Ping Pong Door Do you want a ping-pong table in your room? But you may not have enough space. Now this door is here to help you. It can turn into a ping-pong table when you pull it down. After the ping-pong game is over, it goes back to being a common door. It was designed by Tobias Fr?nzel from Germany. Cool idea! | |
Dog Watch The dog watch is a “clock for keeping time at a rate(比率) other than human time” and was invented in 1991. With this watch, you can know time at your animal’s rate instead of your own. The watch multiplies(乘)every human time by seven, giving us “doggy time”. If a dog lives to be the age of 14, that translates into 98 human years! | |
Earthquake House Big earthquakes can hit a house, possibly making the people in it get hurt. But Dysinger has found a way, the Earthquake House! His idea is simple. Build a round house that has earthquake sensors(传感器) in it. If the sensors know the big earthquake, the house is free from its chains(链条). Don’t worry. You always remain straight in it. | |
Smell This How do you know if your breath smells nice, or if it smells bad? It’s difficult to know because it’s very hard to smell the air that comes out of your own mouth. Smell This is useful for this situation. You just place the mask on your face, then breathe out through your mouth and breathe in through your nose. |
1.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refers to __________.
A.the ping-pong games B.your room C.the ping-pong table D.enough space
2.A dog watch helps _______.
A.a dog to know the time B.to know the life of a dog
C.dogs to know the time for meals D.to translate a dog’s age into human time
3.What’s the shape of the Earthquake House?
A.Square. B.Round. C.Triangle. D.Cross.
4.To make sure your breath smells nice, you may need __________.
A.Ping Pong Door. B.Dog Watch.
C.Earthquake House. D.Smell This.
5.This passage is probably from _____.
A.a novel B.a story book C.a newspaper D.a poem
No matter how carefully we check a composition(作品), it seems there’s always one more little mistake waiting to be discovered. The following tips may help you find your mistakes before anyone else does.
First of all, give it a rest. If time is allowed, set your composition aside for a few hours after you’ve finished it, and then read it carefully to correct mistakes with fresh eyes.
Secondly, look for one type of problem at a time. Read through your composition a few times, concentrating first on sentence structures, then word choice, then spelling, and at last punctuation. As the saying goes, if you look for trouble, you’re likely to find it.
If you don’t believe in yourself, you can ask a friend for help. Read your composition to him aloud. You can also ask him to read it aloud. You may hear a problem that you can’t see. Your friend can also help you find some mistakes.
Then, try to read your composition backward. Another way to catch spelling mistakes is to read backward, from right to left, starting with the last word in your composition.
Another method that helps writers a lot is to keep a list of the types of mistakes they commonly make, and then use the list each time they correct their works.
1. for checking a composition | |
If time is allowed | Give it a rest. Put your composition aside and read it several hours 2.. So that you can read it with fresh eyes. And read it 3.. |
If you look for trouble, it’s very possible for you to 4. it. | It’s a great idea to read your composition a few times and pay 5. to the following aspects one by one. ※sentence structures ※word choice ※spelling ※punctuation |
If you are not 6.enough | You can ask a friend to 7. you. Read your composition aloud to your friend or ask your friend to read aloud to you. 8. you can hear a problem that you can’t see. |
More tips | Read the composition backward to catch 9. mistakes. Keep a list of the types of 10. mistakes. |