It is doing something better than other people that makes us unique. Yet a surprising number of people still see individuality as a surface thing. They wear bright clothes, dye their hair strange colors and decorate their skin with tattoos to make some kind of social statement. The whole purpose of individuality is excellence. The people who comprehend the simple principle of being unique through performance make our entire political and economic system work. Those who invent, who improve, who know more about a subject than other people do, and who take something that doesnt work and make it workthese people are the very soul of capitalism. Charles Kettering didnt like the idea of cranking a car to make it start, so he invented the electric starter. Henry Ford figured out the assembly-line technique and made it possible to mass-produce automobiles. Lewis Waterman saw no need to go on dipping a pen into an inkwell, so he put the ink into the pen. George Westinghouse told the world how to stop a train, and Elisha Otis, inventor of the elevator, indirectly created the city skyline. These people understood that individualism means working at the top of ones capacity. Fortunately, enough Americans have been inspired to do something with their uniqueness that we have developed in less than three centuries from a frontier outpost into not only a country of freedom but a country strong enough to protect that freedom. These people prized the notions of individuality and excellence above all things and thus kept the great machine functioning. The ones with the purple hair and the horrorable jewelry are just along for the ride, trying to be different and not knowing how to go about it. 1 The student who earns As on his report card has grasped the idea and has found the real meaning of individuality. So has the youngster who has designed his own spaceship, who paints pictures of the world around him, or who can name all the states and their capitals. According to the author unique individuals are persons who______. A. do something better than other people B. know more about a subject than other peopleC. excel others in work D. all of the above 2、People who regard individuality as a surface thing always do the following EXCEPTA. wearing bright clothes B. coloring their hairC. doing better than others D. decorating their skin with tattoos3、Which is NOT TRUE according to the passage? A. Henry Ford invented assembly-line technique. B. Elisha Otis was the inventor of the liftC. George Westinghouse created cranks. D. Lewis Waterman put the ink into the pen. 4、It can be inferred from the passage that______. A. the real secret to being unique lies in our excellent workB. if we want to be different wed gain more profitC the student who earns As on the report card has not grasped the real meaning of individualityD. all Americans work miracles In the writers opinion5、who has understood the sense of individuality? A. The youngster who designed his own spaceship. B. The youngster who painted worthy pictures. C. The youngster who was interested in wearing strange clothes. D. Both A and B. 答案:D C C A D
[动词的语态]主动形式表示被动意义
[动词的时态]现在进行时
[句子的种类]句子的种类
[动词的时态]不用进行时的动词
[名词性从句]名词性wh-从句
[动词的时态]一般现在时表将来
[动词的时态]过去进行时
[动词不定式]动词不定式的否定式
[动词的语态]短语动词的被动语态
[分词]连词+分词(短语)
[动词的时态]用一般过去时代替过去完成时
[句子的种类]祈使句结构
[动词的语态]动词的语态
[动词的时态]一般过去时的用法
[主谓一致]与后接名词或代词保持一致
[动词的时态]一般现在时的用法
[动词的时态]将来进行时
[主谓一致]并列结构作主语时谓语用复数
[倒装]only在句首倒装的情况
[动词的时态]时态与时间状语
[动词的时态]一般现在时代替现在完成时
[倒装]以否定词开头作部分倒装
[分词]分词的时态
[句子的种类]反意疑问句
[动词的时态]时态一致
[动词的时态]be to和be going to
[虚拟语气]真实条件句
[动词的时态]一般现在时代替一般过去时
[动词的时态]用现在进行时表示将来
[倒装]so, neither, nor作部分倒装
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