Have you ever heard of Maria Mitchell? She was an American astronomer. She was born in 1818. She liked to ___1___ at the stars. When she was a little girl, her father gave her a ___2___. She liked it because she could see the stars better. A few years passed, and she became more and more interested ___3___ the stars. She heard people talk about comets. “I want to find one, a new one,” she thought. ___4___ night after night Maria searched the skies. She went to school in day time, did all the homework after school, and searched for a new comet at night. She ___5___ went to parties. She never went to the theatre. People thought it was ___6___ that a young lady like Maria spent so much time looking into the sky. But Maria did not care what people said. She liked to look at the ___7___. She wanted to find a new comet.
Then one night her wish came ___8___. The date was October 1, 1847. Maria looked through her telescope. At 10:30 pm she saw ___9___ in the sky. It looked like a star, but it was moving slowly. It had a long tail. It was a new comet! Maria ___10___ a new comet at last! Soon the whole world heard of Maria’s finding. She became famous.
1. A. lookB. see C. watchD. count
2. A. watchB. camera C. telescopeD. computer
3. A. about B. withC. onD. in
4. A. Or B. So C. And D. But
5. A. always B. sometimesC. seldom D. never
6. A. nervous B. excitedC. interestingD. funny
7. A. sun B. moonC. Mars D. sky
8. A. true B. inC. up D. out
9. A. everything B. somethingC. anythingD. nothing
10.A. find B. foundC. has foundD. had found
【答案与解析】
1. A。该题用语法分析法和习语搭配法。从空格后面的介词at和四个选项都是动词，可推知该题考查“不及物动词 + 介词”构成短语动词的用法。see, watch, count 都是及物动词，后面接宾语时不需要加介词，从这一方面来考虑，只有look符合要求。look at 是个固定词组，意思是“看……”，从固定搭配来考虑，立马就能锁定正确选项。
2. C。根据上下句提供的语境，采用语境推测法能确定正确选项。“观测星星”、“看星星看得更清楚”，只有使用望远镜(telescope)才行。
3. D。表示“对……感兴趣”，要用be interested in。在英语中，这种表达方法属固定搭配。
4. B。该题用语境推测法和分析比较法。从四个选项来看该题测试连词的用法。上句 “想要发现一颗新彗星”和本句“一夜又一夜搜索天空”之间是原因和结果的关系，需要用表示因果关系的连词来连接。or表示选择关系，and表示并列关系，but表示转折关系，so才表示因果关系。
5. D。该题测试频度副词的用法。根据上句“白天上学，放学后做所有家庭作业，夜里搜索彗星”和下句“从不去剧院”，可推知本句的意思是“从不出席社交聚会”。
6. A。从下文中的“不介意别人说什么”，可以推测出这里指的不是让人听起来顺耳的好话，由此可推知答案选 A。nervous 在此的意思是“神经的”。
7. D。根据下文“要找到一颗新彗星”，可推知不是观察已经被人们发现的太阳、月亮和火星，而是“天空”。
8. A。句意为“愿望变成了现实”。come true 是个固定词组，意思是“实现，达到”。
9. B。该题测试复合不定代词的用法。根据下句“看起来像个星星，但慢慢在移动”可以推断 “她看到了一个东西”。在这四个复合不定代词中，只有 something 是“某物”的意思。
10. D。该题测试动词的时态，要用语法分析法。Maria Mitchell是个历史人物，她发现彗星是在过去某个时间之前，因此，要用过去完成时。
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