Question

【题目】D

Humans’ Greatest Achievements

The Earth is 4.5 billion years old, but the human race has lived on it for just 200,000 years. In that short time, we have achieved some amazing things.

1 The list is almost endless. The invention of the airplane has changed our lives. The discovery of antibiotics (抗生素) has saved the lives of millions of people. Can you imagine living without electricity? What about the printing press (印刷术)? Without the printing press, you wouldn’t be reading this. In the last 50 years, there have been great achievements in communication, such as radio, TV, computers, the Internet, and smartphones (智能手机). 2

What about the arts? The arts have brought pleasure to many people, but are the Beatles and Bach more important than antibiotics? 3

Finally, we must not forget humans’ early achievements. 4 We can’t imagine modern life without cooked food and cars.

What are humans’ greatest achievements? To answer the question, we need to decide what we mean by ＂great＂. 5 Or is it just something that makes us say ＂Wow,＂ like the Great Wall? What do you think?

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺、内容完整，并将其标号填写在下面题号后的横线上。

A. Is it something that makes us rich or happy or save lives? B. They used fire for cooking and heating and invented the wheel. C. Many of humans’ great achievements are in science and technology. D. And is Mickey Mouse as important an achievement as going to space? E. We could probably live without them, but life wouldn’t be as interesting.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】E

【3】D

【4】B

【5】A

【解析】

【文章大意】本文叙述了历史上的人们取得的成就，现在人们已经适应了现代的生活方式，所以这些成就对目前人们的生活来说很重要。

【1】 根据空前的we have achieved some amazing things.及空后的The list is almost endless.可知，这里起承上启下的作用，故选C。

【2】 根据In the last 50 years, there have been great achievements in communication, such as radio, TV, computers, the Internet, and smartphones可知，人们已经适应了现代化的生活，没有了现在的现代化的东西，生活就会变得很无趣，故选E。

【3】 根据空前面是一个疑问句，而这一段主要是在讲艺术方面的成就，而此空也必然也是同艺术科技成就的一个对比，故选D。

【4】 根据空后的We can’t imagine modern life without cooked food and cars.可知前面应该也与做饭相关，故选B。

【5】 根据由下文的＂or＂可以判断出前面也是一个疑问句，故选A。