Question

Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (选择最恰当的单词或短语完成短文):

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   ________ 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(被禁止的) fruit in the Garden of Eden, however, a girl named Eve stole and ate it. Unfortunately, she was discovered by God, and was driven away from the Garden together with a boy called Adam. After they left the garden, Adam and Eve had their own babies and became the ancestors(祖先) of all of us. This is the ________  of our world.

In the Autumn of 1665, there was 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. ________  this, Newton discovered gravitation(引力) on that day and his new idea of science made people really surprised and happy, also he changed our opinions about nature and the way we think, then people began to ________ what science was at that time.

And today, Jobs Steve, this crazy old man changed the world by his apple products. For example, iPhones can be found   ________ in the street. Young people feel cool when they use this kind of new high-tech(技术) product. Don’t you think that 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. ________ he has died, people remember him and miss him. It is because he made our life more colorful and amazing.

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

2.A. top        B. beginning     C. disaster     D. end

3.A. Because of  B. In favour of C. Instead of   D. With the help of

4.A. watch       B. talk         C. share        D. know

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

6.A. However     B. Although     C. Since        D. Unless

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.C

6.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲的是和苹果有关的三个故事，一个亚当与夏娃的故事，一个是牛顿的故事，还有一个就是乔布斯的故事。

1.C考查数词与语境理解。A. one一个；B. two两个； C. three三；D. four 四。句意：但有三个苹果对人类历史尤其重要并改变了整个世界。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.B考查名词与语境理解。A. top顶部；B. beginning开始；C. disaster灾难；D. end结束。句意：这就是我们世界的开始。根据句意及语境亚当和夏娃成为人类的祖先，所以是世界的开始，故选B。

3.A考查词组与语境理解。A. Because of因为；B. In favour of喜欢；C. Instead of代替；D. With the help of 在……帮助下。句意：因为这一点，牛顿在那一天发现了地球引力。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

4.D考查动词与语境理解。A. watch观察；B. talk交谈； C. share分享；D. know 知道。句意：然后，在那时人们开始知道什么是科学。根据上文的意思，可知答案为D，表示知道的意思。符合题意。

5.C考查不定代词词与语境理解。A. somewhere一些地方；B. nowhere没有地方；C. everywhere到处；D. anywhere任何地方。句意：例如苹果手机在大街上到处可以看到。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。

6.A. However然而；B. Although虽然；C. Since自从；D. Unless除非。句意：虽然他已经去世了，人们仍然记住他并怀念他。根据前后句子之间的关系，可知答案为B.表示尽管的意思，引导让步状语从句。

考点：故事类短文阅读