Question

    How powerful are our brains? A Chinese science TV show called Super Brain has the _______. The show is about talented people showing their great brainpower. What _________things can they do? Let’s take a look!

__________does it take you to work out a seven-digit number (7位数)multiply (乘以) a 10-digit number（10位数）? It _________Tsujikubo Rinne, a 10-year-old girl from Japan, only a few seconds (秒). In Super Brain, her _______talents surprised many people. Rinne is not the only talented competitor on the show. Wang Yuheng, 35, is a painter in Beijing. He surprised people with his talent of observing. On the show, there were 520 glasses of water on the stage. A judge (评委) ___________ a glass of water and gave it to Wang to look at. And then he put the water _________ in its place. Wang needed to find this glass of water among the 520 glasses of water. Surprisingly, he did it __________!

“I can’t tell __________,” Wang said. “Maybe my imagination helps, just like when I am______.” Also, observing the bubbles (气泡) of the water and the light and dust of the environment (环境) make it special.

1.A.idea B.reason C.answer

2.A.different B.special C.interesting

3.A.How soon B.How much C.How long

4.A.took B.made C.spent

5.A.art B.math C.Chinese

6.A.chose B.liked C.wrote

7.A.around B.up C.back

8.A.lonely B.quickly C.carefully

9.A.where B.when C.why

10.A.teaching B.painting C.singing

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.C

10.B

【解析】

这篇短文介绍了《最强大脑》节目中有着超强计算能力和观察能力的两个人的令人吃惊的天赋。

1.句意：一个叫做《最强大脑》的中国科学电视节目给出了答案。

考查名词辨析及语境理解。idea主意；reason理由；answer回答。根据上文提问“How powerful are our brains?”可知此处指《最强大脑》节目给出了答案，故选C。

2.句意：他们能做什么特殊的事情呢？

考查形容词辨析及语境理解。different不同的；special特殊的；interesting有趣的。根据后文列举的两个有天赋的人所表现的令人吃惊的能力，可知此处提问他们能做什么特殊的事情，故选B。

3.句意：计算出一个七位数乘以一个十位数需要花费你多长时间？

考查疑问词辨析及语境理解。How soon多久以后；How much多少钱；How long多长时间。根据后文“It ____4____Tsujikubo Rinne, a 10-year-old girl from Japan, only a few seconds (秒)”可知此处询问花费多长时间，故选C。

4.句意：仅仅花费了Tsujikubo Rinne，一个来自日本的十岁女孩几秒的时间。

考查动词辨析及语境理解。took花费，常指花费时间，经常用it takes sb some time to sth句式；made制作；使；spent花费，人做主语，花费时间或者金钱。根据主语是it，花费时间，故选A。

5.句意：在《最强大脑》中她的数学天赋令许多人吃惊。

考查名词辨析及语境理解。 art艺术；math数学；Chinese语文，汉语。根据上文提及的是七位数乘以十位数的计算，所以此处指数学天赋，故选B。

6.句意：一个评委选出一杯水并把它给王看看。

考查动词辨析及语境理解。chose选择；liked喜欢；wrote写。根据后文王需要在520杯水中找到这杯水，可知此处指选出一杯水，故选A。

7.句意：然后他把水放回它的原来的位置。

考查副词辨析及语境理解。around环绕；up向上；back向后，往回。根据后文“Wang needed to find this glass of water among the 520 glasses of water.”可知水杯放回到原位，故选C。

8.句意：令人吃惊地是，他很快完成了。

考查副词辨析及语境理解。lonely孤独的；quickly快地；carefully仔细地，认真地。根据该段在列举有天赋的人所做的事情，所以此处指他很快选出了杯子，故选B。

9.句意：我说不出为什么。

考查疑问词辨析及语境理解。where在哪里；when什么时间；why为什么。根据后文“Maybe my imagination helps”可知王不知道原因，故选C。

10.句意：也许我的想象力有帮助，就像我画画时一样。

考查动词辨析及语境理解。teaching教给；painting刷漆，用颜料画；singing唱歌。根据上文提及王玉恒是个画家，可知此处指像他画画时一样，故选B。