单选题
根据下面短文回答下列问题。 When Ben Franklin was only a boy, he always wanted to know about other things. He was always asking his father and brothers "What?", "How?" and "Why?" They couldn't always tell him what he wanted to know. When they couldn't tell him, Ben tried to find out the answers by himself. Many times Ben did find out things that no one knew before. The other boys would say, "That's Ben Franklin! He's always finding out something new!" Ben lived close to the water. He liked to go there to see the boats. He saw how the wind blew them across the water. One day Ben said to himself, "Why can't the wind help me float across the water? And I'm going to fly." Ben got his big kite. He took hold of the kite's string and ran with it. The wind took the kite up into the air. Then Ben jumped into the water. The wind blew the kite high into the air. Ben began to float across the water, Soon he was on the other side. One boy shouted, "Look at Ben floating across the water! His kite takes him to the other side without any work!" "Yes," said another, "He's always finding new ways to do things./
单选题
Ben always wanted to know about things. [A] True. [B] False.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 富兰克林从小就有很强的求知欲:when Ben Franklin was only a boy, he always wanted to know about other things.
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When Ben's father and his brothers couldn't answer his questions, he would ask his friend and teacher. [A] True. [B] False.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 富兰克林自己寻找答案:When they couldn't tell him, Ben tried to find out the answers by himself.
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The other boys thought that Ben was very great. [A] True. [B] False.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 其他孩子都认为富兰克林了不起:Many times Ben did find out things that no one knew before. The other boys would say, "That's Ben Franklin! He's always finding out something new!/
单选题
Ben succeeded in going across the river with a kite. [A] True. [B] False.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 富兰克林乘风筝到了河对面:He took hold of the kite's string and ran with it... Ben began to float across the water. Soon he was on the other side.
单选题
The wind helped him to get to the other side of the river. [A] True. [B] False.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 风帮助富兰克林到达河对岸:The wind blew the kite high into the air.
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Ben became a great scientist when he grew up because he was much braver than others. [A] True. [B] False.