease that began to change things. The year 1998 was the beginning of a remarkable transformation for my family. My father, Jim Dineen, the always healthy, weightlifting, never-missed-a-day-of-work kind of dad, discovered he had kidney (肾)disease.
The decision to go ahead with a transplant for my father was a long and tough one, mostly because he had liver damage too. One physician’s assistant told him, “According to your file, you’re supposed to be dead.” And for a while, doctors mistakenly thought that he would need not just a kidney transplant, but a liver transplant too. Dad’s future hung in midpoint.
When the donor testing process finally began in the spring of 2003, numerous people, including me, my uncle Tom, and my mom, came back as matches of varying degree. But Mom was the one who insisted on going further. She decided to donate a kidney to my father. She said she was not scared, and it was the right thing to do. We all stepped back in amazement.
At last a date was chosen – November 11, 2003. All of a sudden, the only thing that seemed to matter Dad was telling the world what a wonderful thing Mom was doing for him. A month before the surgery, he sent her birthday flowers with a note that read, “I love you and I love your kidney! Thank you!”
Financially, the disease was upsetting to them. So my sister and I were humbled and surprised when, shortly before his surgery day, Dad handed us a diamond jewelry that we were to give to Mom after the operation. He’d accumulated his spare dollars to buy it.
At the hospital on the day of the transplant, all our relatives and friends gathered in the waiting room and became involved in a mean euchre (尤克牌游戏) tournament. My family has always handled things with a lot of laughter, and even though we were all tense, everybody was taking bets on how long this “change of conduct” would last in my parents.
We would inform Dad that if he chose to act like a real pain on any particular day after the operation, he wasn’t allowed to blame it on PMS just because he’d now have a female kidney.
The surgeries went well, and not long afterward, my sister and I were allowed to go in to visit. Dad was in a great deal of pain but again, all he could talk about was Mom. Was she okay? How was she feeling? Then the nurses let us do something unconventional. As they were wheeling Mom out of recovery room, they rolled her into a separate position to visit Dad. It was strange to see both my parents hooked up to IVs and machines and trying to talk to each other through tears. The nurses allowed us to present the diamond jewelry to Mom so that Dad could watch her open it. Everyone was crying, even the nurses.
As I stood with digital camera in hand, I tried to keep the presence of mind to document the moment. My dad was having a hard time fighting back emotion, and suddenly my parents unexpectedly reached out to hold each other’s hands.
In my nearly 35 years of existence, I’d never seen my parents do that, and I was spellbound. I snapped a picture and later rushed home to make sure I’d captured that enormous, life-defining moment. After so many years of disagreement, it was apparent to me that they finally understood how much each loved the other. 65—70
小题1:From the first paragraph we can learn that ____________.
A.Dad was fond of drinkingB.My parents got along well
C.Dad often beat MomD.Mom never obeyed Dad
小题2:The underlined part “Dad’s future hung in midpoint” in Para.3 suggests that ____________.
A.Dad was bound to die
B.Dad came to a serious moment in his life
C.Dad’s future was decided by doctors
D.Dad faced a tough decision in his life
小题3:Before the surgery, which of the following words can best describe the feeling of the families?
A.Worried and negative.B.Anxious and helpless.
C.Nervous but optimistic.D.Relaxed and positive.
小题4:Which of the following is TRUE according the passage?
A.Dad bought a diamond jewelry to Mom for their wedding anniversary.
B.Dad asked the nurse to visit Mom soon after the operation.
C.Despite a lot of pain, Dad was eager to know Mom’s condition soon after the operation.
D.On the day of the transplant, the families involved in a euchre tournament to relax themselves.
小题5:What’s in the writer’s photo?
A.Everyone was crying, even the nurses.
B.His parents were trying to talk to each other.
C.Dad watched Mom opening the gift.
D.His parents were holding each other’s hands.
小题6:What’s the best title for the passage?
A.Dad’s diseaseB.Mom’s decisionC.The Gift of LifeD.The photo of hands

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One evening, long after most people had gone to bed, a friend of mine and I         happily home through the          street. We had been to a music-hall and         about the people we had seen and heard in it.
“The show        him a star overnight, ” said my friend about one of them. “He was completely        before. And now thousands of people         him gifts and letters. ” “I thought him quite good, ”  I said , “ but not         thousands of letters . As a matter of       , one of his songs gave me a shock. It was too noisy. ” “What was that?” my friend asked me, “      it to me .” I began to sing. “Do be quiet. You will give everybody a shock and        them up for miles       , besides, there will be a policeman         us. ” My friend gave me a surprised look.
“Never mind. I don’t care. What is the matter?” I said and went on singing        the top of my voice .
Suddenly there came a policeman,       in front of me , his notebook       . “     , sir ,” he said , “You have a very good voice , if I       say so . Who taught you singing? I’d very much       to find someone who can give my daughter singing lessons. Would you be       to tell me your name and address? Then my wife and I would        you and we could discuss it .”
小题1:
A.wentB.was coming
C.was making our wayD.had lost our way
小题2:
A.calmB.crowdedC.silenceD.quiet
小题3:
A.were thinkingB.were talking
C.knewD.were discussing
小题4:
A.calledB.turnedC.namedD.made
小题5:
A.famousB.forgottenC.strangerD.unknown
小题6:
A.showB.writeC.sendD.brought
小题7:
A.worthyB.worthC.receivedD.accepted
小题8:
A.factB.factsC.a factD.the fact
小题9:
A.ReadB.SingC.SayD.Tell
小题10:
A.callB.pickC.wakeD.join
小题11:
A.longB.outC.aroundD.in
小题12:
A.observingB.afterC.besidesD.in front of
小题13:
A.withB.onC.inD.at
小题14:
A.stoodB.goingC.standingD.walking
小题15:
A.closingB.closedC.openD.gone
小题16:
A.Wait a minuteB.Stop singing C.I’m sorryD.Excuse me
小题17:
A.mayB.likeC.mustD.don’t
小题18:
A.likedB.wantedC.likeD.eager
小题19:
A.braveB.kind enoughC.willingD.honest
小题20:
A.tryB.drop inC.inviteD.visit

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Once upon a time, there were two very good friends who lived together in the shade of a rock. Strange as it may seem, one was a    and one was a tiger. They had met when they were too   to know the difference between lions and tigers. So they did not think their   was at all unusual. Besides, it was a peaceful part of the mountains, possibly    the influence of a gentle forest monk who lived nearby. He was a hermit, one who     far away from other people. 
For some unknown reason, one day the two friends got into a silly    . The tiger said, “Everyone knows the cold    when the moon wanes from full to new! ” The lion said, “Where did you hear such nonsense? Everyone knows the    comes when the moon waxes from    to full! ”
The argument got stronger and stronger. Neither could     the other. They could not     any conclusion to resolve the growing dispute. They     started calling each other names! Fearing for their friendship, they decided to go to ask the learned forest     , who would surely know about such things. 
Visiting the     hermit, the lion and tiger bowed respectfully and put their question to him. The friendly monk thought for a while and then gave his     . “It can be cold in any phase of the     , from new to full and back to new again. It is the wind that brings the cold,      from west or north or east. Therefore, in a way, you are both right! And neither of you is     by the other. The most important thing is to live without conflict, to remain     . Unity is best by all means. ”
The lion and tiger thanked the wise hermit. They were happy to      be friends. 
小题1:
A.foxB.henC.donkeyD.lion
小题2:
A.weakB.unforgettableC.youngD.poor
小题3:
A.friendshipB.differenceC.relationshipD.connection
小题4:
A.in turnB.due toC.according toD.as to
小题5:
A.livedB.survivedC.walkedD.moved
小题6:
A.argumentB.decisionC.activityD.conference
小题7:
A.happensB.bearsC.comesD.seems
小题8:
A.cleanB.coldC.coolD.good
小题9:
A.wonderfulB.freshC.deliciousD.new
小题10:
A.solveB.competeC.convinceD.remind
小题11:
A.arriveB.reachC.causeD.paint
小题12:
A.farB.everC.yetD.even
小题13:
A.monkB.teacherC.motherD.parent
小题14:
A.kindB.differentC.peacefulD.rich
小题15:
A.answerB.speechC.commentD.remark
小题16:
A.sunB.weatherC.moonD.day
小题17:
A.whetherB.untilC.ifD.when
小题18:
A.rewardedB.wonC.defeatedD.awarded
小题19:
A.movedB.unitedC.interestedD.amused
小题20:
A.tooB.quiteC.alsoD.still

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People think that writing short stories is easy because they are short. But in fact they are hard to write well. There are only a few writers of good short stories and the American writer O. Henry is one of them.
His real name was William Sydney Porter and he grew up in North Carolina. He was not very successful at school but he loved reading. When he was about twenty years old he left North Carolina and moved to Texas. He thought there would be more opportunities for work there. At first he worked on a newspaper but as this did not provide enough money he changed his job. He decided to work in a bank. All went well until some money went missing. William was believed to have stolen it and was sent to prison. Although this was a horrible experience it helped in one way because he realized that he could write well. William began writing short stories and O. Henry  was born! When he left prison he began writing as a career and published many of his stories. They were mostly about the people that he met or he knew in New York and they had interesting or surprising endings. People enjoyed reading them. His life, however, was not a happy one. He drank too much and died in 1910 in New York but he left behind stories that are still read and enjoyed by millions of people.
小题1:In which order did O. Henry do the following things?
a. Lived in New York.                   b. Worked in a bank.
c. Travelled to Texas.             d. Was put in prison.
e. Had a newspaper job.             f. Learned to write stories.
A.e, c, f, b, d, aB.c, e, b, d, f, a
C.e, b, d, c, a, f D.c, b, e, d, a, f
小题2:People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because          .
A.they had surprise endings
B.they were easy to understand
C.they showed his love for the poor
D.they were about New York City
小题3:O. Henry went to prison because          .
A.people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper
B.he broke the law by using violence
C.he wanted to write stories about prisoners
D.people thought he had taken money that was not his
小题4:What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?
A.He was well-educated. B.He was not serious about his work.
C.He was devoted to the poor.D.He loved reading.
小题5:Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?
A.His life inside the prison.
B.The newspaper articles he wrote.
C.The city and people of New York.
D.His exciting early life as a boy.

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The two teachers were sitting in the teacher’s room. For a moment there was           . Then one of them, Miss Smith said “I’m afraid I’d have to          him.”
“Now, Alice,” said her friend Mrs. Jackson, “is he such a terrible student?”
“That’s just the         ,” the other woman replied. “Tom is my best student. The problem is that he’s now so lazy that he never gets      done. He hasn’t handed me          of his homework for three weeks and I’d be surprised        he did now.”
    before had Mrs. Jackson seen Miss Smith look so unhappy. “Have you         with him about it?” she asked.
“Why should I? He knows he has to prepare his lessons and do his homework. I          that clear the first day for class. When the course started , he did so           that I considered asking the         to give him a scholarship (奖学金). But now he even          in class! I’ve never seen such a         in a student.”
“You should have a      with him. Give him a chance to tell his side of story.”
Miss Smith spoke to Tom and        all about it. He was studying all day and        most of the night in a factory to pay for his education. Of course he was tired in the      and sometimes could hardly keep       . Miss Smith soon arranged for him to have a       and he was able to give up his     and concentrate (集中精力) on his studies .
小题1:
A.distance B.silenceC.pleasure D.delight
小题2:
A.failB.teach C.beat D.tell
小题3:
A.lessonB.thing C.troubleD.boy
小题4:
A.homework B.housework C.cleaning D.washing
小题5:
A.some B.plenty C.anyD.lots
小题6:
A.even B.if C.though D.when
小题7:
A.Long B.Until C.Ever D.Never
小题8:
A.quarreled B.talked C.dealt D.discussed
小题9:
A.said B.thoughtC.required D.made
小题10:
A.quickly B.often C.much D.well
小题11:
A.schoolB.classC.others D.parents
小题12:
A.talksB.sleeps C.laughs D.walks
小题13:
A.matterB.change C.habit D.way
小题14:
A.lesson B.look C.talk D.meeting
小题15:
A.studied B.gotC.learnedD.understood
小题16:
A.sleeping B.workingC.spending D.staying
小题17:
A.morning B.afternoon C.eveningD.night
小题18:
A.silent B.clean C.warm D.awake
小题19:
A.scholarship B.room C.teacherD.position
小题20:
A.educationB.sleepC.job D.pay

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