Question

“ Listen carefully to what I say.” the time traveler said. “I shall tell you something that you will not agree.”

“Why will we not agree?” I asked.

“Because the science and mathematics you know are not correct,” he said, “You believe there are only three dimensions(三维空间）---length, breadth(宽）and thickness.”

“There is nothing to agree with that,” the youngest member of our little group said.

“Exactly!” the time traveler answered. “But there is also a fourth dimension---time.”

“We all know about time,” another member of the group said,” Time passes.”

“I do not agree,” the time traveler said. “Length, breadth and thickness do not pass. They stay in the same place in space. We move about them. I can prove that time is the same. It does not pass. We move in time the same way that we move in length, breadth and thickness.”

None of us believed the time traveler, and we argued with him for many hours.

“If we could travel back in time,” the scientist said, “we could do things to change the future.”

“If we could travel forward in time,”the doctor(博士）said,“We could do things that change our present.”

The time traveler smiled. “It is clear,” he said, “that there is only one way I can show you that I am right. We must do an experiment. Please wait here.”

He left the room and soon returned, carrying what looked like a clock.

“This is a model of a time machine. It took me two years to make it.” the time traveler said, “I want all of you to understand that when I start the machine, it will immediately travel in time and disappear from present.”

He turned to the youngest of us. “Give me your hand.” he said.

The young man put out his hand. The time traveler took it and placed it on the machine. Immediately, there was a sudden wind, and the little machine disappeared.

I was certain this was not a trick, but the doctor was not so sure.

“Are you asking us to believe,” he said, “that the machine is now in the different time?”

“Certainly! In my laboratory, a full-size machine is almost complete. As soon as it is complete, I shall send myself on a journey through time. Would you like to see my machine?”

“Are you serious about this?” the doctor asked.

“I have never been more serious about anything,” the time traveler said, “Come.”

We followed him to his laboratory. There, we saw the actual machine, not quite complete, but large enough for a man to sit in.

1. How many dimensions did the time traveler say there are?

A. Two.     B. Three.    C. Four.   D. Five.

2. How long did it take the time traveler to make his model time machine?

A. Two years.     B. Two months.

C. Twenty years.  D. All his life.

3. Which is the right order of what happened in the story?

a. The model time machine disappeared with a wind.

b. The time traveler came back to the room with a model time machine.

c. The members of the group argued with the time traveler for many hours.

d. The time traveler showed them a full-size time machine which was not quite complete.

e. The youngest man’s hand was placed on the model time machine.

A.e c a d b    B.b c e a d    C.c e b a d    D.c b e a d

4.What can we infer(推断）from the passage about the time traveler?

A. He believed that they could move in time.

B. He was playing a trick on a group of people.

C. He sent the young man to the future in the model time machine.

D. He would possibly send himself on a journey through time.

5. What kind of story do you think the passage is?

A. A detective story.       B. A science fiction.

C. A romantic fiction.      D. A horror story.

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.D

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文是一个科幻小说的节选，给我们介绍了一个时间旅行者和一群人在争论，人们都认为我们的世界是三维空间，即长、宽、高，但是时间旅行者认为应该是思维空间，还有一个是时间。他还用他制作的时间机器做实验来证明。

1.C细节理解题。根据短文中"Because the science and mathematics you know are not correct," he said. "You believe there are only three dimensions(三维空间)-length, breadth(宽) and thickness."和"But there is also a fourth dimension - time."可知，时间旅行者认为除了我们知道的三维空间-长、宽、高之外，还有第四个空间，那就是时间。故应选C。

2.A细节理解题。根据短文中"This is a model of a time machine. It took me two years to make it," the time traveler said.可知，时间旅行者拿出了一个时间机器，他说这是他花费两年的时间制作而成的。由此可知选A。

3.D细节理解题。根据题干中给出的五个选项，我们可以知道答案在原文第8段开始往后叙述，we argued with him for many hours.时间旅行者和一群人争论了好几个小时，然后He left the room and soon returned, carrying what looked like a clock，是时间旅行者拿出了一个时间机器，接着He turned to the youngest of all. "Give me your hand," he said，他让一个年龄最小的人把手放在时间机器上，时间机器就消失了，最后In my laboratory, a full-size machine is almost complete，他带着这些人去看正常尺寸时间机器。由此可知正确答案是D。

4.D推理判断题。根据短文中I can prove that time is the same. It does not pass. We move in time the same way that we move in breadth, length and thickness."可知，时间旅行者认为时间就像其他的三维空间一样是可以移动的，他还用时间机器做了一个实验，让人们相信他的看法。由此我们可以推断，时间旅行者就是通过时间来旅行的。故应选D。

5.B主旨大意题。这篇短文给我们介绍了一个时间旅行者和一群人在争论，人们都认为我们的世界是三维空间，即长、宽、高，但是时间旅行者认为应该是思维空间，还有一个是时间。他还用他制作的时间机器做实验来证明。从大意来看，这篇短文是一个不真实的科幻小说，故应选B。

考点：故事类短文阅读。