專題限時訓練(二十七)　[人物型閱讀理解]

　　(限時：25分鐘)

　　(一)

　　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_down_and_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 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 honoured 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 behaviours (as was Edison) including some interest in reanimation and spiritualism(復活通靈術)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's 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 “last 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 behaviour towards their loved ones and mistreatment of employees, between them at least, there was clearly a deep respect and admiration.

　　1．The purpose of the author writing this passage is to ________.　

　　A．remind the readers of the importance of the two inventors

　　B．stress the importance of friendship

　　C．tell the readers some stories about the two inventors

　　D．show that love can lead to some poor behaviours

　　2．From the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2, we can learn that________.

　　A．Edison envied what Ford had achieved

　　B．Edison was annoyed that Ford did better than him

　　C．Edison was angry because Ford stole his idea

　　D．Edison was extremely amazed at Ford's new idea

　　3．“The ‘last breath’ test tube”can probably be regarded as________.

　　A．a symbol of a friendship and memory

　　B．a witness to a scientific breakthrough

　　C．a failure to bring Edison back to life

　　D．a sign of the two inventors' poor behaviour

　　4．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

　　(二)

　　JANE AUSTEN(1775—1817)is often regarded as the greatest of English women novelist on the strength of her six completed novels.Known particularly for their social comedy and accurate description of human relationships，they are still as widely read today as they have ever been.

　　As the seventh child of a country priest(牧師)，Jane Austen was born on 16 December 1775 at Steventon in Hampshire.Her father，the Reverend George Austen，was an intelligent and sensitive man who encouraged Jane in her love of reading.From an early age she was familiar with the works of Henry Fielding，Sir Walter Scott，Richardson，Frances Burney and the poet George Crabbe.Her early attempts at writing include burlesques(滑稽作品) of popular romances.When her father retired in 1801 the family moved to Bath, which was later to feature in her novel Northanger Abbey(published in 1818)．After his death in 1805 the family moved first to Southampton and then in 1809 to Chawton in Hampshire, where Jane Austen is known to have written her last three novels：Mansfield Park(1814)，Emma(1816)and Persuasion(also published in 1818)．Although her other novels were written much earlier，it was not until 1811 that Sense and Sensibility was first published. Pride and Prejudice，which followed in 1813，features Jane Austen's own favourite hero，Elizabeth Bennet.

　　Surrounded by her lively and warm family and wholly buried herself in her writing and housework，Jane Austen led a life often known for its lack of events.She did，however，attract several admirers and even accepted a proposal of marriage from one admirer—only to change her mind the following morning.Jane Austen's independent life often seems reflected in her novels，which seem to display the world in miniature(縮影)．Sir Walter Scott praised Jane Austen for“that unique touch which makes ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting”，while Somerset Maugham claimed that she had at her command “the most precious gift a novelist can possess to keep the readers' interest”．Jane Austen died in 1817.

　　5．The underlined word“touch”in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to “________”．

　　A．style

　　B．contact

　　C．taste

　　D．attitude

　　6．Which of Jane Austen's novels were published after her death?

　　A．Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park.

　　B．Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.

　　C．Pride and Prejudice and Emma.

　　D．Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion.

　　7．We can infer from the passage that Jane Austen had a gift for________.　

　　A．attracting admirers

　　B．reflecting her own life in all her novels

　　C．making dull things and characters interesting

　　D．holding the readers' interest

　　8．This passage is most probably a________.

　　A．collection of women novelists and their works

　　B．comment on Jane Austen and her works

　　C．brief introduction of Jane Austen

　　D．description of Jane Austen's road to success

　　(三)

　　Personal Background

　　Steve Jobs

　　Apple Computer

　　3-year return: 26%

　　Age: 42

　　CEO since: 1997

　　Here's a guy with enough knowledge, ability and brainpower to effectively hold down two CEO jobs at once and do a pretty amazing job at both. We've listed him for his post at Apple, but of course Steve Jobs also runs Pixar, the animation studios. Coming in after a I billion loss in fiscal 1997，Jobs turned a

　　106 million profit－38 per cent above Wall Street's consensus target. A lot of credit goes to a very simple idea: make computers in different colours. Jobs was the only one who thought to make it happen. The colourful mid-priced iMac has also succeeded by playing down the compatibility (兼容性) problem. Apple positioned it as the machine for the Internet, where compatibility questions are no big deal. Behind the scenes, Jobs streamlined the product line，and also did a whole series of work for improving and selling the production. Meanwhile, over at Pixar, A Bug's Life nabbed a total

　　159 million in domestic box office，the highest domestic animated take since Toy Story and third highest ever after Toy Story and the leader, The Lion King.

　　Business philosophy：The technology isn't the hard part. The hard part is: Who's going to buy it? How are they going to buy it? How do you tell them about it?

　　How he got the job: The Apple board begged him to return.

　　Management Style: At Apple, Jobs is a micromanager－some say nanomanager who changes mood suddenly and unexpectedly. Virtually every decision goes by him. “At any time, 10,000 employees are wondering，‘What would Steve say？’not‘What is the right thing to do？’”，said a former Apple executive. At Pixar, realizing that he isn't a film visionary, he leaves the experts to their research.

　　Financial reward: His Apple rewards are minimal—a salary of one dollar a year so that his family is eligible for the health plan. But his 69 per cent share of Pixar is worth about

　　1.3 billion.

　　—selected from a newspaper

　　9．According to the passage, the following adjectives can be used to describe Jobs

　　EXCEPT________.

　　A．creative

　　B．easy-going

　　C．demanding

　　D．distinguished

　　10．We can learn from the passage that________.

　　A．Jobs can work well in every field

　　B．the colourful iMac is accepted for its low price

　　C．Jobs makes a big difference at Apple as a designer

　　D．the technology is more important than business idea

　　11．The underlined word “nabbed” in the text probably means“________”．　

　　A．pulled up

　　B．brought in

　　C．went through

　　D．handed over

　　12．What does the author mainly want to tell us?

　　A．Jobs is the richest man in the world.

　　B．Jobs is a giant of electronic products.

　　C．Jobs spends most of his time at Pixar.

　　D．Jobs can get much money a year as his salary.

　　 專題限時訓練(二十七)【人物型閱讀理解】

　　(一)

　　【文章大意】 很多人有自己的偶像，發明T型車的亨利·福特也不例外，他的偶像是發明了電燈的愛迪生，在他的博物館里至今還保存著愛迪生最后的呼吸試管。

　　1．C　寫作意圖題。本文講述福特當時在愛迪生的公司做首席工程師，研制汽車，而愛迪生致力于新能源做汽車動力的研究，所以是告訴讀者兩個發明家的故事，故選C項。

　　2．D　細節推斷題。根據第二段的“‘Young man，that's the thing! You have it! Your car is self-contained and carries…’”“…electricity as the power source，so the idea of a gas engine was a somewhat new one.”可知，愛迪生對于福特的想法很是吃驚，故選D項。

　　3．A　細節推斷題。根據倒數第二段的“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.”可知，這好像是愛迪生最后的呼吸，以此表明兩人的關系很是深厚，故選A項。

　　4．B　主旨大意題。根據最后一段的“Although both men were known for all sorts of poor behaviour towards their loved ones and mistreatment of employees，between them at least，there was clearly a deep respect and admiration.”可知，雖然他們對待家人與員工有不好的地方，但他們之間有深深的尊重和欣賞，故沒有人是完美的，選B項。

　　(二)

　　【文章大意】 簡．因為她的六本小說被人們稱為英國最偉大的女作家。文章主要介紹了簡·奧斯汀的生平事跡。

　　5．A　詞義猜測題。根據“Sir Walter Scott praised Jane Austen for‘that unique touch which makes ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting…’”可知，沃爾特·斯科特伯爵贊揚簡·奧斯汀，是因為她那獨一無二的化平凡無奇為生動有趣的手法，故選A項。

　　6．B　細節理解題。根據文章第二段“Northanger Abbey(published in 1818)”和“Persuasion(also published in 1818)”，以及“Jane Austen died in 1817.”可知，Northanger Abbey和Persuasion這兩本小說是在簡·奧斯汀死去之后才出版的，故選B項。

　　7．D　推理判斷題。根據文章最后一段的“…Somerset Maugham claimed that she had at her command‘the most precious gift a novelist can possess to

　　keep the readers' interest.”可知，薩默塞特·毛姆稱她(簡·奧斯)有一種極為珍貴的她自己能靈活運用的天賦，那是一個作家能夠把握讀者興趣的天賦，故選D項。

　　8．C　推理判斷題。通讀文章可發現，文章主要介紹簡·奧斯汀的生平事跡。故選C項。

　　(三)

　　【文章大意】 文章主要介紹了史蒂夫·喬布斯這位電子產品方面的巨人的一些情況。

　　9．B　細節理解題。根據他的成就來看，他是非常有創造力的(creative)，也是著名的(distinguished)，從他的管理風格來看，他是要求很高的(demanding)，故選B項。

　　10．C　推理判斷題。根據整篇文章對史蒂夫·喬布斯的介紹可知，喬布斯作為一名設計師在蘋果公司影響非凡，故C項正確。

　　11．B　詞義猜測題。根據畫線詞后的“…a total 159 million in domestic box office…”可知，這里是指賺到這些錢。bring in意思是“使賺到”，與畫線詞同義，故選B項。

　　12．B　寫作意圖題。文章不僅介紹了喬布斯是美國蘋果公司的聯合創辦人，前行政總裁，其具有獨特的創造力，還介紹了他的經營理念和管理風格等。由此可看出作者主要是想告訴我們喬布斯是電子產品方面的巨人，故選B項。

　　專題限時訓練(二十七)　[人物型閱讀理解]

　　(限時：25分鐘)

　　(一)

　　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_down_and_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 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 honoured 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 behaviours (as was Edison) including some interest in reanimation and spiritualism(復活通靈術)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's 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 “last 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 behaviour towards their loved ones and mistreatment of employees, between them at least, there was clearly a deep respect and admiration.

　　1．The purpose of the author writing this passage is to ________.　

　　A．remind the readers of the importance of the two inventors

　　B．stress the importance of friendship

　　C．tell the readers some stories about the two inventors

　　D．show that love can lead to some poor behaviours

　　2．From the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2, we can learn that________.

　　A．Edison envied what Ford had achieved

　　B．Edison was annoyed that Ford did better than him

　　C．Edison was angry because Ford stole his idea

　　D．Edison was extremely amazed at Ford's new idea

　　3．“The ‘last breath’ test tube”can probably be regarded as________.

　　A．a symbol of a friendship and memory

　　B．a witness to a scientific breakthrough

　　C．a failure to bring Edison back to life

　　D．a sign of the two inventors' poor behaviour

　　4．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

　　(二)

　　JANE AUSTEN(1775—1817)is often regarded as the greatest of English women novelist on the strength of her six completed novels.Known particularly for their social comedy and accurate description of human relationships，they are still as widely read today as they have ever been.

　　As the seventh child of a country priest(牧師)，Jane Austen was born on 16 December 1775 at Steventon in Hampshire.Her father，the Reverend George Austen，was an intelligent and sensitive man who encouraged Jane in her love of reading.From an early age she was familiar with the works of Henry Fielding，Sir Walter Scott，Richardson，Frances Burney and the poet George Crabbe.Her early attempts at writing include burlesques(滑稽作品) of popular romances.When her father retired in 1801 the family moved to Bath, which was later to feature in her novel Northanger Abbey(published in 1818)．After his death in 1805 the family moved first to Southampton and then in 1809 to Chawton in Hampshire, where Jane Austen is known to have written her last three novels：Mansfield Park(1814)，Emma(1816)and Persuasion(also published in 1818)．Although her other novels were written much earlier，it was not until 1811 that Sense and Sensibility was first published. Pride and Prejudice，which followed in 1813，features Jane Austen's own favourite hero，Elizabeth Bennet.

　　Surrounded by her lively and warm family and wholly buried herself in her writing and housework，Jane Austen led a life often known for its lack of events.She did，however，attract several admirers and even accepted a proposal of marriage from one admirer—only to change her mind the following morning.Jane Austen's independent life often seems reflected in her novels，which seem to display the world in miniature(縮影)．Sir Walter Scott praised Jane Austen for“that unique touch which makes ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting”，while Somerset Maugham claimed that she had at her command “the most precious gift a novelist can possess to keep the readers' interest”．Jane Austen died in 1817.

　　5．The underlined word“touch”in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to “________”．

　　A．style

　　B．contact

　　C．taste

　　D．attitude

　　6．Which of Jane Austen's novels were published after her death?

　　A．Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park.

　　B．Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.

　　C．Pride and Prejudice and Emma.

　　D．Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion.

　　7．We can infer from the passage that Jane Austen had a gift for________.　

　　A．attracting admirers

　　B．reflecting her own life in all her novels

　　C．making dull things and characters interesting

　　D．holding the readers' interest

　　8．This passage is most probably a________.

　　A．collection of women novelists and their works

　　B．comment on Jane Austen and her works

　　C．brief introduction of Jane Austen

　　D．description of Jane Austen's road to success

　　(三)

　　Personal Background

　　Steve Jobs

　　Apple Computer

　　3-year return: 26%

　　Age: 42

　　CEO since: 1997

　　Here's a guy with enough knowledge, ability and brainpower to effectively hold down two CEO jobs at once and do a pretty amazing job at both. We've listed him for his post at Apple, but of course Steve Jobs also runs Pixar, the animation studios. Coming in after a I billion loss in fiscal 1997，Jobs turned a

　　106 million profit－38 per cent above Wall Street's consensus target. A lot of credit goes to a very simple idea: make computers in different colours. Jobs was the only one who thought to make it happen. The colourful mid-priced iMac has also succeeded by playing down the compatibility (兼容性) problem. Apple positioned it as the machine for the Internet, where compatibility questions are no big deal. Behind the scenes, Jobs streamlined the product line，and also did a whole series of work for improving and selling the production. Meanwhile, over at Pixar, A Bug's Life nabbed a total

　　159 million in domestic box office，the highest domestic animated take since Toy Story and third highest ever after Toy Story and the leader, The Lion King.

　　Business philosophy：The technology isn't the hard part. The hard part is: Who's going to buy it? How are they going to buy it? How do you tell them about it?

　　How he got the job: The Apple board begged him to return.

　　Management Style: At Apple, Jobs is a micromanager－some say nanomanager who changes mood suddenly and unexpectedly. Virtually every decision goes by him. “At any time, 10,000 employees are wondering，‘What would Steve say？’not‘What is the right thing to do？’”，said a former Apple executive. At Pixar, realizing that he isn't a film visionary, he leaves the experts to their research.

　　Financial reward: His Apple rewards are minimal—a salary of one dollar a year so that his family is eligible for the health plan. But his 69 per cent share of Pixar is worth about

　　1.3 billion.

　　—selected from a newspaper

　　9．According to the passage, the following adjectives can be used to describe Jobs

　　EXCEPT________.

　　A．creative

　　B．easy-going

　　C．demanding

　　D．distinguished

　　10．We can learn from the passage that________.

　　A．Jobs can work well in every field

　　B．the colourful iMac is accepted for its low price

　　C．Jobs makes a big difference at Apple as a designer

　　D．the technology is more important than business idea

　　11．The underlined word “nabbed” in the text probably means“________”．　

　　A．pulled up

　　B．brought in

　　C．went through

　　D．handed over

　　12．What does the author mainly want to tell us?

　　A．Jobs is the richest man in the world.

　　B．Jobs is a giant of electronic products.

　　C．Jobs spends most of his time at Pixar.

　　D．Jobs can get much money a year as his salary.

　　 專題限時訓練(二十七)【人物型閱讀理解】

　　(一)

　　【文章大意】 很多人有自己的偶像，發明T型車的亨利·福特也不例外，他的偶像是發明了電燈的愛迪生，在他的博物館里至今還保存著愛迪生最后的呼吸試管。

　　1．C　寫作意圖題。本文講述福特當時在愛迪生的公司做首席工程師，研制汽車，而愛迪生致力于新能源做汽車動力的研究，所以是告訴讀者兩個發明家的故事，故選C項。

　　2．D　細節推斷題。根據第二段的“‘Young man，that's the thing! You have it! Your car is self-contained and carries…’”“…electricity as the power source，so the idea of a gas engine was a somewhat new one.”可知，愛迪生對于福特的想法很是吃驚，故選D項。

　　3．A　細節推斷題。根據倒數第二段的“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.”可知，這好像是愛迪生最后的呼吸，以此表明兩人的關系很是深厚，故選A項。

　　4．B　主旨大意題。根據最后一段的“Although both men were known for all sorts of poor behaviour towards their loved ones and mistreatment of employees，between them at least，there was clearly a deep respect and admiration.”可知，雖然他們對待家人與員工有不好的地方，但他們之間有深深的尊重和欣賞，故沒有人是完美的，選B項。

　　(二)

　　【文章大意】 簡．因為她的六本小說被人們稱為英國最偉大的女作家。文章主要介紹了簡·奧斯汀的生平事跡。

　　5．A　詞義猜測題。根據“Sir Walter Scott praised Jane Austen for‘that unique touch which makes ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting…’”可知，沃爾特·斯科特伯爵贊揚簡·奧斯汀，是因為她那獨一無二的化平凡無奇為生動有趣的手法，故選A項。

　　6．B　細節理解題。根據文章第二段“Northanger Abbey(published in 1818)”和“Persuasion(also published in 1818)”，以及“Jane Austen died in 1817.”可知，Northanger Abbey和Persuasion這兩本小說是在簡·奧斯汀死去之后才出版的，故選B項。

　　7．D　推理判斷題。根據文章最后一段的“…Somerset Maugham claimed that she had at her command‘the most precious gift a novelist can possess to

　　keep the readers' interest.”可知，薩默塞特·毛姆稱她(簡·奧斯)有一種極為珍貴的她自己能靈活運用的天賦，那是一個作家能夠把握讀者興趣的天賦，故選D項。

　　8．C　推理判斷題。通讀文章可發現，文章主要介紹簡·奧斯汀的生平事跡。故選C項。

　　(三)

　　【文章大意】 文章主要介紹了史蒂夫·喬布斯這位電子產品方面的巨人的一些情況。

　　9．B　細節理解題。根據他的成就來看，他是非常有創造力的(creative)，也是著名的(distinguished)，從他的管理風格來看，他是要求很高的(demanding)，故選B項。

　　10．C　推理判斷題。根據整篇文章對史蒂夫·喬布斯的介紹可知，喬布斯作為一名設計師在蘋果公司影響非凡，故C項正確。

　　11．B　詞義猜測題。根據畫線詞后的“…a total 159 million in domestic box office…”可知，這里是指賺到這些錢。bring in意思是“使賺到”，與畫線詞同義，故選B項。

　　12．B　寫作意圖題。文章不僅介紹了喬布斯是美國蘋果公司的聯合創辦人，前行政總裁，其具有獨特的創造力，還介紹了他的經營理念和管理風格等。由此可看出作者主要是想告訴我們喬布斯是電子產品方面的巨人，故選B項。