In 1901 a German scientist named William Roentgen received the first Nobel Prize for Physics．He had discovered X-rays．He made his discovery when he noticed that in certain experiments a special kind of light was made by the cathode rays (陰極設(shè)線) hitting a screen．The other scientists working with him had noticed this light but they did not think it was important．Roentgen was the first person to ask himself questions about this special kind of light．When he examined it, he discovered a new kind of radiation called X-rays．

　　We often think that a creative idea suddenly comes into our heads from nowhere．This is not usually the case it comes because we are ready to receive it．When someone asked Isaac Newton how he had discovered the laws of gravity, he replied, “I am certain that any mind working on a problem continuously will be prepared for the sudden answer．” Albert Einstein received the Nobel Prize for physics in 1921 and said that there are discoveries waiting to be made if people continue to look and study all the time．

　　One of the problems facing creative people is that their ideas may be too new for the rest of the world．It often happens that people laugh at the work of artists and scientists．Barbara McClintock is a good example of someone who continued to think she was right although for 30 years other scientists thought that she was wrong．Finally, her work proving that genes (基因) can make sudden change in heredity (遺傳) won her the Nobel Prize in 1983．

　　Many creative people looking for ideas or solutions find them in a visual (視覺) form first．Elias Howe, the man who invented the sewing machine, had a big problem facing him．He could not understand how to connect the needle to the rest of the machine．Needles had always had a pointed end, with the hole at the other end．One night in a dream he was attacked by people with sharp spears (矛)．In the morning he said, There is the answer staring me in the face! He made a hole in the sharp end of the needle and then connected it to the sewing machine．

　　What kind of creativity do you have? You can help your creativity by asking lots of questions, preparing a piece of work

carefully and taking some sensible risks．Work hard and change your way of working sometimes alone, sometimes in a group．Have fun! Be creative!

1．We can infer from the passage that creativity means ________．

[　　]

A．the imagination to find a way of doing things

B．the plan to make an important discovery

C．the ability to make something different

D．the power to make something new

2．The writer's purpose in writing this passage is________．

[　　]

A．to tell some interesting stories

B．to prove that people are creative in many ways

C．to praise some great scientists

D．to explain why some people are clever

3．Which of the following statements is best supported by the third paragraph?

[　　]

A．Believe in your own ideas．

B．Pay attention to your dreams．

C．Ask questions about everything around you．

D．Collect as much information as you can．

4．Which of the following statements is FALSE?

[　　]

A．You can be more creative if you read a lot．

B．You can promote your creativity by asking lots of questions．

C．You can help your creativity by getting into the habit of thinking about ordinary things．

D．Doing a lot of preparations can make you more creative．

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　　On October 8th, 2004 Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize.

　　Maathal, 64, founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977, which has been carried out mainly by women in the villages of Kenya, who through protecting their environment and through the paid work are able to better care for their children and their future. The Green Belt Movement has planted more than 30 million trees across Africa. Maathai served as national chairperson for the National Council（委員會(huì)）of Women of Kenya.

　　She thought the environment is very important in the aspects（角度）of peace because when we destroy our resources and our resources become scarce, we fight over that. She is working to make sure we don't only protect the environment; we also improve governance.

　　She was the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctor's degree and to head a university department in Kenya. Having earned a biology degree from Mount St. Scholastica College in Kansas and a master's degree at the University of Pittsburgh, Maathai returned to Kenya and earned a PhD at the University of Nairobi.

　　Peace on earth depends on our ability to protect our living environment. Maathai is a strong voice speaking for the best forces in Africa to promote（促進(jìn)）peace and good living conditions on that continent. Maathai stands at the front of the fight to ecologically（生態(tài)學(xué)地）promote development in Kenya and in Africa.

　　Maathai won the prize worth 1.36 million US dollars. She became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize; she is the seventh African to win the prize since it was first awarded in 1901.

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A．Maathai Won the Prize Worth 1.36 Million US Dollars

B．The Nobel Peace Prize in 2004

C．Kenyan Environmentalist Wangari Naathai

D．The First African Woman to Win the Nobel Prize

(2) Maathal has won the prize mainly because of her work in _____.

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A．doctor's degree

B．caring for children in Africa

C．planting more than 30 million trees

D．peace and good living conditions in Africa

(3) That continent in paragraph 5 refers to ______.

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A．the earth
B．East and Central Africa
C．Africa
D．Kenya

(4) Which of the following statements is NOT true about Maathal?

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A．She has a doctor's degree.

B．She earned a master's degree in the University of Nairobi.

C．She is head of a department in a university.

D．She received her higher education in the United States.

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　　On October 8th, 2004 Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize.

　　Maathal, 64, founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977, which has been carried out mainly by women in the villages of Kenya, who through protecting their environment and through the paid work are able to better care for their children and their future. The Green Belt Movement has planted more than 30 million trees across Africa. Maathai served as national chairperson for the National Council（委員會(huì)）of Women of Kenya.

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　　She was the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctor's degree and to head a university department in Kenya. Having earned a biology degree from Mount St. Scholastica College in Kansas and a master's degree at the University of Pittsburgh, Maathai returned to Kenya and earned a PhD at the University of Nairobi.

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　　Maathai won the prize worth 1.36 million US dollars. She became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize; she is the seventh African to win the prize since it was first awarded in 1901.

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(2) Maathal has won the prize mainly because of her work in _____.

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D．peace and good living conditions in Africa

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C．Africa
D．Kenya

(4) Which of the following statements is NOT true about Maathal?

[　　]

A．She has a doctor's degree.

B．She earned a master's degree in the University of Nairobi.

C．She is head of a department in a university.

D．She received her higher education in the United States.

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　　German born theoretical physicist, Albert Einstein became a citizen of Switzerland in 1901, the year he began a temporary position 　　1　　 a mathematics teacher at the Technical High School in Winterthur．The 　　2　　 year he was hired as a technical expert at the patent office in Berne, a position he 　　3　　 until 1909．Einstein completed his doctorate from the University of Zurich in 1905．

　　Working in his spare time Einstein 　　4　　 three remarkable papers in the year 1905．Each was revolutionary．The first paper on the quantum nature of light(photoelectric effect)led to a Nobel prize sixteen years later．His second paper 　　5　　 special relativity made Einstein a household name throughout the world．His third paper provided an explanation for 　　6　　 had been known as Brownian motion, the random and hitherto unexplained rapid movements of very small particles suspended in fluids or in air．Einstein’s explanation provided convincing evidence 　　7　　 the physical existence of atom-sized molecules．

　　After 1905 Einstein 　　8　　 important contributions to quantum theory and sought to extend the special theory of relativity 　　9　　 non-inertial(i．e．a(chǎn)ccelerating)reference frames．In 1907 Einstein articulated the principle of equivalence．This idea holds that gravitational acceleration is indistinguishable from acceleration 　　10　　 by mechanical forces．

　　In 1909 Einstein became professor of physics at the University of Zurich．He was 　11　　 a full professor 　　12　　 the Karl-Ferdinand University in Prague in 1911．About 1912, Einstein began a new period of his gravitational research by 　　13　　 his work in terms of the tensor calculus of Tullio Levi-Civita and Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro．Einstein 　　14　　 his new work the general theory of relativity．

　　Einstein received 　　15　　 Nobel Prize in 1921 for his 1905 work on the photoelectric effect．A visit 　　16　　 the United States in 1932 was followed by the 　　17　　 of a post at Princeton which he assumed in December 1932．The following month the Nazis 　　18　　 into power in Germany and Einstein was never to return there．At Princeton his work attempted to unify the laws of physics．One week before his death Einstein signed his 　　19　　 letter, a letter to Bertrand Russell in which he agreed that his name should go on a manifesto urging all nations to 　　20　　 nuclear weapons．

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閱讀理解，閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C、D)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

　　Disease, poverty, hate, love-Charles Dickens’ stories opened his readers eyes to the most important themes of his age．Two hundred years on, his stories still speak volumes across the world, proving that Dickens’ legacy(遺產(chǎn))was far greater than just “great literature”

　　February 7 marks the 200th anniversary of the writer's birthday．To mark this date, BBC writer Alex Hudson listed six things Dickens gave the modern world．Let's take a look at two of them．

　　A white Christmas

　　Dickens is described as “the man who invented Christmas”-not the religious festival, but the cultural aspects that we associate with the festive season today．In the early 19th century, Christmas was barely worth mentioning, according to critic and writer Leigh Hunt．The committee which ran the Conservative Party even held ordinary business meetings on Christmas Day-unthinkable in the West nowadays, when everyone but the most necessary workers takes at least three days off．

　　Many people believe that Dickens’ popular descriptions of the festive period became a blueprint for generations to come．In his classic novel, A Christmas Carol, he not only put forward the idea of snow at Christmas, but also painted a picture of glowing warmth-“ home enjoyments, affections and hopes”．

　　In his biography of Dickens, Peter Ackroyd wrote：“ Dickens can be said to have almost single-handedly created the modern idea of Christmas．”

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　　Dickens was one of the first to take an honest look at the underclass and the poor of Victorian(the period during British Queen Victoria's reign from 1837 to 1901)London．

　　He helped popularize the term “red tape” to describe situations where people in power use needless amounts of bureaucracy(官僚作風(fēng))in a way that particularly hurts the weaker and poorer members of society．

　　“Dickensian” has now become a powerful word for describing an unacceptable level of poverty．In 2009, when the president of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers in the UK wanted to talk about deprivation in some areas of Britain, she did not use words like “terrible” or “horrific”, but rather described it as “l(fā)ife mirroring the times of Dickens”．

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An introduction to Charles Dickens’ classic novels．

B．

Charles dickens’ impact on the world．

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Charles Dickens’ amazing characters．

D．

Why Charles Dickens is popular across the world．

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Why is Dickens called “the man who invented Christmas”?

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Because he created the religious festival．

B．

Because many of his novels have something to do with Christmas．

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Because one of his novels helped to shape Christmas celebrations．

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According to the article, the phrase “red tape” refers to ________．

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rules or procedures that are required to accomplish a task

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a situation in which poor members of society are hurt．

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Many people believe Henry Ford invented the automobile (汽車). But Henry Ford did not start to build his first car until 1896. That was eleven years after two Germans developed the world's first automobile. Many people believe Henry Ford invented the production line that moved a car's parts to the worker, instead of making the worker move to the parts. That is not true, either. Many factory owners used methods of this kind before Ford. What Henry Ford did was to use other people's ideas and make them better. And he made the whole factory a moving production line.　　　　　　　　　　　

In the early days of the automobile, almost every car maker raced his cars. It was the best way of gaining public notice. Henry Ford decided to build a racing car. Ford's most famous race was his first one. It was also the last race in which he drove the car himself.

The race was in 1901, at a field near Detroit. All of the most famous cars had entered, but only two were left: the Winton and Ford's. The Winton was famous for its speed. Most people thought the race was over before it began.　　　　　　　

The Winton took an early lead. But halfway through the race, it began to lose power. Ford started to gain. And near the end of the race, he took the lead. Ford won the race and defeated the Winton. His name appeared in newspapers and he became well-known all over the United States. Within weeks of the race, Henry Ford formed a new automobile company. In 1903, a doctor in Detroit bought the first car from the company. That sale was the beginning of Henry Ford's dream. Ford said: "I will build a motor car for the great mass of people. It will be large enough for the family, but small enough for one person to operate and care for. It will be built of the best materials. It will be built by the best men to be employed. And it will be built with the simplest plans that modem engineering can produce. It will be so low in price that no man making good money will be unable to own one."　　　

The Model T was a car of that kind. It only cost $850. It was a simple machine that drivers could depend on. Doctors bought the Model T. So did farmers. Even criminals. They considered it the fastest and surest form of transportation. Americans loved the Model T. They wrote stories and songs about it. Thousands of Model T's were built in the first few years.

1. What do we know about Henry Ford from Paragraph 1?

　　 A. He made good use of ideas from others.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　 B. He produced the first car in the world.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　 C. He knew how to improve auto parts.

　　 D. He invented the production line.

2. Why did Henry Ford take part in the 1901 car race?

　　 A. To show off his driving skills.　

　　 B. To draw public attention.

　　 C. To learn about new technology.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　 D. To raise money for his new company.

3. “That sale” in Paragraph 4 refers to　　　 .

A. the selling of Ford cars at reduced prices　

B. the sale of Model T to the mass of people　

C. the selling of a car to a Detroit doctor

D. the sales target for the Ford Company

4. What was Henry Ford's dream according to the text?　

A. Producing cars for average customers.

B. Building racing cars of simple design.

C. Designing more car models.

D. Starting more companies.

 

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