2011年全国1卷

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In our discussion with people on how education can help them succeed in life,a woman remembered the first meeting of an introductory                  （36） course about 20 years ago.

The professor                  （37） the lecture hall,placed upon his desk a large jar filled with dried beans（豆）,and invited the students to                  （38） how many beans the jar contained.After                  （39） shouts of wildly wrong guesses the professor smiled a thin,dry smile,announced the                  （40） answer,and went on saying,“You have just                  （41） an important lesson about science.That is：Never                  （42） your own senses.”

Twenty years later,the                  （43） could guess what the professor had in mind.He                  （44） himself,perhaps,as inviting his students to start an exciting                  （45） into an unknown world invisible（无形的）to the                  （46）,which can be discovered only through scientific                  （47）.But the seventeen-year-old girl could not accept or even                  （48） the invitation.She was just                  （49） to understand the world.And she                  （50） that her firsthand experience could be the                  （51）.The professor,however,said that it was                  （52）.He was taking away her only                  （53） for knowing and was providing her with no substitute.“I remember feeling small and                  （54）,” the woman says,“and I did the only thing I could do.I                  （55） the course that afternoon,and I haven't gone near science since.”

36  A. art  B. history  C. science  D. math

37  A. searched for  B. looked at  C. got through  D. marched into

38  A. count  B. guess  C. report  D. watch

39  A. warning  B. giving  C. turning away  D. listening to

40  A. ready  B. possible  C. correct  D. difficult

41  A. learned  B. prepared  C. taught  D. taken

42  A. lose  B. trust  C. sharpen  D. show

43  A. lecturer  B. scientist  C. speaker  D. woman

44  A. described  B. respected  C. saw  D. served

45  A. voyage  B. movement  C. change  D. rush

46  A. professor  B. eye  C. knowledge  D. light

47  A. model  B. senses  C. spirit  D. methods

48  A. hear  B. make  C. present  D. refuse

49  A. suggesting  B. beginning  C. pretending  D. waiting

50  A. believed  B. doubted  C. proved  D. explained

51  A. growth  B. strength  C. faith  D. truth

52  A. firm  B. interesting  C. wrong  D. acceptable

53  A. task  B. tool  C. success  D. connection

54  A. cruel  B. proud  C. frightened  D. brave

55  A. droppedB. started  C. passed  D. missed