Some people remember things by The writer doesn’t like to write
(1) notes to himself because
writing notes to themselves.
_______.
Then they leave the notes in obvious(明显的) places, such as
A. most of the time he
on the table or on the floor in loses them or forgets to look at
them. the middle of the living room. I don’t think I like to write
B. he doesn’t know where notes to myself. Most of the time
to put them.
I lose them or forget to look at them until it’s too late. I
C. his handwriting is
prefer to use an alarm clock (闹poor. 钟) to tell me what I should do.
D. they bring him too much I have some alarm clocks in my house. They could tell me about
trouble.
things. For example, if I have to 37. The writer often uses _______
(2)
to help him remember things. make a telephone call at a
certain time, I’ll set an alarm
clock to go off a few minutes
early and put the clock by the telephone. Or if I want to watch
a certain television program, I’ll set an alarm clock at the right time and put the clock on the top of the TV set. I can use my clocks. However, sometimes an alarm clock goes
D. alarm clocks
n this passage, “go off” means (3)
________. remember almost anything if I
A. start off B. get off C. go away
D. make a sudden noise A. a notebook B. a computer C. telephone calls
off and I don’t know what it
means. I always remember setting
it, but not why I set it. If the clock is by the telephone, I know I may have set it to tell me to call someone. But I can’t be
According to the passage, notes are sure. I might have set it to tell (4) not good, because people may
________. myself that somebody was to call me at a certain time.
A. forget where the notes
have been put
them
B. misuse
on the table
C. put them
in the future
D. read them
The clock helps a lot but (5)
sometimes ________.
work
A. doesn’t
give alarm
B. refuse to
trouble
C. gives
nothing
D. tells
The word “icon” in Paragraph 1 is Tim Berners-Lee is the brilliant (1)
closest in meaning to __________.
British physicist and computer scientist who in 1991 invented the World Wide Web. But the great
breakthrough engineered by this icon of cyberspace did occur, in part, by chance. Berners-Lee was C. teacher A. follower B. idol
trying to find a way to organize his research files, so he developed a software program
that, as he puts it, was “really useful for keeping track of all the random associations one comes across in real life. Brains are supposed to be so good
at remembering – but sometimes mine wouldn’t.” It worked so well, creating effective
linkages between huge amounts of information. It eventually became the basis for the revolution we now casually refer to as the Web. “It would be akin
to a carpenter building a little cabinet for himself and suddenly discovering he could store the entire world inside the thing.
There was quite a bit of luck in
it,” says Arthur Molella from
the National Museum of American History.
The element of chance has also helped produce many of the most important innovations in modern life. Take Percy Lebaron
D. newcomer Berners-Lee’s new way of
organizing files was intended to __________.
A. made up for his imperfect memory
B. provide information for people to share
C. promote his
newly-developed computer program
D. made it easy for him to
communicate with others
Percy Spencer thought about
inventing a microwave oven __________.
A. at the time he was developing radar
B. as wartime people needed a new cooking device
C. when a candy bar melted
in his pocket
D. after he did experiment with the popcorn
(2)
(3)
Spencer, a hero of World War II We can know from the passage that
Percy Spencer had all the
for his work in developing (4)
following characteristics
radar. One day shortly after the EXCEPT __________. war, he was walking through his
A. realistic lab when he stopped briefly by a magnetron – the tube that produces the high-frequency microwaves that power radar. But just that second he got a strange feeling. He realized that a candy bar in his pocket had melted. Odd, Spencer thought. Immediately, he performed an experiment. He put some popcorn in front of the magnetron and popcorn was soon popping all over the place. Right away Percy this could be used for – a microwave oven.
B. experienced C. observant D. creative
The passage emphasizes the
(5) importance of __________ in
innovations.
A. hard work
B. pioneering spirit C. unexpected luck D. great knowledge
Spencer was thinking about what
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专升本入学考试练习题02
词汇与语法
Questions 1-15: Choose the best answer from A, B, C and D. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. 从A，B，C，D选项中选择一个正确的答案写在答题卷上。