What prompted Sequoyah to develop hisalphabet?

(1)【◆题库问题◆】：[单选,材料题] What prompted Sequoyah to develop hisalphabet?Sequoyahwas a young Cherokee Indian．son of a white trader and an Indian Squaw(北美印第安女人)．At an early age，hebecame fascinated by“tile talking leaf”，an expressionthathe used to describe the white man’s written records．Although many believe this"talking leaf”to be a gift from tileGreat Spirit，Sequoyah refused to accept that theory．Like other Indians oftile period，he wasilliterate，but his determination to remedy tilesituation led to the inventionof a unique 86 character alphabet based on thesound patterns that he hearD． 　　Hisfamily and friends thought him mad，but while recuperating(恢复)from a huntingaccident．he diligently andindependently set out to create a form of communication for his ownpeople aswell as for other Indians．In l821，after twelve years of work，he hadsuccessfully de。veloped a written language that wouldenable thousands of Indians to read and writE． 　　Sequoyah’s desire to preserve wordsand events for later generation has caused him to be remembered among theimportant inventors．The giant redwood treesof-California，called“se-quoias(红杉)”in his honor，will further imprint his namein history． 根据以上内容，回答下面的题目。What is the mostimportant reason that Sequoyah wiU be remeIll]bered?
A．People were writing thingsabout him that he couldn’t reaD．
B．He wanted to become famous．
C．After his hunting accident，he needed something to keep him busy．
D．Future generations．

【◆参考答案◆】：D

(2)【◆题库问题◆】：[单选] 和平与发展成为时代的主题，意味着（　　）
A．我们有可能争取较长时期的和平环境
B．和平是发展的基础，发展是和平的前提
C．和平问题已经解决
D．世界获得了全面发展

【◆参考答案◆】：A

【◆答案解析◆】：l987年，邓小平指出：“对于总的国 际局势，我的看法是，争取较长时期的和平是可能 的，战争是可以避免的。”他根据世界各种战略力 量实力对比的消长与变化，根据世界经济、科学技 术的发展态势和走向以及由此产生的一系列新矛 盾、新问题，得出了在相当长的一时期内争取和平 是可能的、世界大战是可以避免的论断，故“A” 正确。

(3)【◆题库问题◆】：[单选] 李密的《陈情表》是一篇（　　）
A．书信
B．小说
C．辞赋
D．奏疏

【◆参考答案◆】：D

【◆答案解析◆】：【答案】D 【解题思路与技巧】 表，古代的一种文体，属于奏议一类，是臣民对君主陈请事情的文书。这篇就是西晋时李密给武帝的奏疏。李密，蜀汉时为尚书郎。蜀亡后，晋武帝征他为太子洗马，逼迫甚急，他以祖母年老多病，无人奉养为由，推辞不就。此表就是向武帝陈说这一理由的。因此选择D项。

(4)【◆题库问题◆】：[单选] 出现蛋白尿主要与下列哪项变化有关（　　）
A．滤过膜孔隙增大
B．滤过膜表面糖蛋白减少
C．血中白蛋白数量增多
D．血中球蛋白增多对白蛋白造成影响
E．小管液中白蛋白重吸收减少

【◆参考答案◆】：B

(5)【◆题库问题◆】：[单选] Do earthquakes ________ often in North America?
A．break
B．break out
C．happen to
D．occur

【◆参考答案◆】：D

【◆答案解析◆】：地震的发生用动词occur，选项D是正确的。【句子大意】北美经常发生地震吗?

(6)【◆题库问题◆】：[单选] All things________，the plannedtrip will have to be called ofF．
A．considered
B．considering
C．to beconsidered
D．having considered

【◆参考答案◆】：A

(7)【◆题库问题◆】：[单选] 下列哪一项不属于脊髓休克的表现（　　）
A．大小便失禁
B．血压下降
C．断面以下脊髓支配的骨骼肌肌紧张降低
D．发汗反射消失
E．断面以下脊髓反射活动消失

【◆参考答案◆】：A

【◆答案解析◆】：略

(8)【◆题库问题◆】：[单选] My sister has__________friends at school．But she has__________good friends．
A．few，a few
B．a few，few
C．little，a little
D．a little，little

【◆参考答案◆】：B

(9)【◆题库问题◆】：[单选] One thing he felt regret for was that he never had the________of heating him play the piano．
A．occassion
B．possibility
C．opportunity
D．chance

【◆参考答案◆】：C

(10)【◆题库问题◆】：[单选] 胃酸分泌减少时，促胰液素的分泌（　　）
A．减少
B．增多
C．不变
D．先减少，后增多
E．先增多，后减少

【◆参考答案◆】：A