Question

The word that has changed the world

Apple is one of the most popular fruits in our life, and people eat apples every day. But there are  11  apples that are especially important to the history of our human beings and they have changed the whole world.

Long long ago when the world just started, apple was a forbidden  12   in the Garden of Eden, however, a girl named Eve stole and ate it. Unfortunately, she was discovered by God, and was driven away  13   the Garden together with a boy called Adam. After they  14   the garden, Adam and Eve had their own babies and  15   the ancestors of all of us. This is the beginning of our world, history  16   morality.*

In the Autumn of 1665, there  17   a young man sitting under an apple tree in his garden. His name was Newton. While he was thinking of one problem, suddenly, an apple dropped down from the tree and fell on his head.  18   this, Newton discovered gravitation* on that day and his new idea of science made people really  19   and happy, also he changed our opinions about nature and the way  20   we think, then people began to  21  what science was at that time.

And today, Jobs Steve, this crazy old man changed the world by his apple products. For example, iPhones  22  be found  23   in the street, young people feel cool when they use this kind of new high-tech* product. Don’t you think  24   apple products have become a symbol of our time? As Jobs Steve often said he was born to change the world and he made it.  25   he has died, people remember him and miss him, because he made our life more colorful and amazing.

1.A.one B.two C.three D.four

2.A.vegetable B.fruit C.food D.noodle

3.A.from B.in C.with D.under

4.A.went B.walked C.lived D.left

5.A.got B.turned C.made D.became

6.A.but B.or C.and D.though

7.A.had B. wasC.haveD.is

8.A.Because of B.Because C.For D.Since

9.A.bored B.tired C.relaxed D.surprised

10.A./ B.which C.how D.what

11.A.learn B.know C.talk D.share

12.A.need B.should C.can D.must

13.A.somewhere B.nowhere C.everywhere D.anywhere

14.A.what B.who C.where D.that

15.A.Although B.But C.However D.Even

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.A

9.D

10.A

11.B

12.C

13.C

14.D

15.A

【解析】

1.根据后文介绍的内容，有三个关于苹果的故事，故选答案C

2.根据苹果是属于水果的性质，故选答案为B，意思为是一种被禁止的水果。

3.be driven away from sp，表示从某地被赶走，符合题意，故选A

4.根据上下文的意思，可知答案为D，left表示离开的意思是leave的过去式，故选D

5.根据上下文的意思，可知答案为D，表示成为我们的祖先，符合上下文的语境。

6.根据前后两句的并列关系，可知答案为C，表示和的意思。

7.根据前文的内容In the Autumn of 1665,可知要使用一般过去时，同时在there be 句型中，不能出现have，故选B

8.根据上下文的内容，可知答案为A，表示由于这个的意思，是指苹果落地的意思，故选A

9.因为牛顿发现了万有引力，这个使人惊奇和高兴，故选答案D

10.本题考查的是定语从句的关系代词，其中the way是先行词，而在后文中，作为think的宾语，将关系代词省略，故选A

11.根据上文的意思，可知答案为B，表示知道的意思。符合题意。

12.本题考查的是情态动词的被动语态，其结构为主语+情态动词+be+done，根据语境需要，可知答案为C

13.根据上下文的意思和苹果手机产品的实际情况，可知答案为C，表示到处都是的意思，故选C

14.本题需要的是that 引导的宾语从句，做know 的宾语，故选D。

15.根据前后句子之间的关系，可知答案为A.，表示尽管的意思，引导让步状语从句。