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　　The next time you use telephone and Internet, you can probably thank Charles Kao(高錕), who was one of the Nobel Prize in physics winners on October 6, 2009．His idea of fiber-optic(光纖)communications has made the modern telephone and Internet possible．People can exchange text, music and photos around the world within seconds thanks to this technology．

　　Half the＄1.4 million prize goes to Charles Kao, 75, for discovering how to send light signals long distance through hair-thin glass fibers．The other half goes to the Americans Boyle, 85, and Smith, 79, for inventing a sensor(傳感器)that turns light into electrical signals．Their invention led to digital cameras．

　　Kao was born in Shanghai in 1933 and now has both American and British citizenship(公民身份)．

　　Kao has been interested in science since he was a boy．He once tried making a bomb(炸彈)at home using chemicals and water; then he threw it in the street．Fortunately, no one was hurt!

　　After primary school and the first year of middle school, Kao moved to Hong Kong with his family．He went to Hong Kong University, but he had to go to London University to study electrical engineering．Later he studied fiber-optic communications．

　　Kao said in 1966 that glass fibers could carry light over long distances．Not many took him seriously at the time．But in 1970, researchers in the US were able to make the material．

　　Today the fibers are used throughout the world in computer cables and other cables．The light that flows through them sends text, music, pictures and video globally in less than a second．If you put together all the fibers in the world, you would get a single thread over 1 billion kilometers long．That is enough to go around the globe more than 25, 000 times．

(1)

Why was Charles Kao awarded the Nobel Prize in physics?

[　　]

A．

Because he invented the modern telephone and Internet．

B．

Because he together with Boyle and Smith invented a sensor which changes light into electrical signals．

C．

Because his idea led to the invention of digital cameras．

D．

Because he discovered the way to send light signals through glass fibers．

(2)

The passage mainly tells us ________．

[　　]

A．

Charles Kao's contribution and his growth

B．

Charles Kao together with Boyle and Smith won the Nobel Prize in physics

C．

how Charles Kao discovered fiber-optic communications

D．

how Charles Kao became a great scientist

(3)

When probably did Charles Kao discover fiber could carry light over long distances?

[　　]

A．

In 1970．

B．

In the mid 1960s．

C．

Soon after leaving Hong Kong University．

D．

Before his graduation from London University．

(4)

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

[　　]

A．

Charles Kao left his parents and went to Hong Kong after the first year of middle school．

B．

Charles Kao is a Chinese-American．

C．

Only a few people considered Charles Kao's idea very useful at the very beginning．

D．

Charles Kao studied fiber-optic communications in Hong Kong University．

答案：1．D;2．A;3．B;4．C;
解析：

(1)

細節(jié)理解題。從文章第二段第一句Half the ＄1.4 million prize goes to Charles Kao, 75, for discovering how to send light signals long distance through hair-thin glass fibers．可知D項正確。

(2)

主旨大意題。全文從Charles Kao獲得諾貝爾物理學獎談起，文章開始主要講述Charles Kao對物理學的貢獻，后文主要講述他的成長。

(3)

細節(jié)理解題。從文章倒數(shù)第二段第一句Kao said in 1966 that glass fibers could carry light over long distances．可知B項正確。

(4)

細節(jié)理解題。從文章倒數(shù)第二段第二句Not many took him seriously at the time．可知C項正確。從文章第三段和倒數(shù)第三段可知A、B、D三項錯誤。


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