William Herschel was born on November 15th, 1738 in Hanover in a family of musicians. In 1757,he fled to England and began earning a living as an organist and later composer and conductor. In 1772, he convinced his sister Caroline to join him as a singer. In their spare time the brother-sister team became occupied in astronomy. William died at his home in Slough, near Windsor on August 25th,1822,and Caroline on September 1st,1848.
Herschel’s first major discoveries were to show that Mars and Jupiter exhibit axial rotation(繞軸自轉(zhuǎn)). Herschel struck fame in 1781,when on March 13th he discovered the planet Uranus(天王星) while engaged in work aimed at determining stellar parallax(恒星視差).This being the first new planet discovered since ancient times, Herschel, until then a mere amateur astronomer relatively unknown even in England, became world-famous. Adopting a historically proven strategy, Herschel named the new planet Georgium Sidum,in honor of the then ruling English king GeorgeⅢ. The trick worked once again, as King GeorgeⅢ gave William and Caroline the titles of“The King’s Astronomer”and“Assistant to the King’s Astronomer”, an honor which came with a life’s pension for both. In 1782 they moved to Bath, and shortly thereafter to Slough, and from this point on William and Caroline could devote themselves entirely to astronomy. The Herschels went on to discover two moons of Uranus in 1787.
While Caroline became increasingly occupied with the search for comets at which she was quite successful, William became for a time interested in the Sun. Inspired by Wilson’s 1774 work, he put forth the theory of sunspots(太陽(yáng)黑子),an opinion that continued to exist well into the nineteenth century. In 1800,he became interested in the solar spectrum(太陽(yáng)光譜),and uncovered the first evidence for solar energy output outside of the visible spectrum, in what is now known as the infrared(紅外線).In 1801, he published two papers that effectively started the field of solar influences on Earth’s weather.
小題1:Herschel made himself known to the world mainly by       .
A．discovering the planet Uranus
B．determining stellar parallax
C．discovering two moons of Uranus
D．uncovering the evidence for the infrared
小題2:It can be inferred from the passage that George Ⅲ        .
A．liked science and technology
B．liked Herschel’s naming of the new planet
C．was interested in astronomy
D．gave Herschel a lot of useful suggestions
小題3:What do we know about Caroline from the passage?
A．She was successful in music.
B．She was given the title of“The King’s Astronomer”.
C．She died later than her brother.
D．She published two papers.
小題4:This passage mainly tells readers        .
A．some information about Herschel and his sister
B．how Herschel and his sister discovered the planet Uranus
C．Herschel and Caroline got along well with each other
D．Herschel and Caroline’s major scientific publications

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:A

試題分析：文章大意：本文主要介紹了William Herschel的生平。他從小喜歡音樂，并創(chuàng)建樂隊(duì)，邀請(qǐng)他的妹妹參加。天文研究?jī)H僅是他們的額業(yè)余愛好，天王星而世界聞名，并受到國(guó)王的接見。
小題1:A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第二段的Herschel struck fame in 1781,when on March 13th he discovered the planet Uranus(天王星)可知Herschel 是因?yàn)樽约喊l(fā)現(xiàn)天王星而聞名世界的，故A正確。
小題2:B 推斷題。根據(jù)文章第二段的Herschel named the new planet Georgium Sidum, in honor of the then ruling English king GeorgeⅢ. The trick worked once again, as King GeorgeⅢ gave William and Caroline the titles of“The King’s Astronomer”and“Assistant to the King’s Astronomer”, an honor which came with a life’s pension可知B正確。
小題3:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段的In 1772, he convinced his sister Caroline to join him as a singer. In their spare time the brother-sister team became occupied in astronomy可知他們哥妹之間關(guān)系融洽，故C正確。
小題4:A 概括題。通讀全文，本文主要介紹了William Herschel和他的妹妹進(jìn)行的科學(xué)發(fā)現(xiàn)，可知選A。
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Well, I finished the bacon and eggs. I got up and made my way back slowly - at least five pounds    . I never believed until then that any meal could     me, but on that day I met my Waterloo(滑鐵盧).
小題1:
A．hungerB．coldC．a(chǎn)ngerD．illness
小題2:
A．stoneB．headC．breastD．stomach
小題3:
A．ThereforeB．OtherwiseC．SoD．However
小題4:
A．receivedB．fedC．caredD．eating
小題5:
A．whatB．justC．thatD．why
小題6:
A．EnglishB．mealC．questionsD．myself
小題7:
A．sayB．a(chǎn)nswerC．speakD．explain
小題8:
A．thatB．a(chǎn)boutC．ofD．to
小題9:
A．pronunciationB．meaningC．formD．spelling
小題10:
A．somethingB．whetherC．whenD．what
小題11:
A．surprisedB．friendlyC．puzzledD．touched
小題12:
A．unbelievableB．trueC．thoughtD．a(chǎn) pity
小題13:
A．wavedB．shookC．bowedD．patted
小題14:
A．muchB．a(chǎn) littleC．nothingD．empty
小題15:
A．pleasureB．surpriseC．prideD．satisfaction
小題16:
A．readB．lookC．seeD．think
小題17:
A．otherB．a(chǎn)notherC．moreD．me
小題18:
A．shouldB．mightC．wouldD．must
小題19:
A．lighterB．heavierC．weightierD．more
小題20:
A．hurtB．fatC．defeatD．please

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Henry Ford grew up on an un-electrified farm, and as a young man he followed Edison's career as the inventor became a national role model．Ford took a job at the Edison Illuminating Company working his way up to chief engineer．
In 1896 Ford was thirty-three and, though still working for Edison Co．,he had created his first experimental automobile the Ford Quadricycle2 during his off-time． At an Edison company party in New York, Ford had his first chance to meet his hero Edison and was able to explain his new automobile to the great inventor． Edison was impressed． Edison is said to have slammed his fist downand shouted ¨Young man, that's the thing! You have it! Your car is self-contained and carries its own power plant．" Edison himself had been working on the idea, but had only been considering electricity as the power source, so the idea of a gas engine was a somewhat new one．
The words comforted Ford greatly, who immediately set out building a second car which was to become the Model-T．6．The two men became f'ast friends and would go on camping trips together．When Edison later became limited to a wheelchair, Ford brought an extra one to his house so they could race．At the 50th anniversary of the invention of light-bulb, Ford honored Edison．When Edison spoke, he ended his speech directed at Ford:“ As to Henry Ford, words fail to express my feelings．I can only say that he is my friend．" Therefore it is no surprise that Ford wanted something to remember Edison by after he passed away in 1931．
Once, Ford asked Thomas Edison's son Charles to sit by the dying inventor's bedside and hold a test tube next to his father's mouth to catch his final breath． Ford was a man with many strange behaviors（ as was Edison）including some interest in reanimation and spiritualism（夏活通靈術(shù)）and some say that he was attempting to catch Edison's soul as it escaped his body in hopes of later bringing the inventor back to life．
The test tube itself didn't turn up until 1950 when it was listed in the Ford possessions after Clara Ford's passing away, and then lost again until 1978 when it was discovered in an exhibit Entitled “Henry Ford-A Personal History"  in the Henry Ford Museum．It would then be discovered that the tube was labeled “Edison's Last Breath"．
There is a further mystery of this “l(fā)ast breath"  test tube． It would seem as if Edison had quite a last breath indeed, as the Edison Estate holds a collection of 42 test tubes all supposedly containing Edison's last breath．
Regardless of the excitement over the last breath, the test tube is quite touching in its meaning．Although both men were known for all sorts of poor behavior towards ．their loved ones and mistreatment of employees, between them at least, there was clearly a deep respect and admiration．
小題1:The passage can be sorted as a        ．
A．science research B．short storyC．news reportD．self-introduction
小題2:From the underlined sentence in Paragraph2 we can learn that       ．
A．Edison envied what Ford had achieved
B．Edison was annoyed that Ford did better him
C．Edison was angry because Ford stole his idea
D．Edison was extremely amazed at Ford's new idea
小題3:In Paragraph 3,the writer mentions Ford bought an extra wheelchair       ．
A．to remind Edison was Ford's role model
B．to suggest Ford was a man of strange behavior
C．to tell us the importance of a creative idea then
D．to show the close friendship between Henry Ford and Edison
小題4:¨The 61ast breath' test tube" can probably be regarded as       ．
A．a(chǎn) symbol of a friendship and memory
B．a(chǎn) witness to a scientific breakthrough
C．a(chǎn) failure to bring Edison back to life
D．a(chǎn) sign of the two inventors' poor behavior
小題5:It can be learned from the last paragraph that“      ” ．
A．Great minds think alike
B．Nobody is perfect
C．Two heads are better than one
D．A friend in need is a friend indeed

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