单选题 Marvin Minsky is famous (1) the father of Artificial Intelligence, but he was (2) the author of another signal achievement. In the 1950s, he built a revolutionary light microscope that enabled him to (3) successfully deeper layer in a specimen with astonishing clearness, (4) first having to undertake the hard task of cutting the specimen into thin (5) Minsky's invention did not (6) wide praise from the public at that time. (7) , when he patented(申请 专利权) his "double - focusing stage-scanning microscope" in 1961, (8) people understood what it could do. During the 17-year life of the patent, no (9) of similar design were manufactured. (10) for his newly invented optics, Minsky (11) on to other challen- ges, leaving his intention to rust in a (12) of his basement.
Thirteen years later his approach (13) known as confocal microscopy(双焦显微镜学) caught public attention. (14) , the technology is proving to be one of the most exciting advances in optical microscopy in this century. The extent (15) which current interest was sparked by rediscovery of Minsky's early (16) is not completely clear. (17) , the happy result is that scores of (18) kinds of confocal microscopes are now (19) in form that (20) from easy to complicated.

单选题 A. for B. at
C. as D. in
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。常与famous搭配的介词有at和for。be famous at意为“是…的名手,善于”,be famous for意为“因…而著名”,表示原因。但这两个介词用在这里都不合适,原文意为“Minsky以人工智能之父而闻名”,应用表示“作为,当作”之意的介词as,故选C。
单选题 A.too B. either
C.even D. also
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 语法结构题。also表示肯定,多用于句中或句末;too表“也”之意时,一般用于句末,且用逗号隔开,either通常用于否定句中,故正确答案为D。
单选题 A. view B. make
C. bring D. grow
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。结合常理可知,显微镜通常用于观察标本,故四个选项中view“观察,观看”符合题意。
单选题 A.with B. without
C.and D. but
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 逻辑衔接题。由上文的信息词successfully和with astonishing clearness及下文的undertake the hard task可推知,因为能成功看清,就不用做后面提到的hard task了,without符合题意。
单选题 A. parts B. sections
C. groups D. separations
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。part指整体的一部分;section强调整体下的“部分”,往往暗示部分与部分间有明显的界限;group意为“一群”;separation意为“分离,分开”。B符合句意,原句意为“将标本切成小段”。
单选题 A. accept B. bring
C. achieve D. earn
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。accept意为“接受”,bring意为“带来”,achieve意为“完成,达到”,earn意为“赢得”,原句意为“在那个时候Minsky的发明并没有赢得公众广泛的赞誉”,故选D。
单选题 A. As a result B. However
C. In fact D. Nevertheless
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 逻辑衔接题。上文提到当时他的发明并未广受赞誉,再结合下文可推知,这是因为很少人知道显微镜的用途,故下一题答案为A。同时,可知“很少人知道”是“未广受赞誉”的原因,而非结果,排除A,而且两句间无转折关系,故B和D可排除,只有C(实际上)最合题意。
单选题 A. few B. little
C. many D. most
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。解析见上题。
单选题 A. techniques B. works
C. inventions D. instruments
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。根据上下文可知,此处说的是“同类设计的仪器”,故应选D。其余的选项techniques(技术),works(作品),inventions(发明)均不合题意。
单选题 A. Unexpected B. Unappreciated
C. Undone D. Uninformed
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。由下文leaving his intention to rust可知,他对自己的东西并不满意,故应选B(不欣赏)。其余的选项unexpected“不期望的,不指望的”,undone为“未做完的”,uninformed“不知道的”均不合题意。
单选题 A. engaged B. ignored
C. moved D. proceeded
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 惯用搭配题。四个选项中能和on to构成搭配的只有C,move on to意为“转移(到新事物上)”。
单选题 A. angle B. comer
C. quarter D. side
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。angle指数学概念的“角,角度”,corner指角落或拐角处,quarter指“四分之一”,side指“边”,结合句意,B正确。
单选题 A. otherwise B. or
C. but D. however
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 语法结构题。此处需要填入的是副词,由此可排除B和C。otherwise意为“以别的方式,不同地”,however意为“无论如何,究竟”,结合句意“十三年后,他的方法______大家所知的双焦显微镜学引起了公众的注意”,可知A正确。
单选题 A. However B. For
C. Indeed D. Hence
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 逻辑衔接题。由上文的caught public attention和下文的one of the most exciting advances可知,两者间并无转折或因果关系,而是强调,故indeed(确实)符合句意。
单选题 A. in B. to
C. for D. by
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 惯用搭配题。to和extent为固定搭配,如:to a certain/some extent“在某种程度上”,to a great/large extent“在很大程度上”,本句中to和which构成“介词+which”结构作extent的关系词。
单选题 A. job B. work
C. occupation D. profession
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。四个选项中,job指具体的“某一份工作”,常为可数名词;work意为“工作”,常为不可数名词;occupation和profession均表示职业,结合句意可知B正确。
单选题 A. For B. Indeed
C. Generally D. Nevertheless
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 逻辑衔接题。由上文的not completely clear及下文的the happy result等信息词可推知,此处应填入表转折关系的词,故never the less(尽管如此)正确。
单选题 A. same B. different
C. opposite D. contrary
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。scores of含义为“几十个”,由此可推知后面应为“各种不同的”,故选B。
单选题 A. desirable B. considerable
C. available D. reliable
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。desirable意为“称心的,合意的”,considerable意为“数量可观的”,available意为“可用的,可得到的”;reliable意为“可靠的,可依赖的”,结合句意可知C正确。
单选题 A. differ B. extend
C. change D. range
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 词义辨析题。结合句末from easy to complicated来看四个选项,D符合题意,range from…to…表示范围包括“从…到…”。change from…to…表示“由…变为…”,不合题意,differ from(与…不同)和extend from(延长,扩展)均不与to搭配。