Question

【題目】It’s well known that Albert Einstein was one of the greatest scientists of all time and he was also a really great person. Here are some ______ things about him.

When Einstein started to work in America, someone asked him ______ he needed. He said he needed a desk, some paper and a pencil. He also asked for a big waste-paper basket to hold all of his ______. This shows that he knew even the cleverest man in the world can only learn by making mistakes.

Einstein considered ______ very important. He never wore socks and he thought it was a waste of time ______ socks _____people had already worn shoes. He also thought it was a waste of time remembering things that could be ______ quickly in a book. That’s why he never remembered his own phone number in the phone book. He knew what should be remembered. It’s ______ that if we’re going to do great things in our lives, we cannot waste our time.

Einstein liked to joke, too. Once in an exam a student asked _______why all the questions were the same as the last year’s. Einstein replied that the questions were the same but the answers were ______!

【1】A. bad B. interesting C. great D. successful

【2】A. what B. that C. which D. whether

【3】A. paper B. pencils C. mistakes D. questions

【4】A. time B. money C. success D. socks

【5】A. putting off B. putting on C. taking off D. taking out

【6】A. if B. because C. unless D. after

【7】A. bought B. brought C. found D. taken

【8】A. true B. dangerous C. nice D. basic

【9】A. his B. he C. her D. him

【10】A. difficult B. easy C. free D. different

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】A

【5】B

【6】B

【7】C

【8】A

【9】D

【10】D

【解析】短文大意：眾所周知，愛因斯坦是有史以來最偉大的科學(xué)家之一，他也是一個非常好的人。本文介紹了他的一些有趣的事。他知道在世界上即使最聰明的人也需要從錯誤中學(xué)習(xí)。愛因斯坦認(rèn)為時間很重要，他知道什么是值得記住的，愛因斯坦也喜歡開玩笑。

【1】句意：這里有關(guān)于他的幾件趣事。A. bad 糟糕的；B. interesting有趣的；C. great偉大的；D. successful成功的。根據(jù)下文列舉的幾件事，可知是“趣事”。故選B。

【2】句意：當(dāng)愛因斯坦在美國開始工作時，有人問他需要些什么。A. what 什么；B. that 那；C. which哪個；D. whether是否。 what he needed作asked的賓語。 故選A。

【3】句意：他還要了一個大的廢紙籃來盛放他犯的錯誤。 A. paper紙；B. pencils鉛筆；C. mistakes錯誤；D. questions問題。根據(jù)語境可知，錯誤是每個人都會犯的，需要大的廢紙籃來盛放。 故選C。

【4】句意：愛因斯坦認(rèn)為時間是非常重要的。A. time 時間；B. money錢；C. success 成功；D. socks短襪。根據(jù)下文He never wore socks and he thought it was a waste of time ___5___ socks ___6___people had already worn shoes.他不穿襪子，認(rèn)為人們已經(jīng)穿了鞋子了，所以不需要穿襪子，可知他認(rèn)為時間是重要的。 故選A。

【5】句意：他不穿襪子，認(rèn)為人們已經(jīng)穿了鞋子了，所以不需要穿襪子。A. putting off 推遲、拖延；B. putting on穿上；C. taking off 脫下；D. taking out取出。 故選B。

【6】句意：他不穿襪子，他認(rèn)為人們已經(jīng)穿了鞋子了，所以不需要穿襪子。A. if如果，引導(dǎo)條件狀語從句；B. because因?yàn)�，引�?dǎo)原因狀語從句；C. unless除非，引導(dǎo)條件狀語從句；D. after在...之后。根據(jù)后半句可知，“穿鞋是愛因斯坦不穿襪的原因”。 故選B。

【7】句意：他還認(rèn)為，記在書中很快就能找到的東西是浪費(fèi)時間。A. bought 買；B. brought 帶來；C. found 找到；D. taken拿。根據(jù)語境“東西被找到”含有被動含義，因而使用被動句，其結(jié)構(gòu)：be +動詞的過去分詞。found是find的過去分詞。故選C。

【8】句意：的確，如果我們要在生活中做大事，我們就不能浪費(fèi)時間。A. true真的；B. dangerous危險的；C. nice好的；D. basic基本的。It's+形容詞/(v+ed)+that屬于主語從句。 故選A。

【9】句意：在一次考試中，一個學(xué)生問他為什么所有的問題都和去年一樣。A. his他的；B. he他，主格；C. her她，she的賓格；或者是物主代詞，她的； D. him他，he的賓格。此處作ask的賓語，根據(jù)語法知識，動詞后面的人稱代詞作賓語時用賓格。故選D。

【10】句意：愛因斯坦回答說，問題是一樣的，但答案是不同的！A. difficult困難的；B. easy容易的；C. free空閑的；D. different不同的。根據(jù)上下文意，but表示轉(zhuǎn)折，same與different對應(yīng)。故選D。