(状元之路)2014.2015学高中英语 语篇提能5.3 外研版必修3.docVIP

语篇提能 阅读理解 A There have been many natural disasters since ancient times. In order to fight against violence of nature and improve peoples life, many scientists created lots of inventions. Here is one of them. Zhang Heng (78AD～139AD) was a great astronomer, mathematician, artist and literary scholar in the Eastern Han Dynasty of China. Born in todays Nanyang County, Henan, he was a good writer at age 12. At the age of 16, he left home to pursue his studying in the capital city. He spent at least 10 years of his youth in literary studies and writing. He published several well－recognized literary writings. Much to everyones amazement, he turned to astronomy after age 30 and at last he succeeded. In the year 123 he corrected the calendar to bring it into line with the seasons. In 132 Zhang Heng invented the first seismograph(地震仪) for measuring earthquakes. His device was in the shape of a cylinder(圆柱) with eight dragon heads around the top, each with a ball in its mouth. Around the bottom were eight frogs, each directly under a dragon head. When an earthquake occurred，a ball fell out of the dragons mouth into a frogs mouth, making a noise. He also invented the odometer(里程表)． Zhang Heng was the first person in China to construct a rotating celestial globe(旋转浑天仪). In one of his publications he also submitted π≈3.1466. He made great contributions to the development of Chinese ancient mathematics. 1．Whats the passage mainly about? A．Zhang Heng — a famous astronomer. B．Modern scientists and their inventions. C．Zhang Heng and his contributions. D．Zhang Heng and his hobbies. 2．Zhang Heng first began to study astronomy ______. A．in the year 108 B．after the year 94 C．after the year 108 D．in the year 123 3．When a ball fell out of the dragons mouth into a frogs mouth, the seismograph Zhang Heng invented would show ______. A．how many miles away there was an earthquake B．a big fire occurred somewhere C．earthquakes would happen all around the country D．there might be an earthquak