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共用题干 Stars in Their EyesThe Scientific
共用题干 Stars in Their EyesThe Scientific
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2022-08-02
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共用题干Stars in Their Eyes
The Scientific American Book of the Cosmos edited by David Levy,Macmillan,£20,ISBN 0333782933
Previous generations of scientists would have killed to know what we know.For the first time in history,we have a pretty good idea of the material content of the Universe,our position within it and how the whole thing came into being.
In these times of exploding knowledge there is a definite need to take stock and assemble what we know in a palatable(受欢迎的)form._______ (46)
The essays in The Scientific American Book of the Cosmos have been selected by David Levy,co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9,which in 1994 struck Jupiter with the violence of several full-scale nuclear wars.________(47)This is certainly a great collection of essays,but it is not , as the book promises , a seamless(完美的,无缝隙的)synthesis of our current knowledge.
Nobody can fault the range of articles Levy has included.There are essays on the planets, moons and assorted debris(碎片)in the Solar System , and on our Galaxy , the Milky Way. _______(48)
The contributors,too,are stars in their own fields.Not many books can boast chapters written by such giants as Erwin Schrodinger and Francis Crick.My personal favorites are a piercingly clear essay by Albert Einstein on general relativity and an article by Alan Guth and Paul Steinhardt on the inflationary(膨胀的)Universe.
So much for the book's content. But Levy has not succeeded in providing an accurate synthesis of our current knowledge of the cosmos,which the book jacket promises.Gathering together previously published articles inevitably leaves subject gaps,missing explanations and so on. ________(49)But there isn't one.In fact,surprisingly for a book so densely packed with information,there is no index.
Collecting essays in this way is clearly a good publishing wheeze(巧妙的主意).But this approach shortchanges the public,who would be better served by an account moulded into a seamless whole.________(50)However,for the next edition,please,please can we have an index?_______ (50)A: Tegmark fears he may hold the record for the longest time taken to read one book.B: In a more positive vein,this is a wonderful collection of essays to dip in and out of if you already have a good overview(概述)of current cosmic understanding.C: Levy is an active astronomer and an accomplished writer,so you'd expect him to provide a broad and accurate picture of our current understanding of the cosmos.D: Scientific American has attempted to cater to this need by bringing together essays that have appeared in the magazine.E: To some extent, these could have been plugged with a glossary(词表)of terms.F: Also included are contributions on the world of subatomic particles,the origin of life on the Earth and the possibility of its existence elsewhere.
选项
_______ (50)
A: Tegmark fears he may hold the record for the longest time taken to read one book.
B: In a more positive vein,this is a wonderful collection of essays to dip in and out of if you already have a good overview(概述)of current cosmic understanding.
C: Levy is an active astronomer and an accomplished writer,so you'd expect him to provide a broad and accurate picture of our current understanding of the cosmos.
D: Scientific American has attempted to cater to this need by bringing together essays that have appeared in the magazine.
E: To some extent, these could have been plugged with a glossary(词表)of terms.
F: Also included are contributions on the world of subatomic particles,the origin of life on the Earth and the possibility of its existence elsewhere.
答案
B
解析
本文是一篇新书简介,介绍的是一本有关天文学的论文集。既然是一本新书简介, 内容不外乎讲讲这本书的特点,作者的情况,有关内容介绍,本书的优缺点等。顺着这个思路,我们看第二段,此段第一句话说的是在知识爆炸的时代,人们都想读一本书就能了解很多的内容。接下来是一处空白。浏览后面的几个选项,发现选项D放入意思上讲得通,故选D。其实,从语法的角度也可作出判断。本段第一句话中有“a definite need”,选项D中有“this need”,透过信号词need就可很快做出答案。
此题出现在第三段中间。空格处前面提到本书是由David Levy选编的,按照正常的叙述,文章接下来应该介绍David Levy为何人,根据这个线索,我们发现选项C讲的是Levy是一位活跃的天文学家等。毫无疑问,选项C为正确答案。
此题出现在第四段。我们还是根据上下文来做此题。此段第一句话说没有人可以挑剔Levy所选文章覆盖的范围。选文既有关于各种行星、月亮以及太阳系中各种碎片的,也有关于银河系的文章。根据第一句话中的included和选项F中的also included, 我们可以判断这几句话是不能分开的,因为介绍的都是选文的有关内容。
此题出现在第六段中。空格处前面的意思是:把以前出版的文章汇集在一起,必然会舍弃一些学科,省去一些解释等。选项E的意思是:这些东西可以放到术语表中。选项E中的these实际上指前面提到的那些被舍弃或省去的东西。把选项E放到空格处意思通顺。在做这类题目时,一定要通过上下文的意思和一些语法关系,如解释、指代、重复等来解决。
文章最后一段是对本书作的评价,在余下的两个选项中,只有选项B的意思放进原文才合适(属于对书的评论),故选B。
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