Question

I heard a story about a famous scientist who had made several very important achievements.

What made him   41   from others?

    He said it all came from   42   that happened when he was two years old. He tried to  43 

a bottle of milk away from the fridge, but the slippery(光滑的) bottle fell, spilling its milk all over the   44   floor.

    When his mother came in,  45   shouting at him, she said, “Robert, what a great mess(一团糟) you have made! I have never seen such a big puddle(水坑) of milk. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes   46   we clean it up?”

    Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, “Robert, when you make a mess like this, you have to clean it up at last. So,   47   would you like to do that? We would use a towel or a mop. Which do you prefer?” He chose the towel and together they cleaned up the milk.

    His mother then said, “We had a failed   48   in how to carry a big milk bottle with two small hands in the kitchen. Let’s go out and fill the bottle with water and see if you can   49   a way to carry it without dropping it.” The little boy learned that if he held the bottle at the top near the lip(杯口) with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it.

    This scientist then said that it was at that moment that he knew he didn’t need to be afraid to

  50  .So, what have you learnt from the story?

1.A. serious          B. similar             C. different    D. important

2. A. an experience     B. advice             C. a promise   D. an idea

3.A. pass             B. bring             C. drink             D. take

4. A. kitchen          B. bedroom           C. bathroom         D. living room

5.A. from            B. with               C. because of        D. instead of

6.A. after             B. before             C. as soon as      D. since

7.A. when            B. what              C. how              D. why

8. A. experiment        B. condition          C. survey      D. research

9.A. look             B. discover           C. recognize    D. develop

10. A. clean the floor     B. spill milk          C. make mistakes     D. realize mistakes

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.C

【解析】【主旨大意】本文讲述一个著名的科学家在两岁时，从冰箱里取牛奶时洒了牛奶，而他的妈妈没有责骂他，而是鼓励他找到正确的方法去取奶。从此他知道他不需要害怕犯错误。因此取得了很多的成就。

1.根据句意“什么使他不同于其他人”，可知选D。

2.根据下文的故事可知那时他在两岁时发生的一次经历。因此选A。

3.take.. away为固定短语意为“取走”。

4.冰箱应该放在厨房里。因此选A。

5.because of 意为“因为”，instead of意为“相反”。根据下文可知他的母亲没有对他喊叫。因此选D。

6.根据句意“在我们打扫干净之前，你愿意下来在牛奶里玩吗？”可知选B。

7.根据句意“你想如何做那个？”可知选C

8.根据句意“我们有了一个失败的经验”可知选A。

9.根据句意“看你是否能发现一种取牛奶而不掉落的方法”。Discover意为“发现”，因此选B。

10.根据文章大意可知“他知道他不需要害怕犯错了”。因此选C。