公共英语考试

【单选题】Some people were just born to rebel；CharlesDarwin was one of them． 21 NicholasCopernicus，Benjamin Franklin andBill Gates．They were 22 “laterborns”-that is，they had 23 one older sibling-brother or sister-when they were born．
24 ，laterborns are up to 15 times more likely than firstborns to 25 authority and break new 26 ，says Frank J．Sulloway，a researcher scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology．
In his book“Born To Rebel” being 27 this week，Sulloway claims that 28 someone is an older or younger sibling is the most important 29 shaping personality more significant than gender，race，nationality 30 class．
He spent 26 years 31 the lives-and birth orders-of 6，566 historical 32 to reach his conclusions．
A、laterborn himself，Sulloway first 33 how birth order affected personality 34 a scholar ofDarwin at Harvard University．
“How could a somewhat 35 student atCambridge become the most 36 thinker in the 19th century？” He sai
D、
Darwin，the first to 37 the belief that God created the world with his theory of evolution，was the fifth of six children．Most of his 38 were firstborns．
Sulloway’s theory held 39 withCopernicus，the first astronomer to 40 that the Sun was the center of the universe，and computer revolutionary Gates of Microsoft．
A、illustrations B、statues C、figures
D、numbers
网考网参考答案：C
网考网解析：
[解析] 这道题的考点是形容词的上下文搭配辨析。historical figures的意思是：历史人物。几个选项的意思分别是：illustration事例，实例；statue雕塑，雕像；figure数字，人物；number数量。其中figure尤其用以指“著名人物”；如：a famous historical figure．一位著名的历史人物。根据上下文，选项C符合题意。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>