Modern athletes’ results cannot be compared with those of ancient runners because ________.

试卷相关题目

• 1The order of athletic events at the ancient Olympics ________.

  A.has not definitely been established

  B.varied according to the number of foreign competitors

  C.was decided by Zeus, in whose honor the Games were held

  D.was considered unimportant

  开始考试点击查看答案
• 2In the early days of ancient Olympic Games ________.

  A.only male Greek athletes were allowed to participate in the games

  B.all Greeks, irrespective of sex, religion or social status, were allowed to take part

  C.all Greeks, with the exception of women, were allowed to compete in Games

  D.all male Greeks were qualified to compete in the Games

  开始考试点击查看答案
• 3In ancient Greece, the Olympic Games ________.

  A.were merely national athletic festivals

  B.were in the nature of a national event with a strong religious colour

  C.had rules which put foreign participants in a disadvantageous position

  D.were primarily national events with few foreign participants

  开始考试点击查看答案
• 4Under what conditions are helicopters found to be absolutely essential、

  A.For overseas passenger transportation.

  B.For extremely high altitude flights.

  C.For high-speed transportation.

  D.For urgent mission to places inaccessible to other kinds of craft.

  开始考试点击查看答案
• 5How has the use of helicopters developed、

  A.They have been widely used for various purposes.

  B.They are taking the place of high-flying jets.

  C.They are used for rescue work.

  D.They are now used exclusively for commercial projects.

  开始考试点击查看答案
• 6Nowadays, the athletes’ expenses are paid for ________.

  A.out of the prize money of the winners

  B.out of the funds raised by the competing nations

  C.by the athletes themselves

  D.by contributions

  开始考试点击查看答案
• 7The aim of controlled scientific experiments is ________.

  A.to explain why things happen

  B.to explain how things happen

  C.to describe self-evident principles

  D.to support Aristotelian science

  开始考试点击查看答案
• 8What principles most influenced scientific thought for two thousand years、

  A.the speculations of Thales

  B.the forces of electricity, magnetism, and gravity

  C.Aristotle’s natural science

  D.Galileo’s discoveries

  开始考试点击查看答案
• 9Bertrand Russell’s notion about electricity is ________.

  A.disapproved of by most modern scientists

  B.in agreement with Aristotle’s theory of self-evident principles

  C.in agreement with scientific investigation directed toward “how” things happen

  D.in agreement with scientific investigation directed toward “why” things happen

  开始考试点击查看答案
• 10The passage says that until recently scientists disagreed with the idea ________.

  A.that there are mysterious forces in the universe

  B.that man cannot discover what forces “really” are

  C.that there are self-evident principles

  D.that we can discover why things behave as they do

  开始考试点击查看答案