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问题 Text 2 In 1946,a 23-year-old Army veteran named John Goodenough headed to the University of Chicago with a dream of studying physics.When he arrived,a professor warned him that he was already too old to succeed in the field.But Dr.Goodenough ignored the professor's advice and today,at 94,has just set the tech industry abuzz with his blazing creativity.He and his team at the University of Texas at Austin filed a patent application on a new kind of battery that,if it works as promised,would be so cheap,lightweight and safe that it would revolutionize electric cars and kill off petroleum-fueled vehicles.We tend to assume that creativity fades with age.But Dr.Goodenough's story suggests that some people actually become more creative as they grow older.A 2016 Information Technology and Innovation Foundation study found that inventors peak in their late 40s and tend to be highly productive in the last half of their careers.Similarly,professors at the Georgia Institute of Technology,who studied data about patent holders,found that,in the United States,the average inventor sends in his or her application to the patent office at age 47,and that the highest-value patents ofien come from the oldest inventors-those over the age of 55.John P.Walsh,one of the professors,joked that the Patent Office should give a"senior discount"since"there's clear evidence that people with seniority are making important contributions to invention."A study ofNobel physics laureates found that,since the 1980s,they bave made their discoveries,on average,at age 50.The peak of creativity for Nobel winners is getting higher every year.For many years,oddsmakers have predicted that Dr.Goodenough would win the Nobel Prize,but so far the call from Stockholm has not come.You might call him the Susan Lucci of chemistry.If he finally does prevail,he could be the oldest person ever to receive the Nobel.The more I talked to Dr.Goodenough,the more I wondered if his brilliance was directly tied to his age.After all,he has been thinking about energy problems longer than just about anyone else on the planet.When I asked him about his late-life success,he said:"Some of us are turtles;we crawl and struggle along,and we haven't maybe figured it out by the time we're 30.But the turtles have to keep on walking."26.We can learn from Paragraph I that John Goodenough hasA.made great contribution to an area of physics.B.stopped studying physics by a professor's advice.C.become too old to apply for a patent.D.lost his creativity while aging.

选项 A.made great contribution to an area of physics.
B.stopped studying physics by a professor's advice.
C.become too old to apply for a patent.
D.lost his creativity while aging.

答案 A

解析推理判断题。第一段第三句说到古德勒夫“凭借其过人的创造力在科技行业引起了轰动”，第四句提到他和他的团队研发了一种新型的廉价、轻便且安全的电池，若专利申请成功，则会带动电动汽车的革命，由此推断出他在物理学领域做出了巨大的贡献，故选A项。【干扰排除】B项“由于某位教授的建议而停止学习物理学”属于颠倒事实，第一段第二句提到芝加哥大学的“一位教授告诫他说，由于他年龄偏大，很难在该领域取得成功。但是，古德勒夫博士当时并没有理会这位教授的建议”，由此可排除B项；C项“年龄太大而不能申请专利”属于颠倒事实，第一段第四句提到“他和他所在的得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的团队申请了一种新型电池的专利”，由此可排除C项；D项“由于衰老而失去创造力”属于颠倒事实，本文的观点为一些人随着年龄的增长，反而更加富有创造力，故可排除D项。

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