42. In the paragraph the follows this passage, we may expect the author to discuss ________.
○A. the value of technical research
○B(yǎng). the value of pure research
○C. philosophy
○D. unforeseen discoveries
43. The author points out that the Greeks who studied conic sections __________.
○A. were mathematicians
○B(yǎng). were interested in navigation
○C. were unaware of the value of their studies
○D. worked with electricity
44. The title below that best expresses the ideas of passage is __________.
○A. A Little Learning Is a Dangerous Thing
○B(yǎng). Man’s Distinguishing Characteristics
○C. Learning for its Own Sake
○D. The Difference between Science and Philosophy
45. The practical scientist __________.
○A. knows the value of what he will discover
○B(yǎng). is interested in the unknown
○C. knows that the world exists
○D. conceives of contemporary life
第六部分 完形填空 (30分)
根據(jù)短文在空白處填上適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~，該單詞的第一個(gè)字母已經(jīng)給出。
Electricity is such a part of our everyday lives and so much taken for g____46_____ nowadays that we rarely think twice when s____47____ on the light or turn on the radio. At night, roads are brightly l____48_____, enabling people and t____49____ to move freely. Neon (霓虹) lighting used in a s_____50____ has become part of the character of every modern city. In the home, many labour-saving devices are p_____51_____ by electricity.
Even when we turn o______52____ the beside lamp and fast asleep, electricity is working for us, driving our refrigerators, heating our water, or k_____53____ our rooms air-conditioned. Every day, trains, trolley-buses and trams take us to and from work. We rarely b____54____ to consider why or how they run-until something goes w____55____.
○A. the value of technical research
○B(yǎng). the value of pure research
○C. philosophy
○D. unforeseen discoveries
43. The author points out that the Greeks who studied conic sections __________.
○A. were mathematicians
○B(yǎng). were interested in navigation
○C. were unaware of the value of their studies
○D. worked with electricity
44. The title below that best expresses the ideas of passage is __________.
○A. A Little Learning Is a Dangerous Thing
○B(yǎng). Man’s Distinguishing Characteristics
○C. Learning for its Own Sake
○D. The Difference between Science and Philosophy
45. The practical scientist __________.
○A. knows the value of what he will discover
○B(yǎng). is interested in the unknown
○C. knows that the world exists
○D. conceives of contemporary life
第六部分 完形填空 (30分)
根據(jù)短文在空白處填上適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~，該單詞的第一個(gè)字母已經(jīng)給出。
Electricity is such a part of our everyday lives and so much taken for g____46_____ nowadays that we rarely think twice when s____47____ on the light or turn on the radio. At night, roads are brightly l____48_____, enabling people and t____49____ to move freely. Neon (霓虹) lighting used in a s_____50____ has become part of the character of every modern city. In the home, many labour-saving devices are p_____51_____ by electricity.
Even when we turn o______52____ the beside lamp and fast asleep, electricity is working for us, driving our refrigerators, heating our water, or k_____53____ our rooms air-conditioned. Every day, trains, trolley-buses and trams take us to and from work. We rarely b____54____ to consider why or how they run-until something goes w____55____.