[冲刺中考]英语阅读与填空：7-Thursday 天才 165词
7-Thursday 天才 165词
题材： 天才 词数： 165 建议阅读时间： 3.5分钟
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Math is one of the most boring classes for many students．But recently，a math class at the University of California in the US got four hundred students interested．There 1 even another thirty-five students watching from behind windows．
Who could make a boring subject so 2 ？Terence Tao，the 31-year-old professor．He is known as“the Mozart of Math”．
Tao was born 3 Hong Kong．He spent his childhood in Australia．At the 4 of two，he could read．At nine，he went to college math classes．At twenty，he 5 his doctoral degree．Last summer，Tao won a Fields Medal．This is known as the“Nobel Prize of math”．
Tao was talented．He went to college when he was fourteen．“There's no point going to college too young.”said Tao．He said studying 6 is like building a pyramid．A pyramid must have a strong base， 7 then it can be built higher．
In 8 ways，he's like us．Tao wears an Adidas sweatshirt and 9 sports shoes．He reads Japanese comic books．But he said his 10 love is still math．“In many ways，my work is my hobby，”he said．
生词
boring adj． 乏味的，无趣的：The book was so long and boring that I could not finish it．这本书冗长乏味，我根本无法把它读完。
doctoral adj． 博士学位的：a doctoral degree博士学位
talented adj． 天才的，有天赋的：a very talented actress一个很有天赋的女演员
1．A．were B．are C．was D．is
2．A．difficult B．useful C．important D．interesting
3．A．on B．from C．in D．of
4．A．year B．time C．day D．age
5．A．made B．got C．took D．brought
6．A．nice B．good C．well D．hardly
7．A．though B．because C．and D．unless
8．A．all B．some C．much D．any
9．A．a piece of B．a set of C．a number of D．a pair of
10．A．first B．second C．one D．last
参考译文
对许多学生来说，数学是最枯燥的学科之一，但最近，美国加利福尼亚大学的一堂数学课却引起了400名学生的兴趣。甚至还有35名学生在窗户外看着。
是谁让如此枯燥的学科变得有趣呢？是31岁的陶哲轩教授。他被誉为“数学界的莫扎特”。
陶哲轩生于香港。童年是在澳大利亚度过的。在两岁时，他已经能读书了。9岁时他去一所大学学数学。20岁时他获得了博士学位。去年夏天，陶哲轩获得了菲尔兹奖。该奖被誉为“数学界的诺贝尔奖”。
陶是一位天才。他14岁时上了大学。“过早上大学没有意义。”陶说。他说学习好比建金字塔，金字塔必须有牢固的基础，然后才能建得更高。
在某些方面，他和我们很相似。陶穿阿迪达斯运动服和一双跑鞋，喜欢看日本漫画书。但他说，他的最爱还是数学。“在很多方面，我的工作就是我的爱好。”他说。
参考答案
Thursday 1．A 2．D 3．C 4．D 5．B 6．C 7．C 8．B 9．D 10．A
