2015年广东省成人本科学位英语真题试卷
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A few centuries ago, people looked at the birds and wondered what it would be like to fly like them. There were stories of heroes who glued bird feathers on their arms and flew up into the sky. About 500 years ago, some people dreamed a different dream. Instead of flying up to the sky, they dreamed of falling from the sky!
In the 15th century, Italian inventors designed a cone-shaped(锥形) device that was supposed to bring a man down safely from a great height. The operator held on to a handle with straps strapped to his waist. This was the first known design for a parachute (降落伞).
Even the great inventor Leonardo da Vinci sketched a type of parachute. His parachute design was in the shape of pyramid (金字塔). Other inventors also sketched their own designs for a parachute. Unfortunately, these were only designs on paper and no one tested them.
A Croatian inventor named Fausto Veranzio looked at Leonardo da Vinci\’ s parachute design and replaced the pyramid shape with one that looked like a sail from a ship. When Veranzio was 65 years old, he fell ill. Thinking he would not live longer, he decided to try out his parachute invention. He built his parachute using wood and cloth. Straping his invention to his waist, he jumped off the tall bell tower in his city. He landed safely! He was supposedly the first man to successfully use a parachute. However, some people thought this story was not true. If that was the case, then the first person to successfully use a parachute would go to a Frenchman named Louis-Sebastien Lenormand in 1783.
1.The first known parachute was designed by______.(B)
A. Frenchmen
B. Italians
C. Croatians
D. Englishmen
解析：细节题。根据文章第二段第一句可知，在十五世纪，意大利发明家设计了一个锥形的设备，用来把一个人从很高的地方安全带回地面。同时，第二段最后一句明确指出，这就是已知的最早的降落伞，故本题选B。选项A(法国人)、选项C(克罗地亚人)和选项D(英国人)均与原文不符，故排除。
2.Leonardo da Vinci’ s parachute was shaped like a______.(C)
A. cone
B. feather
C. pyramid
D. sail
解析：细节题。根据文章第三段第一句可知，列奥纳多-达-芬奇也设计了一种降落伞。紧接着第二句指出他设计的降落伞是金字塔形的。选项A(圆锥体)、选项B(羽毛)、选项D(船帆)均与原文不符，故本题选C。
3.Which of the following about Fausto Veranzio is true?(D)
A. He copied da Vinci’ s parachute design.
B. He made his parachute with leather and wood.
C. He experimented with his parachute many times.
D. He decided to try his parachute after he was seriously ill.
解析：细节题。根据文章第四段第三句可知，法奥斯托-范拉诺考虑到自己时日不多了，便决定试试他设计的降落伞。选项A(他抄袭了达-芬奇的设计)不符合文章内容，由第四段第一句可知，他改进了达-芬奇的设计。选项B(他用羽毛和木头制作降落伞)错误，由第四段第四句可知，他的降落伞由木头和布做成。选项C(他的降落伞实验了很多次)错误，文中并没有提到实验的次数。故本题选D。
4.As for the first man who successfully used a parachute, ______.(D)
A. it was said to be Leonardo da Vinci
B. we know for sure he was Veranzio
C. there were some historical records
D. we don’t know for sure yet
解析：推理题。关于谁是第一个成功使用降落伞的人，根据文章第四段最后两句可知，有些人认为法奥斯托-范拉诺的故事不是真的。第一个成功使用降落伞的人可能是一位名叫路易斯-塞巴斯蒂安-勒诺尔芒的法国人。故选项D(我们现在还不能确定)正确。选项A(据说是列奥纳多-达-芬奇)错误，文中第三段只指出了达-芬奇绘制了降落伞的草图。选项B(我们非常确定是法奥斯托·范拉诺)与第四段最后两句意思不符。选项C(有一些历史记录)原文未提及，故本题选D。
5.The passage is mainly about______.(A)
A. the origin of the parachute
B. the dreams of flying and falling
C. the courage of dropping from the sky
D. the application of parachute invention
解析：主旨题。文章第一段描述人们飞翔的梦想，之后描述了意大利人设计的降落伞草图，最后提到有人勇敢进行了降落伞的实验，并获得成功。所以全文讲的就是降落伞的起源。选项B(飞翔和降落的梦想)与文意不符，由文章后几段可知，本文
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