题目内容
What do you think is the most important invention? Is it telephone that helps us to people over the world? Is it the that lets us travel everywhere we want at high speed to meet others? An Italian writer Umberto Ecos’ answer is quite . He thinks the most important invention is right in front of our . What he meant is just a simple pair of glasses.
Modern eye glasses were about 1,000 years ago. They were not just a convenient (方便的) to read. Before glasses were invented, writers, scientists or teachers had to memorize (记住) everything if they couldn’t see properly. If they have a poor eyesight (视力), they couldn’t well enough and couldn’t work. Glasses helped people work into their old . If old people wanted to remember some information, they could write it down and read it with the help of . Eye glasses were probably worn the people who designed the first telephones and cars. So eye glasses are one of the world’s greatest inventions.
1.A. visit B. talk C. invite D. decide
2.A. car B. cameraC. television D. robot
3.A. sameB. beautiful C. strangeD. different
4.A. ears B. nose C. eyes D. mouth
5.A. invented B. brokenC. found D. made
6.A. placeB. road C. street D. way
7.A. walk B. remember C. write D. taste
8.A. name B. friend C. house D. age
9.A. computer B. radio C. glassesD. newspaper
10.A. with B.by C. from D. for
On August 14, 2011. Russia showed an unusual plan. They wanted to build a hotel in space about 217 miles up. This hotel will hold seven guests in four cabins (客舱). And it has huge windows for views (景色) of the earth turning below. A guest will pay £100,000 for a five-day stay and £500,000 for the journey.
The space hotel will be open by 2016. At that time, it will be “far more comfortable” than the International Space Station.
There are two kinds of beds for guests to choose, one is vertical (垂直的) and the other is horizontal (水平的). Guests can take showers in a special room so that the water can’t go everywhere.
The waiters in the hotel have rich experience. They will prepare food on earth for tourists. Iced tea and fruit juice will be served. Toilets will use flowing air instead of water to move the waste through the system. Waste water will be recycled and the air will be cleaned and then returned to the cabin.
根据短文内容,完成下面各题。
The Best title: A 1. in space. | |
Which country wanted to build it? | 2. |
When will the space hotel be open? | 3. By |
How many 4. are there in the hotel? | Four. |
What will toilets use to move the waste through the system? | 5. |