2.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Zhang Heng was the first person to draw a map of the stars in the world.

B.European people didn’t know how to predict earthquakes in the 18th century.

C.Dong Jing Glimpse and Xi Jing Glimpse are mainly about the culture of China.

D.Chinese people first knew why there was moon eclipse about 1,800 years ago.

3.The underlined word “considerable” in Paragraph 1 means ________.

A.complex  B.important  C.horrible  D.much

4.It can be inferred in the passage that ________.

A.Zhang Heng was famous all over the world during his late years

B.Zhang Heng’s idea about the universe was proved wrong by people of his time

C.the 320 stars of the 124 constellations were named by Zhang Heng

D.Zhang Heng preferred to work on scientific studies rather than to serve in the

government

5.What is this passage mainly about?

A.Some of Zhang Heng’s famous theories.

B.A brief introduction to the ancient Chinese scientist Zhang Heng.

C.How Zhang Heng made some of his important discoveries.

D.A brief introduction to Zhang Heng’s important inventions.

参考答案

Ⅰ.

【解题导语】 人未能取得成功的首要原因在于不相信自己!因此，为了成功，我们首先

得战胜自己，改变心态，敢于尝试!

1.解析：此句是对上一句 “Recent studies show that only one out of three people have

strong and healthy self­confidence.” 的意思进行解释，即：其意思是……。

答案：A

2.解析：此空所指的事物旨在为了成功，结合语境可推断，其意为： “有人不相信自

己已经拥有能取得成功的能力”。

答案：C

3. 解析：这种能力其实完全就在他们自己手中!right意为 “完全地，彻底地，就是

地”，表强调，符合语境。

答案：D

4.解析：没有人能让你觉得差劲，除非你自己让他们做到。

答案：A

5.解析：此处是在解释人不自信的原因，即不自信产生于自己的形象问题。

答案：C

6.解析：根据 “You can’t win a horse race” 再结合上文语境可推断，不能赢得赛马

就是因为不自信，而不自信的表现之一就是觉得自己骑在马上很滑稽可笑。

答案：D

7.解析：要自信就得打败自己，即改变自己原来不自信的心态，这样才能改变生活。

答案：C