Question

15．What opinions did experts have about movement and transportation throughout history？Take a look

Lord Kelvin，a famous scientist，1800s Opinion：Airplanes would never fly． Was he right？No．On December 17，1903，the Wright brothers made the first controlled flight in a powered airplane．

Lee DeForest，a pioneer in radio，TV，and radar，1900s     Opinion：No person would ever reach the moon．     Was he right？No．On July 20，1969，Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon．

Leonardo da Vinci，artist，scientist，inventor，1400s Opinion：People would fly in a machine with an overhead propeller． Was he right？Yes．This artist's sketch，made about 1490，shows a helicopter 400 years before its invention．

Jules Verne，science fiction writer，in an 1870 novel Opinion：People would be able to travel under water in airtight ships． Was he right？Yes．Though submarines already existed，it would be decades before they could stay submerged for long-distance travel．

31．Which of the following experts was a science fiction writer？D
A．Lord Kelvin．
B．Lee DeForest．
C．Leonardo da Vinci．
D．Jules Verne．
32．Lee DeForest's opinion was thatB．
A．a(chǎn)irplanes would never fly
B．no person would ever reach the moon
C．people would fly in a machine with an overhead propeller
D．people would be able to travel under water in airtight ships
33．How many experts'opinions proved right according to the passage？B
A．One．
B．Two．
C．Three．
D．Four．

Answer 1

分析 這篇文章介紹的是四個(gè)專家對(duì)歷史上交通運(yùn)輸?shù)目捶ㄒ约八麄兊挠^點(diǎn)是否正確．

解答 31．D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文中 Jules Verne，science fiction writer可知Jules Verne是一位科幻小說(shuō)作家．故選D．
32．B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文中對(duì)Lee DeForest的介紹Opinion：No person would ever reach the moon．可知，他的觀點(diǎn)是"沒有人會(huì)到達(dá)月球．"，故選B．
33．B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文中Was he right？后的內(nèi)容可知，對(duì)這四位專家的觀點(diǎn)，回答Yes的有兩個(gè)，分別是Leonardo da Vinci和Jules Verne，故選B．

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