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Great scientist
一、选择题
1.It is you as well as your wife that ______ your son's bad performance at school.
A.is to be blamed for B.are to be blamed for C.are to blame for D.is to blame for
2.—Johnson,come and look at the sea!It's beautiful,isn't it?
—Absolutely!If only I ______here by the sea.
A.had lived B.Lived C.live D.will live
3.—Please ______ us in the discussion.
—I'd like to,but I'm ______busy at the moment.
A.attend;too B.join;much too C.take part in;much too D.join;too much
4.The workers will go on strike if the demands they ______ put forward are turned down.
A.could B.would C./ D.had
5.______ twice a year,whether it is a car or a truck,is the rule that every driver must obey in this city.
A.Examining B.Examined C.Having examined D.Being examined
6.—Do you like to buy the product an advertisement ______ on TV?
—Not really. I think it's better to look before we leap.
A.advises B.suggests C.announces D. praises
7.The official involved in the scandal said he was under ______ to make the false statement to the police.
A.control B.influence C.pressure D.effort
8.______ two giraffes,Zheng He later brought zebras,shells,elephant ivory back to China after his voyages.
A.Besides that B.Except C.In addition D.Apart from
9.—What about saving the drowning boy from the other side of the river?
—In my opinion,______.
A.it makes sense B.it's out of the question C.it's up to you D.it's hard to say
10.The country has acknowledged ______ every means to fight against any possible attack.
A.to have taken B.have taken C.to having taken D.having taken
二.阅读理解
Physics is a different world now. Will there ever be another Einstein?
Scientists say a new Einstein will appear,but it may take a long time. After all,more than 200 years separated Einstein from his nearest rival (对手) ,Isaac Newton.
Many physicists say the next Einstein hasn't been born yet,or is only a baby now.That's because the searching for a unified (统一的) theory that would explain all the forces of nature has pushed current mathematics to its limits. New math must be created before the problem can be solved.
But researchers say there are many other factors working against another Einstein appearing anytime soon.
For one thing,physics is quite a different field today. In Einstein's day,there were a few thousand physicists worldwide,and fewer theoreticians.
Education is different,too. One extremely important aspect of Einstein's training that failed to be considered is the philosophy he read as a teenager.It taught him how to think theoretically about space and time.
And he was a skilled musician. The interplay between music and math is well known. Einstein would fiercely play his violin as a way to think through a knotty physics problem.
Today,universities have produced millions of physicists. There aren't many jobs in science for them,so they go to Wall Street and Silicon Valley to apply their analytical skills to more practical and rewarding efforts.
Besides,those who stay in science don't work alone It's very difficult to imagine an independent person like Einstein ever tolerating this.
1.Which of the following best explains why the next Einstein hasn't been born yet?
A.Education today doesn't pay enough attention to philosophy teaching.
B.It isn't known who will be another Einstein among newlyborn babies.
C.Math today is limited and cannot help the further development of physics.
D.There were more physicists in Einstein's time than today.
2.One of the reasons that made Einstein a great scientist is ______.
A.the lack of physicists in his day B.the philosophy he read in his teens
C.learning from Isaac Newton D.not going to work at Wall Street
3.The underlined word “knotty” here probably means ______.
A.interesting and useful B.important and meaningful
C.realistic and hard D.difficult and puzzling
4.From Paragraph 3 to Paragraph 6,how many reasons does the writer give for why another Einstein hasn't appeared?
A.One. B.Two. C.Three. D.Four.
项符合题意。
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