Question

根据材料完成下列各题。

Beethoven
Born in 1770 in Germany
A  musician (音乐家)
Died in 1827

Florence Nightingale
Born in Italy on May 12th, 1820
An English nurse
Died in 1910

Bill Gates
Born in I955 in the USA
Wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought
Owns Microsoft

Thomas Edison
Born in 1847 in the USA
Made over 1,000 inventions (发明)
Died in 1931

Yao Ming
Born on September 12th, 1980 in Shanghai, China
A basketball player
Played for the Houston Rockets, the USA

1. 1.
   Thomas Edison is from _      _
   1. A.
      Canada
   2. B.
      Italy
   3. C.
      America
   4. D.
      China
2. 2.
   The             was born in 1770
   1. A.
      musician
   2. B.
      nurse
   3. C.
      businessman
   4. D.
      scientist
3. 3.
   Business@ the Speed of Thought is the name of a_______
   1. A.
      song
   2. B.
      book
   3. C.
      school
   4. D.
      film
4. 4.
   Nightingale died in _       _
   1. A.
      1931
   2. B.
      1827
   3. C.
      1847
   4. D.
      1910
5. 5.
   Which of the following is TRUE?
   1. A.
      Yao Ming is a football player
   2. B.
      Edison made over l, 000 inventions
   3. C.
      Nightingale was a scientist
   4. D.
      Bill Gates worked in Microsoft in 1955

Answer 1

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试题分析：这是一篇名人介绍，主要介绍了他们的出生年代以及他们的贡献。
1. 根据Thomas Edison，Born in 1847 in the USA，可知Thomas Edison来自美国，故选C。
2.根据Beethoven，Born in 1770 in Germany，A  musician (音乐家)，故选A。
3. 根据Bill Gates，Born in I955 in the USA，Wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought可知the Speed of Thought是一本书，所以答案为B。
4. 根据Florence Nightingale，Died in 1910，因此选D。
5. 根据Yao Ming ，A basketball player故排除 A，Florence Nightingale，An English nurse故排除 C，根据Bill Gates，Born in I955 in the USA，排除D,因此选B。
考点：人物传记类短文阅读理解
点评：这篇短文题目的设置大多是细节寻找题，只需在原文中找到与题目相关的信息即可。这篇文章非常容易，没有什么生僻词汇，不难选出正确答案。