Question

“I will think of it.” It is easy to say this, but do you know what great things have come from thinking?

Sir Isaac Newton was sitting in his garden when he saw an apple fall from a tree. He began to think and tried to find out why the apple fell. Then he discovered how the sun, moon, and stars are kept in their places.

A boy named James Watt sat quietly by the fire, watching the lid of the kettle move up and down. He wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the lid. From that time he went on thinking and thinking. And when he became a man, he improved the steam engine (蒸汽机) so much that it could easily do the work of many horses.

James Ferguson was a poor boy. Once, seeing the inside of a watch, he wondered. “Why should I not make a watch?” But how could he get the materials to make the mainspring (钟表的主发条)? He soon found he could make it with whalebone (鲸骨). He then made a wooden clock which kept good time. His motto (座右铭) was “I will think of it.” And he made his thoughts useful to himself and the world. 

Boys and girls, when you have a difficult lesson to learn, don’t lose heart, and don’t ask someone for help before helping yourselves. Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.

1.From the passage, we know that some great things come from ______.

A. listening          B. reading

C. speaking           D. thinking

2.The idea of Isaac Newton’s discovery was from ______.

A. the falling of an apple  

B. the cleaning of a garden

C. the falling of a tree 

D. the moving of a lid

3.The achievement of James Watt was that he ______.

A. kept thinking

B. found the steam in the kettle

C. improved the steam engine much

D. watched the lid move up and down

4.The right order of the following sentences is ______.

① James Ferguson made a wooden clock.

② James Ferguson saw the inside of a watch.

③ James Ferguson made the mainspring with whalebone.

A. ③ ② ①         B. ② ③ ①

C. ② ① ③         D. ③ ① ②

5.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Learn to ask for help.

B. A difficult lesson to learn.

C. It is easy to say “I will think of it.”

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

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：该文通过牛顿、瓦特和杰姆斯弗格森的故事告诉人们思考，通过思考你就可以学会怎样达到思考的目的。

1.D细节理解题。根据第一段的描述可知以下为大地东西来自思考，所以选D。

2.A细节理解题。根据第二段的描述可知牛顿的发现源于从树上掉下来的苹果，所以选A。

3.C细节理解题。根据第三段中And when he became a man, he improved the steam engine (蒸汽机) so much that it could easily do the work of many horses.可知瓦特的成就在于大大改进了蒸汽机，所以选C。

4.B细节理解题。根据第四段的描述可知杰姆斯弗格森有一次看到了一块表的里面，后来他就发现他能用鲸骨制作钟表的主发条，然后他做了一个木制的时钟，所以选B。

5.主旨大意题。细读短文可知思考，通过思考你就可以学会怎样达到思考的目的，所以选D。

考点：故事类短文阅读。