Question

Education from My Father

My memories of my father are slim because he was so sick in the last years of his life. But there are   32   that I am often reminded of and which may have had some bearing on my love of   33  .

When I was small I was somewhat   34   of lightning and thunder. My father explained it. The explanation was in   35   that a child could understand but was basically correct. I gained a better   36   later, but I didn’t have to unlearn anything.

What he said was that there was electricity in the clouds   37   it traveled to the ground like a spark. When it traveled   38   the air it made the air so hot that it   39  . Then there was nothing where the air had been and the air all around rushed in to   40   the space. He clapped his hands together very loud,   41   to be the air rushing in, and said that makes the thunder. When I hear thunder, I can still hear that   42  .

He explained why if it was cloudy in the winter the night was warmer than if it was   43  . It was one of those nights when the sky was full of stars: no moon, no town lights. But there were more stars than you could   44   and they had color too. He said that if there were no clouds, we had no blankets and were   45   to the universe. Our warmth was going to   46   the whole universe. When there were clouds, they were like blankets and we were not exposed to the universe. I   47   feel on the edge of space on a very clear night.

I am sure there were many other lessons that I   48   but no longer remember. What I did 49  , in general, was that there were explanations and that the more I understood them, the more    comfortable the world was to live in. I was not taught that there were   50   but that there was understanding if you looked for it. This may be why I have always been   51   in science.

1.A. others            B. few             C. some          D. all

2.A. science           B. nature          C. weather       D. universe

3.A. sure              B. fond            C. tired         D. afraid

4.A. depth             B. words           C. gestures      D. data

5.A. understanding B. knowledge           C. command       D. confidence

6.A. but               B. and             C. for           D. or

7.A. above             B. to              C. along         D. through

8.A. shone             B. burned          C. expanded      D. broke

9.A. fill              B. make            C. avoid         D. break

10.A. trying           B. proving         C. hoping        D. pretending 

11.A. clap             B. remark          C. voice         D. crash

12.A. cold             B. bright          C. clear         D. foggy

13.A. explore          B. foresee         C. imagine       D. identify

14.A. committed        B. exposed         C. related       D. led

15.A. heat             B. protect         C. extend        D. light

16.A. ever             B. also            C. even          D. still

17.A. selected         B. arranged        C. absorbed      D. delivered

18.A. consider         B. promise         C. explain       D. learn

19.A. memories         B. blankets        C. mysteries     D. thunders

20.A. engaged          B. interested      C. successful    D. skillful

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.D

11.A

12.C

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.D

17.C

18.D

19.C

20.B

【解析】文章講述的是作者小的時(shí)候有了父親給的關(guān)于一些自然想象的解釋，從而產(chǎn)生了對科學(xué)的喜愛，影響了作者一生。

1.代詞。此處代指前面的memories,句意為但是有一些記憶讓我常常想起。

2.上下文，根據(jù)作者回憶的內(nèi)容和This may be why I have always been   51   in science可知，父親使作者愛上了科學(xué)。    

3.句易理解。作者小時(shí)候?qū)�雷電感到害怕�?/p>

4.詞組，句易理解。父親的口頭解釋孩子可以聽懂，但是基本上是正確的。

5.句易理解，小時(shí)候父親為了讓他能聽懂，解釋上肯定不夠科學(xué)，完善，所以此處講的是作者后來對此增進(jìn)了了解/知識。Gain a better understanding 增進(jìn)對……的了解/知識

6.連詞，他說的是，云層里有電，電像閃光一樣傳遞到地面上。并列關(guān)系。

7.through穿過 當(dāng)電穿過空氣的時(shí)候，它讓空氣變得很熱，以致于空氣都燃燒了起來。根據(jù)后面的Then there was nothing where the air had been可知，空氣燃燒掉了。

8.同上。根據(jù)后面的Then there was nothing where the air had been可知，空氣燃燒掉了。

9.句意理解，空氣被燃燒掉后，別處的空氣要填補(bǔ)進(jìn)來，即fill,

10.句意理解，父親拍手，模擬空氣快速填補(bǔ)進(jìn)來。

11.上下文，每當(dāng)我聽到雷聲，我還能回想到當(dāng)時(shí)父親拍手的聲音。

12.上下文，此處與前面的cloudy相反，即clear晴天，根據(jù)后面的It was one of those nights when the sky was full of stars: no moon, no town lights也可以知道

13.句意理解，其實(shí)有比你想象的多得多的星星，他們還有顏色。Explore探索    foresee 預(yù)測 identify 識別 ，

14.詞組辨析，be exposed to 暴露于 be committed to致力于 be related to 與……有關(guān) lead to導(dǎo)致  句意為，沒有云的時(shí)候，我們完全暴露于整個(gè)宇宙之中，沒有什么遮蓋。

15.上下文，根據(jù)warmth可知，溫暖可以給整個(gè)宇宙加熱，

16.句意理解，在晴朗的夜晚，我仍然能夠感受到（像父親說的那樣）好像站在太空的邊緣。

17.動(dòng)詞。Absorb吸收，理解。句意為我肯定還有其他很多知識我理解了，但是現(xiàn)在不記得了。

18.句意理解，但是我真正學(xué)到的是，一切都有相應(yīng)的解釋，我理解的越多，我就會(huì)生活的越舒適。

19.父親教會(huì)了我世界上沒有什么是解不開的迷，只要我們?nèi)�尋找，就可以理解，弄明白。也許這就是我對科學(xué)感興趣的原因。

20.同上