Question

   This is the first X-ray photograph.It was 36 by a German scientist,Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen,in 1895. It is his wife's 37 . The bones(骨骼) in her hand (and also her ring) are clearly I seen in the photo.

   Roentgen discovered X-rays 38 when he was working with electricity. Soon after,he 39 the first X-ray machine. The machine made hospital operations (手术) much 40 . For the first time,doctors could see inside people’s bodies 41 they cut them open!In 1901,Roentgen won the very first Nobel Prize in Physics. His invention is still used today by doctors and 42 ,and is called “the window into the human body”.

   Since the introduction of computer imaging (成像） in the 1970s,X-ray machines have been used 43 other things,too. At airports,many criminals are caught with illegal(违法的) things in 44 luggage(行李) .Also,lots of works of art are discovered under other paintings. In factories,many 45 in new products are found every day,using X-rays. There is no doubt that new uses for X-rays will be developed in the future.

() 36. A. taken   B. made   C. found   D. invented

() 37. A. face   B. hand   C. foot   D. head

() 38. A. for sure   B. in fact   C. at least   D. by accident

() 39. A. used   B. broke   C. built   D. bought

() 40. A. safer   B. mote dangerous   C. cheaper   D. more expensive

() 41. A. since   B. when   C. before   D. after

() 42. A. tourists   B. engineers   C. dentists   D. teachers

() 43. A. for   B. to   C. with   D. from

() 44. A. his   B. her   C. its   D. their

() 45. A. colors   B. faults   C. styles   D. parts

Answer 1

36. A 38. D 39. C 40. A 41. C 42. C 43. A 44. D 45. B

[体裁]说明文

[话题]科普知识与现代技术

[大意]材料介绍了 X射线的发现和应用。

36. A.该句中的It指的是上一句中的 X-ray photograph ,因此该空填 taken。

37. 由下一句中的hand可知答案。

38. D.由后半句 when he was working with electricity 可知 Roentgen 是在研 究电的时候“偶然”发现了 X射线。by accident表示“偶然;夫意地”。

39. C。由该段最后一句中的His invention 可知Roentgen “建造”了第一台X射线 机器。

40. A.由下一句可知有了 X射线技术， 医生不需要切开人们的身体就可以看 到体内的情况，这使得手术“更安全” 了。

41. C.该句意思是“在切开人们的身体 之前，医生可以(通过X射线) 看到体 内的情况”。

42. C.由后半句中的 “the window into the human body”可知该空所填的词和 医学有关，因庇选dentists。

43. A.该空填for,表示目的。

44. D。该空填their ,指代句首的many criminals 。

45. B.该句意思是“工厂通过使用X射 线检查出了很多新产品中的瑕疵”。