中考英語(yǔ)閱讀天天練6

中考英語(yǔ)閱讀天天練6

Whatwillyoubedoingwhenyouare26yearsold?Studyingatuniversityorworkingfora

living?TakealookatwhatAlbertEinsteinwasdoingattheageof26.

100yearsago,EinsteinwasworkinginSwitzerland.Hishobbywasphysics.Without

much

moneyorhelp,hewrotefivepapers（論文）foraphysicsmagazine.Threeofthesegreatly

changedthestudyofphysicsandourunderstandingofspace,time,lightandmatter（物

質(zhì)）.HismostfamousworkisontheTheoryofRelativity（相對(duì)論）.Einsteinwasgiventhe

NobelPrize（諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)）forUisdiscoveries.Althoughhedidmanyotherthingslater,1905has

beencalledEinstein's"YearofWonders（奇跡）Ithasbeen100yearssincethen.Becauseof

this,theUNhasnamed2005meWorldYearOfPhysics.

FiftyyearsafterEinstein'sdeath,aquestionisasked?”Willthereeverbeanother

Einstein?”

Itmaytakealongtime.AfteralbEinsteinwasbornmorethan200yearsafterSirIsaac

Newton,

anothergreatscientist.Besides7physicsisadifferentfield（領(lǐng)域）now,andeducationis

different,

too.Evenifyoucan'tbethenextgreatscientist>itisstillhelpfultoremembersomeofthe

things

thatmadeEinsteingreat.Hethoughtindependently（獨(dú)立地）andreadwidely.Heleftuswith

a

formula（公式）forlife：IfAisasuccessinlife,menA=X+Y+Z.Xiswork；Yisplay;andZ

is

keepingyourmouthshut.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇正確答案，并將其字母代號(hào)填入題前括號(hào)內(nèi)。（共5小題，每小題2分）

（）1.WhatwasthefieldofEinstein*sstudy?

A.Physics.B.Wonders.C.successinlife.D.Relativity.

（）2.Theyear1905isknownasEinstein's"YearofWonders19because.

A.EinsteinwasworkinginSwitzerlandin1905

B.Einsteinwas26yearsoldin1905

C.Einsteinmadesomeveryimportantdiscoveriesin1905

D.Einsteinstudiedphysicsin1905

）13.Whyhasn'ttherebeenanotherscientistasgreatasEinstein?

A.Becausethestudyofphysicsisnotenough.

B.BecauseitishardtomakeimportantdiscoveriesasEinsteindid.

C.Becausepeopledon'tworkhardanymore.

D.Becausephysicsisgettingmoreandmoredifficult.

）4.TheUNhasnamed2005meWorldYearofPhysicsbecause.

A.Einsteinis100yearsoldthisyear

B,Einsteinhasbeendeadfor50years

C.therehavebeenothergreatdiscoveriesafterEinstein'sdeath

D.itisthe100thyearsinceEinstein9s“YearofWonders0

）5.WhatdoesEinstein'sformulaofsuccessmean?

A.Successmeansyearsofhardwork.

B.Successmeansallstudyandnoplay.

C.Successmeansworkinghard,relaxingandnottalkingtoomuch.

D.Successisasecretthatnobodyknows.

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Theworldisnotonlyhungry,itwillalsobethirstyforwater.About97%ofwateronthe

earthisseawater,orsaltwater.Mancanonlydrinkorusetheother3%ofthefreshwater

（淡水）whichcomesfromrivers,lakesandunderground.Ontheotherhand,becausethe

numberofpeopleintheworldisbecominglargerandlarger,moreandmorefreshwateris

needed.Sowatershortagebecomesabigproblem.

Howcanweworkoutthisproblem?Scientistshavefoundsomewaystoturnsaltwater

intofreshwater.Oneimportantwayistoboil（使達(dá)到沸點(diǎn)）seawaterwithhighheatuntil

vapor(蒸汽)rises,leavingthesalt.Inthisway,alotoffreshwatercanbemadequickly.

Butheatingisnottheonlywaytogetfreshwater.Otherwaysaretried,forexample,

diggingdeepwells,keepingrainwaterandpreventingriversfrombeingpolluted.

Whichwayisthebest?Togetthemostfreshwaterfortheleastmoneyisthebest.

()6.Wheredoesthefreshwaterpeopleneedcomefrom?

A.Seawater.B.Riversandlakes.C.Underground.D.BothBandC.

()7.Fromthispassageweknowfreshwater?

A.onlycomesfromtherainB.canbeusedinmanyways

C.canbefoundinmanyfactoriesD.isneededbymoreandmorepeople

()8Thewordshortageinthispassagemeans?

A.beingenoughB.beingshortofC.beingshortforD.beingless

()9.Whatisthewritermainlytalkingaboutinthispassage?

A.Thewaysofgettingfreshwater.

B.Howtousefreshwaterinourdailylife.

C.Allpeopleintheworldshouldsavewater.

D.Differentwaysofmakingwaterindifferentplaces.

()10.Whichofthefollowingistrue?

A.Hungeristheonlyprobleminourworld.

B.Watershortageistheonlyprobleminourworld.

C.Scientistsdon'twanttospendmoneysolvingthewaterproblem.

D.Scientistshavebeenworkinghardandhavemademuchprogressinsolvingwater

problem.

3.

Kate'sClothingStore

Clothes(衣服)Colour(顏色)Price（價(jià)格）

sockswhite,blue$4

pantsred,white$11

sweaterred,white$8

T-shirtred,green,black$7

hatblack,red$6

根據(jù)表中的信息，選擇正確答案。

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