13.I passed all the other courses that I took at my university,but I could have never passed botany.This was because all botany students had to spend several hours a week in a laboratory looking through a microscope at plant cells,and I could never once see a cell through a microscope.This used to make my professor angry.He would wander around the laboratory pleased with the progress all the students were making in drawing the structure of flower cells,until he came to me.I would just be standing there."I can't see anything,"I would say.He would begin patiently enough,explaining how anybody can see through a microscope,but he would always end up angrily,claiming that I could too see through a microscope but just pretended that I couldn't."It takes away from the beauty of flowers anyway."I used to tell him."We are not concerned with beauty in this course,"he would say."We are concerned with the structure of flowers.""Well,"I'd say."I can't see anything.""Try it just once again,"he'd say,and I would put my eye to the microscope and see nothing at all,except now and again something unclear and milky."You were supposed to see a clear,moving plant cells shaped like clocks.""I see what looks like a lot of milk."I would tell him.This,he claimed,was the result of my not having adjusted the microscope properly,so he would readjust it for me,or rather,for himself.And I would look again and see milk.
I failed to pass botany that year,and had to wait a year and try again,or I couldn't graduate.The next term the same professor was eager to explain cell-structure again to his classes."Well,"he said to me,happily,"we're going to see cells this time,aren't we?""Yes,sir,"I said.Students to the right of me and to the left of me and in front of me were seeing cells; what's more,they were quietly drawing pictures of them in their notebook.Of course,I didn't see anything.
So the professor and I tried with every adjustment of the microscope known to man.With only once did I see anything but blackness or the familiar milk,and that time I saw,to my pleasure and amazement,something like stars.These I hurriedly drew.The professor,noting my activity,came to me,a smile on his lips and his eyebrows high in hope. He looked at my cell drawing."What's that?"he asked."That's what I saw,"I said."You didn't,you didn't,you didn't!"he screamed,losing control of himself immediately,and he bent over and looked into the microscope.He raised his head suddenly."That's your eye!"he shouted."You've adjusted the microscope so that it reflects!You're drawn your eye!"
21.Why couldn't the writer see the flower cells through the microscope?C.
A.Because he had poor eyesight
B.Because the microscope didn't work properly
C.Because he was not able to adjust the microscope properly
D.Because he was just playing jokes on his professor by pretending not to have seen it
22.What does the writer mean by"his eyebrows high in hope"in the last paragraph?A
A.His professor expected him to have seen the cells and drawn the picture of them
B.His professor hoped he could perform his task with attention
C.His professor wished him to learn how to draw pictures
D.His professor looked forward to seeing all his students finish their drawings
23.What is the thing like stars that the writer saw in the last paragraph?B
A.Real stars
B.His own eye
C.Something unknown
D.Milk
24.In what writing style did the writer write the passage?D
A.Realistic
B.Romantic
C.Serious
D.Humorous.
分析 本文講述了作者通過了大學(xué)的所有其他課程,但可能從來沒有通過植物學(xué),這是因為所有的植物學(xué)學(xué)生都要花幾個小時在一個實驗室,通過顯微鏡觀察植物細胞,但作者通過顯微鏡卻從來沒有見過一個細胞.這是為什么呢?
解答 21.C 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段的This,he claimed,was the result of my not having adjusted themicroscope properly他聲稱,這是我沒有正確調(diào)整顯微鏡的結(jié)果,可知作者通過顯微鏡看不到花的細胞是因為因為他不能正確地調(diào)整顯微鏡,故選C.
22.A 推理判斷題.結(jié)合選項可知是教授的期望.作者因不能正確使用顯微鏡而考試不及格,教授自然希望作者能和其他學(xué)生一樣,正確調(diào)節(jié)顯微鏡,能看到細胞并畫出細胞的圖片,故選A.
23.B 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)最后一段的He raised his head suddenly."That'syour eye!"he shouted."You've adjusted the microscope so that itreflects他突然抬起頭來,"那是你的眼睛!"他喊道,"你調(diào)整了顯微鏡這樣反射了你的眼睛,可知作者看到的像星星的東西是他自己的眼睛,故選B.
24.D 寫作風(fēng)格題.根據(jù)第一段的and I could never once see a cell through amicroscope.我通過顯微鏡卻從來沒有見過一個細胞以及整篇文章用詞和作者語氣可看出作者的"幽默詼諧".故選D.
點評 本文是人物故事類閱讀,考查學(xué)生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力.做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確選擇.在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.