閱讀理解。
閱讀短文,從每題所給的 A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中,選出最佳選項(xiàng)回答問(wèn)題或完成句子。
Last year, Shanghai-born Charles K. Kao and two North American scientists got the 2009 Nobel Prize(諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)) in Physics together. Their work made the Internet come into a new age.
Kao, 77, was born in Shanghai in 1933. He is famous for finding out how to transmit(傳輸) light signals(信號(hào)) over long ways through glass fibers(玻璃纖維) as thin as a human hair. His work makes the
Internet information transmit faster around the world, Kao was vice chancellor(副校長(zhǎng)) of the Chinese
University of Hong Kong from 1987 to 1996. He doesn't work, and live in Hong Kong now.
The Chinese people were pleased to learn the good news. “The people of Hong Kong and I send our
congratulations to Kao on receiving the prize…Kao is also a true gentleman(紳士). We are greatly proud
to have such an excellent person in Hong Kong.”Zeng Yinquan once said.
Willard Boyle, a Canadian American, and George Smith of the United States got the other half of the
prize.
1. Charles K. Kao was born in _______________.
A. Shahghai
B. Hong Kong
C. New York
2. How many scientists got the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics together?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
3. Zeng Yinquan thinks Kao is ____________.
A. an excellent person in Hong Kong
B. a good student
C. an honest friend
4. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Kao's work makes the Internet information transmit faster around the world.
B. Kao is still working in the Chinese University of Hong Kong now.
C. Willard Boyle and George Smith are both scientists.
5. The Chinese people feel __________ at the news that Kao got the Nobel Prize.
A. interested
B. surprised
C. happy