Ⅰ. 语法填空
Cao Yuan, a 22-year-old Chinese doctoral student in physics, was on top of
1. ________ most important scientists named by the journal Nature in 2018 for
2. (discover) a “magic angle” in graphene (石墨烯).
Cao’s discovery takes a huge step in the decades-long search for superconductors (超导体) in the world. Why was Cao able to make the discovery? His teachers think it is Cao’s independent learning ability and interest in doing experiments 3. matter. His high school physics teacher said Cao had a strong ability to study on 4. (he) own and was brave to challenge teachers and ask difficult questions. “Cao is 5. (deep) curious about laboratory equipment, ” his college teacher told Nature. “Every time I go into Cao’s office, it’s 6. ________ a huge mess, with computers 7. ________ (pull) apart and pieces of telescope all over his desk. ”
At 14 he 8. ________ (admit) into the University of Science and Technology of China’s School of the Gifted Young, a special school to cultivate 9. ________ (teenager) into world-class talents. But Cao doesn’t think himself special and often stresses that he is just an ordinary kid who 10. (love) reading about science and doing experiments. “After all, we are all humans, with shortcomings and emotions, ” he once said.
【文章大意】这是一篇人物传记, 介绍了22岁的中国物理博士生曹元。
1. 【解析】the。考查冠词。句意: 22岁的中国物理博士生曹元因发现石墨烯中的“魔法角”而被《自然》杂志评为2018年最重要的科学家。形容词最高级前用定冠词。故填the。
2. 【解析】discovering/having discovered。考查动名词。介词for后应该用动名词。故填 discovering/having discovered。
3. 【解析】that。考查强调句式。句意: 他的老师认为, 就是曹元的自主学习能力和对实验的兴趣起着重要的作用。分析句子可知, 本句为强调句, 其形式为: It is (was)+被强调部分(主语、宾语或状语)+who (that). . . 。故填 that。
4. 【解析】his。考查代词。句意: 他的高中物理老师说, 曹元有很强的自学能力, 敢于挑战老师, 提出难题。on one’s own是固定短语, 意思是“独立地;独自地”的意思。故填his。
5. 【解析】deeply。考查副词。句意: 他的大学老师告诉《自然》杂志: “曹元对实验室设备很好奇。”副词deeply修饰后面的形容词curious。故填deeply。
6. 【解析】in。考查介词。句意: 每次我走进曹元的办公室, 都是一团糟, 电脑被拆开, 望远镜碎片散落在他的办公桌上。in a mess是“凌乱, 一团糟”的意思。故填in。
7. 【解析】pulled。考查过去分词。句意: 每次我走进曹的办公室, 都是一团糟, 电脑被拆开, 望远镜碎片散落在他的办公桌上。分析句子可知, 本句为with的复合结构, computers与pull在逻辑上是被动关系, 所以用过去分词作宾语补足语。故填pulled。
8. 【解析】was admitted。考查一般过去时的被动语态。句意: 他14岁考入中国科技大学天才青年学院, 一所专门培养青少年成为世界一流人才的学校。be admitted to/into是“被录取, 被接纳”的意思。故填was admitted。
9. 【解析】teenagers。考查名词复数。teenager为可数名词, 培养的是很多的青少年, 所以应用teenagers。故填teenagers。
10. 【解析】loves。考查主谓一致。句意: 但是曹元并不认为自己很特别, 他经常强调自己只是一个普通的孩子, 喜欢读科学和做实验。分析句子可知, kid为先行词, 在后面的定语从句中作主语, 且定语从句为一般现在时, 所以谓语用第三人称单数形式loves。故填loves。
