题目内容
It’s better to go shopping in the supermarket than ____ home for chat.
- A.staying
- B.to stay
- C.stay
- D.stayed
试题分析：“It's better to do A than to do B”是固定句型，故选B
考点：固定句型考查
点评：在平时的学习中，遇到固定句型一定要总结、记忆，在考试中遇到此类题目，直接拿过来用便可以。这些固定句式在高考英语填空和完形中经常考察，进行同义混淆，需要大家熟练掌握。
Did you ever wonder who invented products like Liquid Paper, Kevlar or paper bags? Most would think a man invented these items. Guess what? Women invented each of these. What? You don’t believe me? Well, read this:
Liquid Paper was invented by Bette Nesmith Graham in 1951 and originally called Mistake Out. Being a typist, Bette was increasingly irritated with being unable to erase her typing mistakes. The messy business left her hands black and the paper dirty. Bette was good at painting and remembered that an artist paints over mistakes. She applied that same principle to typing mistakes and Liquid Paper was born, making Bette into a self-made millionaire.
Kevlar, yes, the Kevlar of the bullet proof vest（防弹衣）—what police officers and soldiers wear, was invented by Stephanie Kwolek. Stephanie worked for the DuPont Company as a research chemist. She was asked to find a high-performance fiber. Originally, this fiber was intended to be used for car tires (轮胎). However, the fiber she developed in 1964 was amazing and is still used in products such as sailboats, skis, shoes, and yes, bullet proof vests. In 1995 Stephanie was named to the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame.
Margaret Knight invented a machine that revolutionized the making of paper bags. Paper bags had been made like envelopes but Margaret developed a machine that would fold and paste（粘）a flat-bottom paper bag, the very same type we still use today. Margaret’s family was poor and she started working at the age of nine. Her first invention at the age of twelve was a safety tool for a loom（织布机）. Later she worked for the Columbia Paper Bag Company. It was there that she worked on improving the making of paper bags. She was issued her patent（专利）in 1870.
So next time you use a new product or an old one, will you wonder who made it? Do some research on the web and answer a few questions like: Who invented it? How was it invented? You may be surprised at some of the stories you uncover.
【小题1】The underlined word “irritated” in Paragraph 2 is the closest in meaning to_________.
| A．annoyed | B．excited | C．delighted | D．nervous |
| A．She was a member of the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame. |
| B．Her first invention was made when she was twenty. |
| C．Her invention was designed to produce envelopes. |
| D．She began working when she was very young. |
【小题4】What would be the best title for the passage?
| A．How inventions were made |
| B．Amazing inventions by women |
| C．Women and modern technology |
| D．You can also be an inventor |
| To many people, the word Hollywood has two meanings. Hollywood is the name of a town, but it also stands for movie making. Hollywood was just farmland at the beginning of this century. Early American movies were made in other places such as New York and Chicago. In 1917 a director was making a movie in Chicago. Because of cold weather, he couldn't finish the movie. He took a trip to southern California, and there he found just the weather and scenery he needed to finish his movie. The director realized that southern California was the perfect place for making movies. The next year his company built a movie studio in Hollywood. Other companies followed. Before long nearly all important American movie studios were located（有自己的位置）in Hollywood. The next 30 years were Hollywood's greatest years. Thousands of movies were made, most by a few large and powerful studios. Directors, actors, and writers worked for these studios. They made some movies that today are considered great art. Hollywood, the area in Los Angeles, also reached its high point in these years. Many famous and glamorous（光芒耀人的）movie stars, like Bette Davis and Clark Gable, lived in Hollywood. Today, Hollywood is not what it was. More movies are made outside of Hollywood. Many studios have moved. The movie stars have also moved to areas like Beverly Hills and Malibu. But visitors to Hollywood today can go to the famous Chinese Theatre and see the footprints and autographs（签名）of movie stars. They can go down the Walk of Fame, on Hollywood Boulevard, and see the golden stars in sidewalks. 1. When were the greatest years of Hollywood? A. From 1917 to 1947 B. From 1918 to 1948 C. In the next 30 years D. In the 1950s 2. Hollywood has its fame thanks to ________ . A. its weather and scenery B. the farmland there C. a few large and powerful studios D. thousands of films made there 3. Hollywood has changed and now . A. it is not the only large movie making centre of the world B. directors do not make great films there C. it has become the largest movie history museum D. it is no longer important in making movies
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