In our discussion with people on how education can help them succeed in life, a woman remembered the first meeting of an introductory course about 20 years ago.
The professor the lecture hall, placed upon his desk a large jar filled with dried beans, and invited the students to how many beans the jar contained. After shouts of wildly wrong guesses the professor smiled a thin, dry smile,announced the answer, and went on saying, “You have just an important lesson about science. That is: “Never your own senses”
Twenty years later, the could guess what the professor had in mind.He himself, perhaps, as inviting his students to start an exciting into all unknown world invisible to the , which can be discovered only through scientific . But the seventeen-year-old girl could not accept or even the invitation. She was just to understand the world. And she that her firsthand experience could be the . The professor, however, said that it was . He was taking away her only for knowing and was providing her with no substitute(替代). “I remember feeling small and ,” the woman says, “and I did the only thing I could do, I the course that afternoon,and I haven’t gone near science since. ”
1.A. art B. history C. science D. math
2.A. searched for B. looked at C. got through D. marched into
3.A. count B. guess C. report D. watch
4.A. warning B. giving C. turning away D. 1istening to
5.A. ready B. possible C. correct D. difficult
6.A. 1earned B. prepared C. taught D. taken
7.A. lose B. trust C. sharpen D. show
8.A. 1ecturer B. scientist C. speaker D. woman
9.A. described B. respected C. saw D. served
10.A. voyage B. movement C. change D. rush
11.A. professor B. eye C. knowledge D. light
12.A. model B. senses C. spirit D. methods
13.A. hear B. make C. present D. refuse
14.A. suggesting B. beginning C. pretending D. waiting
15.A. believed B. doubted C. proved D. explained
16.A. growth B. strength C. faith D. truth
17.A. firm B. interesting C. wrong D. acceptable
18.A. task B. tool C. success D. connection
19.A. cruel B. proud C. frightened D. brave
20.A. dropped B. started C. passed D. Missed
—It's nice. Never before ________ such a special drink!
—I'm glad you like it.
A.I have had B.I had C.have I had D.had I
The book is of great value. ______ can be enjoyed unless you digest it.
A. Nothing B. Something
C. Everything D. Anything
The little boy came riding full speed down the motorway on his bicycle. ______ it was!
A. How dangerous the scene B. What dangerous a scene
C. How a dangerous scene D. What a dangerous scene
At the end of the meeting, it was announced that an agreement _______.
A. has been reached B. had been reached
C. has reached D. had reached
Last Monday, I was asked to give the new students a test ________ their English level.
A. evaluating B. to have evaluated
C. to evaluate D. having evaluated