2020-2021学年高中英语(外研版)必修一--23.docx

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Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, America. In his life he built a successful printing and publishing business in Philadelphia; he conducted scientific studies of electricity and made several important discoveries; he was a diplomat (外交官) and statesman; he helped establish Pennsylvania's first university and America's first city hospital; he also organized the country's first subscription library (收费图书馆)．
Franklin was also unequaled in America as an inventor until Thomas Edison. Ben had poor eyesight and needed glasses to read. He got tired of always taking them off and putting them back on, so he decided to figure out a way to make his glasses let him see both near and far. He had two pairs of glasses cut in half and put half of them together. Today, we call them bifocals (双光眼镜). Another invention of his，an iron stove, allowed people to warm their homes.
He loved to learn about new things. He also thought it was important to make life better with the things that he invented. Electricity was one of the things he experimented with when he retired from his business. Ben discovered that lightning (闪电) and electricity were the same thing. The lightning rod was an important invention that we still use today to protect buildings and ships from lightning damage.
Franklin preferred to have his inventions used freely for the comfort and convenience of everyone. Thomas Jefferson, the third president of America, called Benjamin Franklin “the greatest man of the age and country in which he lived”. To Benjamin Franklin there was no greater purpose in life than to “live usefully”．
语篇解读　被称为“美国之父”的本杰明·富兰克林是杰出的外交官、科学家、实业家。他还是位很有成就的创造家。
1．Benjamin Franklin was NOT a ________.
A. diplomat B. scientist
C. businessman D. president
答案与解析　D　推理推断题。依据第一段可以推断，本杰明·富兰克林是一位外交官、科学家、实业家，但不是总统。
2．The underlined word “unequaled” in Paragraph 2 means ________.
A. better than any other
B. worse than any other
C. the same as others
D. confident as others
答案与解析　A　词义猜想题。通过本段描述可知，本杰明·富兰克林是一位杰出的创造家。故选A。
3．The passage is mainly about Benjamin's achievements in ________.
A. science B. politics
C. education D. business
答案与解析　A　推理推断题。文章其次、三段主要讲了富兰克林的创造，属于他在科学方面的成就。
4．Which of the following is NOT Benjamin's invention?
A. Bifocals. B. The iron stove.
C. Printing. D. The lightning rod.
答案与解析　C　推理推断题。由第一段可知，他在费城有一家印刷公司，但不能推断出他创造了印刷术；在其次、三段描述富兰克林的创造成果时，A、B、D三项均被谈及。故选C。
B
Anne is six years older than me. We were very poor.My mother worked at a factory in a small town in the evening. Not seeing my mother often, Anne took over much of my mother's work.
When I was seventeen, I thought my only chance of going to college was winning a scholarship (奖学金). I had an important interview for such a scholarship. Anne at that time was working hard on her part­time job. I told her of my interview. I was excited and asked her advice on what to wear. I showed her how I planned to be careful and how I sat in order to hide the hole in the bottom of my shoe, but I wasn't sure what I would do if it rained.
Anne suggested that we go shopping. She took me to the shoe department and told me to try on a beautiful pair of leather shoes. Sometimes we did go shopping together and tried on things just to see what they looked and felt like, but we never could afford to buy them. It was like playing dress­up. But this time was different. Anne handed me the boxed shoes and said, “Here you are. I'll buy these for you.”
“But ...” was all I could say.
“This interview is important. I want you to get that scholarship，” she replied.
I knew this was a lot of money for her, and she would probably have to eat nothing but noodles for at least a month.
I won the scholarship and became an engineer. Although they were nice everyday leather shoes, I didn't wear them much. Now, twenty years has passed, I still have that pair of shoes with me, and I just wear them on those little occasions (场合) when I need to feel special.
语篇解读　虽然生活贫困，姐姐仍旧设法给我买了一双新鞋。这双鞋转变了我的生活，就像童话中的“魔鞋”一样。
5．From the passage we can learn that Anne ________.
A. won a scholarship and went to college
B. didn't go to college because they were poor
C. often played dress­up with the author
D. did much to help the author
答案与解析　D　由第一段的最终一句及全文可知，Anne身为姐姐，却担负了妈妈照看我的责任，给了我很多挂念。
6．When Anne decided to buy the shoes, the author was ________.
A. surprised B. sad
C. calm D. happy
答案与解析　A　由第四段可知，姐姐要给我买鞋的时候，我的心情很简单，说不出话。
7．The author didn't often wear the shoes because ________.
A. she didn't like them
B. they were so special
C. she didn't have any chances
D. they were out of fashion
答案与解析　B　我只有在特殊的时候才会穿上这双鞋，并不是由于我不宠爱，而是这双鞋对我来说有特殊的意义。
8．The author wrote this passage in order to ________.
A. share an unforgettable memory
B. introduce her sister Anne
C. tell us about her poor childhood
D. show the importance of new shoes
答案与解析　A　作者写这篇文章的目的是与读者共享一段令人难忘的经受。