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阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。
E
What makes a person a scientist? Does he have ways or tools of learning that are different from those of others? The answer is“No”. It is not a tool a scientist uses but how he uses these tools that makes him a scientist. You will probably agree that knowing how to use a power is important to a carpenter. You will probably agree, too, that knowing how to investigate, how to discover information, is important to everyone. The scientist, however, goes one step further：he must be sure that he has a reasonable answer to his question into a large set of ideas about how the world works.
The scientist's knowledge must be exact. There is no room for half right or right just half the time. He must be as nearly right as the conditions permit. What works under one set of conditions at one time must work under the same conditions at other times. If the conditions are different, any change file scientist observes in a demonstration must be explained by the change in the conditions.
This is one reason that investigations are important in science. Albert Einstein, who developed the theory of relativity, arrived at this theory through mathematics. The accuracy of his mathematics was later tested through investigation. Einstein's ideas are shown to be correct. A scientist uses many tools for measurements. Then the measurements are used to make mathematical calculations that may test his investigations.
“...knowing how to investigate, how to discover information, is important to everyone.”The author says this to show________.

A．the importance of information

B．the difference between carpenters and ordinary people

C．the difference between scientists and ordinary people

D．the importance of thinking

A sound scientific theory should be one that________.

A．works under one set of conditions at one time and also works under the same conditions at other times

B．leaves no room for improvement

C．does not allow any change even under different conditions

D．can be used for many purposes

What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Scientists are different from the ordinary people.

B．The theory of relativity.

C．Exactness is the secret of science.

D．Exactness and way of using tools is the key to the making of a scientist.

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D
Most people around the world are“righthanded”. This also seems to be true in history. In 1979, scientists studied works of art made at different times from 1500 B．C. to the 1950s. Most of the people shown in these works are righthanded so the scientist guessed that righthandedness has always been common through history. Today, about 10% of 15% of the world's population is lefthanded.
Why are there more righthanded people than lefthanded ones? Scientists now know that a person's two hands each have their own jobs. For most people, the left hand is used to find things or hold things. The right hand is used to work with things. This is because of the different work of the two sides of the brain. The right side of the brain, which makes a person's hand and eyes work together, controls the left hand. The left side of the brain, which controls the right hand, is the centre for thinking and doing problems. These findings show that more artists and doing problems. These findings show that more artists should be lefthanded, and studies have found that lefthandedness is twice as common among artists as among people in other jobs. No one really knows what makes a person become righthanded instead of lefthanded. Scientists have found that almost 40% of the people become lefthanded because their main brain is damaged when they are born. however, this doesn't happen to everyone, so scientists guess there must be another reason why people become lefthanded.
One idea is that people usually get righthanded from their parents. If a person does not receive the gene(基因)for righthandedness, he/she may become either righthanded or lefthanded according to the chance and the people they work or live with. Though righthandedness is more common than lefthandedness, people no longer think lefthanded people are strange or unusual. A long time ago, lefthanded children were made to use their right hands like other children, but today they don't have to.
After studying works of art made at different times in history, the scientists found________.
A．the art began from 1500 B．C.
B．the works of art ended in 1950s
C．most people shown in the works of art are righthanded
D．most people in the works of art the lefthanded
What is the left hand for most people used to do?

A．It's used to find or hold things.

B．It's used to work with things.

C．It's used to make a person's eyes and hands work together.

D．It's the centre for thinking and doing problems.

According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A．No one really knows what makes a person become righthanded.

B．Lefthandedness is cleverer than righthandedness.

C．Today children are not made to use their right hands only.

D．Scientists think there must be some reason why people become lefthanded

阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。
C
William Shakespeare, the great English writer of drama(戏剧), was born in 1564 in StartfordonAvon. We do not know everything about Shakepeare's early life. But we know that he studied at the Grammar School in Stratford, and that he became interested in the theatre when he was still a boy. In 1586, Shakespeare went to London, where he worked in a theatre for some years before he began to write his own plays. Shakespeare soon became wellknown in London. Every play he wrote was very good and new to the people of the capital. Queen Elizabeth liked Shakespeare's plays. By the end of the 16th century, Shakespeare and his friends had enough money to build their own theatre. But we must think that Shakespeare had no difficulties in his life. Some writers were against him because their plays were worse than his.
Shakespeare is________in England.

A．a scientist

B．an inventor

C．a play writer

D．a story writer

The writer thinks________.

A．we don't know Shakespeare's boyhood at all

B．we know Shakespeare's childhood a little

C．we know Shakespeare's boyhood a lot

D．we should know Shakespeare about his early life well

Shakespeare worked in the theatre________.

A．when he started to write his plays

B．after he left the Grammar School

C．when he was twentytwo years old

D．after he liked the theatre very much

Some writers were against Shakespeare because________.

A．they hated him

B．their plays were less famous than his

C．they wrote fewer plays than he

D．their money was less than his

阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。
B
There is a story about how Albert Einstein was travelling to universities, giving lectures on his famous theory of relativity(相对论). One day while on their way to a university, the driver said, “Dr. Einstein, I've heard that lecture more than 30 times. I have learned it by heart and bet(打赌)I could give it myself.”
“Well, I'll give you the chances，”said Einstein, “they don't know me at the next school. So when we get there, I'll put on your cap and you introduce yourself as me and give the lecture.”
The driver gave Einstein's lecture so wonderfully that he didn't make any mistakes.
When he finished, he started to leave, but one of the professors stopped him and asked him a question which was very difficult. The driver thought fast. “The answer to that question is so simple，”he said, “I'm surprised you have to ask me, in fact, to show you just how simple it is, I'm going to ask my driver to come up here and answer your question.”
The driver asked Albert Einstein to give him a chance to give lectures because________.

A．he thought the theory of relativity simple

B．he didn't understand the theory of relativity at all

C．he had heard the lecture so many times that he could recite it

D．he wanted to show how well he understood the theory of relativity

________and he let driver have a try.

A．Albert Einstein was a very kind man

B．Albert Einstein knew it was impossible for the driver to give the lecture

C．Albert Einstein knew the driver was able to give the lecture

D．Albert Einstein wanted to make fun of the driver

The professor________， so he asked him the question.

A．regarded the driver as Einstein

B．knew the driver wasn't Einstein himself

C．wanted to test Einstein's knowledge

D．wanted to know if the driver was Einstein himself

The driver thought that the professor's question was________.

A．too easy for him to answer

B．too difficult for him to answer

C．simple enough for Einstein to answer

D．so difficult that Einstein couldn't answer it either

What do you think of the driver?

A．He was a foolish man.

B．He was as clever as Einstein.

C．He was bright enough to master the theory of relativity.

D．He was such a clever man that he fooled the professor and other people.

阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
Thomas Alva Edison was awarded more patents(专利)on inventions than another American. When he died in 1931, Americans wondered how they could best show their respect for him. One suggestion was that the nation observe a minute or two of total blackout. All electric power could be shut off in homes, streets, and factories.
Perhaps this suggested plan made Americans realize fully what Edison and his invention meant to them. Electric power was too important to the country. Shutting it off for even a short time would have led to complete confusion. A blackout was out of the question.
On the day of Edison's funeral, many people silently dimmed their lights. In this way they honored the man who had done more than anyone else to put the great force of electricity at his country people's fingertips.
People decided to honor Edison when________.

A．he made the first electric light

B．electric power was 100 years old

C．the country realized electricity's importance

D．he died in 1931

The suggested plan was to________.

A．turn off the lights in factories and schools

B．observe a few minutes of total silence

C．dim all electric lights

D．shut off all electricity for a short time

Americans fully realized what Edison's inventions meant when they________.

A．heard of his death

B．heard of the plan to honor him

C．first used electric power

D．tried to carry out the plan

The plan was never carried out because________.

A．not everyone wanted to honor Edison

B．it was too difficult

C．electric power was too important to the country

D．it honored only one of Edison's inventions

This passage was probably written to________.

A．tell about Edison's inventions

B．explain electricity

C．prove that people wished to honor Edison

D．show what a great Edison was