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①"I will think of it." It is easy to say this, but do you know what great things have come from thinking? Though we can not see, or hear, or feel our thoughts, they have great power (力量) !

      ②Isaac Newton was seated in his garden on a summer evening 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 earth, sun, moon, and stars are kept in their places.

    ③James Ferguson once saw the inside of his father's watch, and he wondered, "Why should I not make a watch?" This set him thinking and it led to a wooden clock which kept good time.

④Walt Disney, the famous American film-maker, was often thinking of new ideas. One day, when he was in a meeting, he suddenly stopped talking, deep in thought. He looked and looked at a place high up in the room. This continued for a long time, end then he got an idea for a new cartoon.

 ⑤Ideas come at any time, end the important thing is to think. When you meet with any difficulty, don't lose heart. Try to think of it before asking someone to help you. Think and by thinking you will learn how to think creatively.

1.Newton wanted to find out ________.

A. when the apple hit him                 B. why the apple fell

C. who made the apple fall                D. where the apple fell

2.________ made a wooden clock.

A. Isaac Newton     B. Walt Disney

 C. James Ferguson    D. James' father

3.Walt Disney was ________ when he got an idea for a new cartoon.

A. making a film         B. telling a story

C. having a meeting    D. sitting in a garden

4.From the passage we can learn that

A. we should always ask others for help

B. every one of us likes thinking

C. it is easy to see and hear our thoughts

D. thinking helps to get new ideas

5.Which of the following shows the structure (結構) of the passage?

（①=Paragraph 1, ②= Paragraph 2, …）

 

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.D

5.A

【解析】這篇短文主要通過三個例子來給我們講述了思考的重要作用。

1.根據He began to think, and tried to find out why the apple fell. 描述,可知選B.

2.根據James Ferguson once …… it led to a wooden clock which kept good time.描述,可知選C.

3.根據One day, when he was in a meeting, he suddenly stopped talking, deep in thought. ……h(huán)e got an idea for a new cartoon.描述，可知選C。

4.這篇短文中的牛頓，佛格森和迪士尼都是因為善于思考，而獲得了新思想，故選D。

5.這篇短文主要介紹的是思考對于我們的重要性，短文提一段提出問題，短文二三四段主要是舉例來說明思考帶來的收獲，相互之間是并列關系，最后一段總結思考的重要性，故選A。