Question

Learn to Think

"I will think of it. " It is easy to say this. 1       We cannot see our thoughts,or hear,or taste,or feel them;and yet what mighty power they have！

Sir Isaac Newton was seated in his garden on a summer's evening,when he saw an apple fall from a tree. 2       Later,he discovered how the earth,the sun,the moon,and the stars were kept in their places.

3       He began to think;he wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the heavy lid. From that time he went on thinking and thinking. When he became a man,he improved the steam engine so much that it could,with the greatest ease,do the work of many horses. 4      

A man named Galileo was once standing in the cathedral of Pisa,when he saw a chandelier (枝形吊灯) swaying to and fro. This set him thinking,and it led to the invention of the pendulum (钟摆) .

Boys and girls,when you have a difficult lesson to learn,don't feel discouraged,and help yourselves before asking someone to help you. 5      

   A. But do you know what great things have come from thinking?

   B. Think,and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.

   C. A boy named James Watt sat quietly by the fireside,watching the lid of the tea kettle as it moved up and down.

   D. And do you know how to think?

   E. When you see a steamboat,a steam train,remember that it would never have been built if it had not been for the hard thinking of someone.

   F. He began to think,trying to find out why the apple fell.

   G. He was a famous physicist and good at thinking.

1.                  2.         3.                  4.          5.         

Answer 1

我们不能看到、听到、品味，或感觉到我们的思想,然而，思想具有强大的力量。我们遇到问题时一定要善于思考。

1. A考査转折关系。本文先通过引用人们常常说的话"我会想想的"来引起话题，接着用一个问句来引起读者的思考："但是你知道思考曾引发哪些创举吗？"并回答："我们不能看到、听到、品味，或感觉到我们的思想，然而，它们有强大的力量！"这样环环相扣，引入中心议题。关键词"thinking"反复出现，选项A符合文意。

2. F考查顺承关系。本段以牛顿观察苹果落地并引发思考的故事告诉读者一个简单的道理：思考来源于细微的观察。后句"后来，他发现了地球、太阳、月亮及其他恒星处于其运行轨道的秘密"是上一句的结果，故F项"他开始思考苹果掉落的原因"符合逻辑顺序。

3. C考查顺承关系。本段讲的是詹姆斯.瓦特由观察水壶冒热气引发思考的故事，信息词"watching the lid of the tea kettle"在本段和选项中都能找到，符合行文逻辑。

4. E本句总结升华。这里是对本段的归纳和总结："当你看到汽船、蒸汽火车，请记住，如果当初没有那个善于思考的人，这些东西可能永远不会存在。"

5. B本句总结升华。本段是对全文的总结和回归。

B项"遇到事情应思考，思考才能实现某一目标"符合本文大意。