话题四　人物介绍(A)
Ⅰ.阅读理解
　　　　　　　　　　
A
[2020·湖北省四地七校2月联考]British chemist David Evans has become an overnight celebrity on Chinese social media. His chemistry experiments have attracted over 2 million followers in just a few months. Evans is a chemistry professor at Beijing University of Chemical Technology. The 60­year­old always wears a white lab coat, a pair of safety goggles(护目镜), and smiles often. Some web users say he looks just like “the Grandpa of KFC”．
Evans has posted videos of various experiments. His most popular experiments have attracted millions of hits on video­sharing apps. Excited children's cheers and shouts can be heard in his videos. “I hope my experiments can arouse people's interest in science，” he says.
Evans has been interested in China since childhood. In the early 1970s, before the reform and opening­up, he viewed China as “a country full of mysteries”. He first visited the Chinese mainland in 1987 to attend a chemistry conference in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. He quit his job in the United Kingdom and moved to Beijing in 1996. Many of his friends thought he was crazy. But Evans said they just saw China's challenges but not its potential.
Since 2011, Evans has turned to the Internet to popularize science. He learned short­video apps are also popular in small cities and rural areas. And he realized this enables him to reach more students, who lack opportunities to perform fun experiments. But even a one­minute video requires a considerable amount of work. Still, he thinks it's worth it to fulfill his responsibility to popularize science.
His experiments always fill schools' lecture halls with laughter. Some viewers call him “a Harry Potter­like magician”， but he disagrees. “A magician never tells the secrets behind his tricks, but a scientist always gives an explanation.” He sees himself as a teacher. He performs experiments to spread knowledge, inspire thinking, remove misunderstandings and show that science can create change. Evans says he looks forward to more “chemical reactions” with China.
1．Who is David Evans according to the passage?
A．A manager of KFC.            B．A film celebrity.
C．A chemistry teacher.           D．A British magician.
2．What can we learn from Paragraph 3?
A．Evans considered the U. K. to be a country full of mysteries.
B．Evans first visited the Chinese mainland in the 1970s.
C．Evans was in no mood to move to Beijing.
D．Evans attended a chemistry conference in China in 1987.
3．Why did Evans begin to post videos of experiments on the Internet?
A．To popularize science.
B．To rise to fame.
C．To apply short­video apps.  
D．To make a fortune.
4．What can we infer from the passage?
A．Evans knows exactly how a magic works.
B．Evans will continue to post videos of experiments in China.
C．Evans' students like to interrupt his experiments with laughter.
D．Evans' friends admired his decision to move to China.
B
[2020·洛阳市、许昌市第一次质量检测]Looking back on my childhood, I am convinced that naturalists are born and not made.
Although we were all brought up in the same way, my brothers and sisters soon abandoned their pressed flowers and insects. Unlike them, I had no ear for music and languages. I was not an early reader and I could not do mental maths.
I have only the unmemorable memory of the house we lived in, of my room and my toys. Nor do I recall clearly the large family of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins who gathered next door. But I do have a crystal clear memory of the dogs, the farm animals, the local birds, and above all the insects.
I am a naturalist, not a scientist. I have a strong love of the natural world, and my enthusiasm has led me into varied investigations. I love discussing my favorite topics and enjoy burning the midnight oil while reading about other people's observations and discoveries. Then something happens that brings these observations together in my conscious mind. This has resulted in my publishing 300 papers and books, which some might honour with the title of scientific research.
But curiosity, a keen eye, a good memory and enjoyment of the animal and plant world do not make a scientist: One of the outstanding and essential qualities required is self­discipline, a quality I lack. A scientist requires not only self­discipline but all training, determination and a goal. A scientist, up to a point, can be made. A naturalist is born. If you can combine the two, you get the best of both worlds.
5．What impressed the author deeply during his childhood?
A．Wildlife.            B．Music.
C．Languages.           D．Literature.
6．Why can't the author remember his relatives clearly?
A．He didn't live with them for long.
B．The family was extremely large.
C．He was fully occupied with observing nature.
D．He was too young when he lived with them.
7．According to the author, what personality should a born naturalist have first of all?
A．Being knowledgeable.      B．Being self­disciplined.
C．Being full of ambition.     D．Being full of enthusiasm.
8．Why does the author say he is a naturalist, not a scientist?
A．He thinks he lacks some quality required of a scientist.
B．He thinks he has much trouble doing mental arithmetic.
C．He thinks he comes up with solutions in a most natural way.
D．He thinks he just reads about other people's observations.
Ⅱ.完形填空
I used to watch her from my kitchen window when she played with boys on the playground. She seemed so small as she __1__ her way through the crowd of boys. A sea of children, and yet to me, she __2__ from them all.
I noticed her practicing dribbling and shooting alone over and over again, sometimes until dark. One day I asked her why she practiced so much. Without __3__， she said, “I want to play college basketball.  My father told me if I was good enough, I would get a __4__， which was the only way for me to go to college. My Daddy said if the dream was big enough, the facts didn't __5__.”
One day in her senior year, I saw her __6__ on the grass, head buried in her hands. I __7__ her disappointment and I felt my own throat tighten. I sat down on the cool grass beside her and __8__ asked what was wrong. “Oh, nothing，” came a soft __9__. “I am just too __10__ .”The coach told her that at 5.5 feet she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team. She was heartbroken.
But after a while, she __11__ her head from her hands and told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just did not understand the __12__ of a dream.
The next year, she was __13__   by a college recruiter (招聘员). She was indeed __14__ a scholarship to a Division I, NCAA women's basketball team and her dream came true. The words __15__ in my ears again：If the dream is big enough,  the facts don't count.
1．A.felt  B．lost
C．inched  D．muscled
2．A.stood out   B．came out
C．figured out  D．made out
3．A.satisfaction  B．effort 
C．hesitation  D．doubt
4．A.scholarship  B．budget
C．allowance  D．deposit
5．A.care     B．count 
C．spread  D．control
6．A.rolling   B．standing
C．sitting  D．relaxing
7．A.expressed   B．touched
C．sensed  D．grasped
8．A.quietly   B．anxiously
C．initially   D．simply
9．A.step  B．reply  
C．relief  D．noise
10．A.over­weighted  B．tired
C．scared  D．short
11．A.nodded  B．turned
C．lifted  D．shook
12．A.meaning  B．weight 
C．power  D．principle
13．A.seen  B．deserted
C．punished  D．adopted
14．A.required  B．obtained
C．chosen  D．offered
15．A.inspired  B．received
C．discovered  D．rang

话题四　人物介绍(A)
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
体裁：记叙文　题材：人物故事　主题：英国化学家戴维·埃文斯
【文章大意】　文章介绍了一位移居中国的英国化学家戴维·埃文斯在中国通过短视频普及科学知识的事迹。
1．答案与解析：C　细节理解题。根据第一段第三句“Evans is a chemistry professor at Beijing University of Chemical Technology.”可知，埃文斯是北京化工大学的一名化学教授，故选C项。
2．答案与解析：D　细节理解题。根据第三段第三句“He first visited the Chinese mainland in 1987 to attend a chemistry conference in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.”可知，埃文斯第一次访问中国大陆是在1987年，当时他去江苏省南京市参加了一个化学会议，故选D项。
3．答案与解析：A　细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句“Still, he thinks it's worth it to fulfill his responsibility to popularize science.”可知，尽管制作一个一分钟的视频都需要相当大的工作量，埃文斯仍然认为履行推广科学的责任是值得的，故选A项。
4．答案与解析：B　推理判断题。根据文章最后一段最后一句“Evans says he looks forward to more ‘chemical reactions’ with China.”可知，埃文斯期待与中国进行更多的“化学反应”，故可推断出埃文斯将继续在中国发布实验视频，故选B项。
B
体裁：夹叙夹议文　题材：个人经历　主题：博物学家
    【文章大意】　本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，作者通过自身的经历明白了一个道理：博物学家是天生的，而科学家则是可以后天培养的。
    【难句分析】　But I do have a crystal clear memory of the dogs, the farm animals, the local birds, and above all the insects.
    分析：本句是一个强调句，对句子的谓语have进行强调，助动词do放在谓语之前。
  译文：但是我确实非常清楚地记得那些狗，农场的动物，当地的鸟类，尤其是昆虫。
5．答案与解析：A　考查细节理解。根据第三段最后一句“But I do have a crystal clear memory of the dogs, the farm animals, the local birds, and above all the insects”可知，作者在童年时，印象深刻的是那些野生生物，故选A。
6．答案与解析：C　考查推理判断。根据第三段最后一句“But I do have a crystal clear memory of the dogs, the farm animals, the local birds, and above all the insects”可推知，作者童年时期过于专注自然界而对周围的亲戚并不是很在意，所以没有深刻的印象，这与第四段第二句中的“I have a strong love of the natural world”呼应，故选C。
7．答案与解析：D　查推理判断。根据第四段前两句“I am a naturalist，not a scientist. I have a strong love of the natural world, and my enthusiasm has led me into varied investigations”可知，作者从小热爱自然界，而且这种热情使作者作了很多不同的调查，成了一个博物学家。由此可推知，一个天生的博物学家首先要充满热情，故选D。
8．答案与解析：A　考查细节理解。根据最后一段第一句“But curiosity, a keen eye, a good memory and enjoyment of the animal and plant world do not make a scientist: One of the outstanding and essential qualities required is self­discipline, a quality I lack”可知，作者认为自己只是一个博物学家而不是一个科学家是因为自己缺乏成为科学家的必备素质，故选A。
Ⅱ.完形填空
体裁：记叙文　题材：个人梦想　主题：坚持梦想
【文章大意】　本文主要讲了一个小女孩坚持梦想，最终克服困难，实现了拿到大学奖学金的梦想的故事。
1．答案与解析：D　根据首句中的“she played with boys”可知，她和男孩子一起玩，又根据设空前的“She seemed so small”及设空后的“through the crowd of boys”可知她身材矮小，要从男孩中间挤过去，muscle在此处表示“使劲挤”。
2．答案与解析：A　根据设空句“A sea of children, and yet to me ... them all”可知，球场上有成群的孩子，但对作者来说，在这些孩子中小女孩最显眼。stand out“显眼，突出”；come out“开花；出版”；figure out“搞清楚，弄明白”。
3．答案与解析：C　根据设空后小女孩的回答可知，她立志通过篮球运动上大学，由此可知小女孩目标明确，回答坚决。without hesitation意为“毫不犹豫地”，符合语境。
4．答案与解析：A　根据上文以及第14题设空后的“scholarship”可知，小女孩想通过打篮球上大学，如果她足够好她就能拿到奖学金，这也是她上大学的****途径。scholarship“奖学金”；budget“预算”；allowance“津贴，补贴”；deposit“押金”。
5．答案与解析：B　根据文章最后一段中的“If the dream is big enough, the facts don't count.(如果梦想足够强大，现实就不重要。)”可知，此处考查单词复现，故选B。
6．答案与解析：C　根据下文的“I sat down on the cool grass beside her”可推断，小女孩坐在草地上。
7．答案与解析：C　根据设空后的“I felt my own throat tighten”可知，作者感觉到了小女孩当时的心情。express“表达”；touch“触动；触摸”；sense“感觉到，意识到”；grasp“抓紧”。
8．答案与解析：A　根据设空前内容可知，作者感觉到小女孩的失望，所以坐在了小女孩的身旁，据此可以推断，作者此刻对小女孩说话的语气是轻柔的。故选A。
9．答案与解析：B　根据设空前后句意可知，此处是小女孩对作者的回答。故选B。
10．答案与解析：D　根据设空后的“at 5.5 feet she would probably never get to play”以及第一段中的“She seemed so small”可知，小女孩个头不高。故选D。
11．答案与解析：C　根据设空后的“her father said those coaches were wrong”可知，小女孩的父亲认为教练说的是不对的。再根据设空前的转折词But可知，小女孩已经振作起来，故抬起了头。
12．答案与解析：C　通读全文，并结合文章最后一句可知，如果梦想足够强大，现实就不重要。故此处强调梦想的力量。故C项符合语境。
13．答案与解析：A　根据下文的“her dream came true”可知，她最后实现了梦想。故可推知，小女孩被一个大学招聘人员注意到。故选A。
14．答案与解析：D　根据上下文可知她得到了奖学金。obtain“(尤指经努力)获得”，一般用于主动，offer意为“提供”，故选D。
15．答案与解析：D　根据句意可知，小女孩父亲的话又在作者耳边回响。inspire“激励，鼓舞”；receive“接到”；discover“发现”；ring“回响”。