2024年浙江成人高考高起点《英语》备考习题附答案（15）

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2024年浙江成人高考高起点《英语》备考习题附答案（15）

Questions 81 to 85 are based on the following passage:

Many of the modern world's most famous discoveries and inventions were not made by scientists,but by amateur(业余的)inventors.Often these inventors had such unusual ideas that they were often laughed at.But people like these inventions.Working on their own,these inventors gave us many of the things we use everyday.

Clarence Birdseye,who invented frozen foods,was both a successful inventor and a good businessman.But it took him years to overcome the biggest problem of successful inventions--convincing people to try something new and different.Birdseye first tried to freeze fish.After years of experiments,he started Birdseye Seafoods,Inc.Even though the experiments were successful,people didn't believe that frozen fish could possibly be good.The company was losing money and soon it went bankrupt(破产).Birdseye did not lose heart.It took a long time,but people finally accepted frozen food.By the end of his life,Birdseye,who was a completely self-taught inventor,sold his patents(专利)for a total of 22 million dollars.

Few inventors were as successful as Birdseye.Some did not realize the importance of their discoveries.The son of the inventor of Coca-Cola sold the recipe for$2,300.Today the product is worth billions of dollars.In 1853,Karl Gerhardt invented aspirin but he didn't know what to do with it.Fifty years after his invention,a German company discovered that was a painkiller and has made millions selling it.Edwin Armstrong invented FM radio,but he spent his life trying to protect his invention.Competitors stole his patents,and companies cheated him out of money.Finally,he became so disappointed with his failures that he ended his life by jumping out of a window.

Most great inventors,like Gerhardt and Armstrong,made little or nothing from their inventions.The first person with a new idea may get attention,but he also gets the problem of an untried idea.In business,it is sometimes better to be second.

81.According to the writer,we owe many things we use everyday to people who ______.

A.went bankrupt

B.had very strange ideas

C.were liked by people

D.killed themselves

82.Birdseye was not very successful at first because ______.

A.he tried to freeze fish

B.he started a company

C.he did not know what to do with his invention

D.people did not want to try anything new and different

83.The son of the inventor of Coca-Cola sold the recipe for ______.

A.a great deal of money

B.a small sum of money

C.what the recipe is worth

D.nothing at all

84.Karl Gerhardt invented aspirin ______.

A.without knowing its uses himself

B.for a German company

C.for the doctors

D.for his family

85.The writer of the selection implies that most inventors ______.

A.are from wealthy families

B.are great scientists

C.are not good businessmen

D.do not get attention at all

81.正确答案是B。

本题为语义题。文章第一段第二句中的“unusual ideas”与选项B的“strange ideas”同义。题目中“owe…to”意为“归功于”。故选B。

82.正确答案是D。

本题为情境题。文章第二段第五句“虽然这些实验成功了，人们认为冻鱼不可能很好。”因此，博斯艾的公司开始不成功，是因为人们不愿意尝试新事物。故选D。

83.正确答案是B。

本题为情境题。文章第三段第三句“可口可乐发明者的儿子把可口可乐的配方卖了2300美元”，与今天亿万美元的价值相比，当然是不多的一笔钱。故选B。

84.正确答案是A。

本题为语义题。文章第三段第五句“在1853年，卡尔·格哈特发明了阿司匹林，但是却对它的效用不甚了解”。故选A。

85.正确答案是C。

本题为推断题。根据文中最后一句，在生意场上，通常是利用别人的发明更有利可图。由此可见，发明家本人往往不能从发明中获利。故选C。