14.Greenwich (格林威治)is on the River,five miles from the middle of London,and its history is two thousand years old.The first English people were fishermen there,and they named the place Greenwich,meaning"green village".Later the English kings and queens lived at Greenwich in their beautiful places.
The name of the earliest palace was Placentia.Henry VIII lived there.He knew that England must be strong at sea.So he started two big ship-yards (船塢)at Greenwich.But trouble was coming to Greenwich.In 1649,a war started in England and for eleven years there was no king.The men who had worked for him at Placentia decided to live the place themselves.They sold all its beautiful things.Finally,the war ended and King Charles II came back.But Placentia was falling down.So King Charles built a new and bigger palace,which is now open to the public.
At this time,Charles was worried about losing so many of its ships at sea:their sailors did not know how to tell exactly where they were.So in 1675,Charles made John Flamsteed,the first astronomer (天文學家)in England,try to find the answer.Flamsteed worked in a new building on the high ground in Greenwich Park.From it with a telescope which he made himself,F(xiàn)lamsteed could look all round the sky.And he did,night after night,for twenty years.Carrying on Flamsteed's work a hundred years later,an astronomer called Harrison finally made a clock which told the time at sea,and helped sailors to know where they were.You can see Harrison's clock,still working,in Greenwich's museum of the sea.Because of Flamsteed's work,every country in the world now tells its time by Greenwich Time.
35.The first English people living in the"green village"wereC.
A.sailors B.King Charles and his family
C.fishermen D.The families of kings and queens
36.What kind of trouble came to Greenwich in 1649?D
A.Placentia was destroyed.B.King Henry died.
C.Ship-yards were built.D.A war started in England.
37.Charles made John Flamsteed try to findB.
A.how to build strong ships B.how to tell sailors'positions at sea
C.how to tell the exact time D.a(chǎn) place to set up a telescope
38.Who made the first clock which could tell the time at sea?A
A.Harrison B.Flamsteed C.Henry D.Charles.
分析 文章主要講的是格林威治的歷史.格林威治離倫敦市中心有五英里遠,它有著兩千年的歷史.最初的英國人是生活在格林威治的漁民.現(xiàn)在,世界各地的時間都是依照格林威治時間制定的.
解答 35-38 CDBA
35.C.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段中的"The first English people were fishermen there",可知最初的英國人是生活在格林威治的漁民.故選C.
36.D.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第二段中的"But trouble was coming to Greenwich.In 1649,a war started in England and for eleven years there was no king.",可知1649年英國爆發(fā)了戰(zhàn)爭,這給格林威治帶來了麻煩.故選D.
37.B.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第三段中的"At this time,Charles was worried about losing so many of its ships at sea:their sailors did not know how to tell exactly where they were.So in 1675,Charles made John Flamsteed,the first astronomer (天文學家)in England,try to find the answer.",可知查爾斯二世讓天文學家John Flamsteed找到在海上判斷方位的方法,因為查爾斯的水手們在海上無法判斷方位.故選B.
38.A.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第三段中的"an astronomer called Harrison finally made a clock which told the time at sea",可知Harrison制作了第一臺航海鐘,故選A.
點評 考查學生的細節(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