Question

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Learn to Think

“ I will think of it ”. It is easy to say this. _1._ We can not see our thoughts, or hear , or taste, or feel them; and yet what mighty power they have!

Sir Isaac Newton was seated in his garden on a summer’s evening, when he saw an apple fall from a tree. __2.__ Later , he discovered how the earth , sun moon, and stars were kept in their places.

_3.__He began to think; he wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the heavy lid. From that time he went on thinking and think. When he became a man, he improved the steam engine so much that it could, with the greatest ease, do the work of many horses. 4._

A man named Galileo was once standing in the cathedral of Pisa, when he saw a chandelier swaying to and fro. This set him thinking, and it led to the invention of the pendulum.

Boys, when you have a difficult lesson to learn, don’t feel discouraged, and help yourselves before asking someone to help you. _5.__

A. But do you know what great things have come from thinking?

B. Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.

C. A boy named James Watt sat quietly by the fireside, watching the lid of the tea kettle as it moved up and down .

D. And do you know how to think?

E. When you see a steamboat , a steam mill, remember that it would never have been built if it had not been for the hard thinking of someone .

F. He began to think, trying to find out why the apple fell.

G. He was a famous physicist and good at thinking.

Answer 1

1.A

2.F

3.C

4.E

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要通过三个例子来给我们讲述了思考的重要作用。

1.A前面提到：我将思考一下。说这个是很容易的。空格后面的意思是：我们不能看到我们的想法、或听到、品尝到、或感觉到它们。可知此处表达的意思是：但是你知道什么样的伟大事情都来自思考吗？故选A。

2.F根据上一句：他看见一个苹果从一棵树上落下来。根据空格后一句：后来，他发现地球、太阳月亮和星星保存在他们的地方。可知此处表达的意思是：他开始思考，为什么苹果落下来。故选F。

3.C根据下句：他开思想。他想找出为什么水壶里的蒸汽移动了沉重的盖子。可知上句在说：一个叫詹姆斯·瓦特的男孩安静地坐在炉边, 看着茶壶的盖子,上下移动。故选C。

4.E根据上句：当他长大以后，他改进了蒸汽机,以至于它可以很轻松地做很多马做的工作。可知下句在说：当你看到一个汽船、蒸气机时，记得他很可能从来就没有被建造，如果没有艰苦思考的人。故选E。

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