【题目】There have been many great inventions or things that changed the way we live. The first great invention was the one that is still very important today——the wheel. This made it easier to carry heavy things and to travel long distance.

For hundreds of years after that there were few inventions that as much effect as the wheel . Then in the early 1800s the world started to change. There was little unknown land left in the world. People didn’t have to explore much any more. They began to work instead to make life better.

In the second half of the 19thcentury many great inventions were made. Among them were the camera, the light and the radio. These all play a big part in our daily life today.

The first part of the 20thcentury saw more great inventions. The helicopter in 1909, movies with sound in 1926, the computer in 1928, jet planes in 1930. This was also a time when a new material was first made. Nylon came out in 1935. It changed the kind of clothes people wore.

The middle part of the 20thcentury brought new ways to help people get over diseases. They worked very well. They made people healthier and allowed them to live longer. By the 1960s most people could expect to live to be at least 60.

By this time most people in developed countries had a very good life. Of course new inventions continued to be made. But man now had a desire(渴望) to explore again. The earth was known to man but the stars were not. Man began looking for ways to go into space. Russia made the first step. Then United States took a step. Since then other countries , including China and Japan, have made their own steps into space.

In 1969 man took his biggest step away from earth. Americans first walked on the moon. This is certainly just a beginning, though. New inventions will some day allow us to do things we have never yet dreamed of.

1This passage talks mainly about .

A. why cars were very important

B. when light was invented

C. how inventions affect people’s daily life

D. which country made the first step into space

2According to the passage man didn’t have a desire to explore a lot .

A. at the beginning of 1800s B. in the 1960s

C. since the 1900s D. from the 1800s to 1960s

3In the 1800s, people began to work in order to make

A. explorations B. their life better C. discoveries D. a trip to space

4Nylon came out of five years later than .

A. radio B. camera C. jet planes D. movies

5People can live longer lives because that help cure diseases have worked very well.

A. doctors B. new ways C. medicines D. new hospitals

【题目】阅读下面短文,从每题所给的四个选项(ABCD)中,选出最佳选项。

Do you have the experience of taking music lessons against your wishes? Perhaps you have complained about it because you thought it took you much playtimeBut now you’d better thank your parents for their time and money spent on your musical trainingA recent study suggests music lessons can make children have better memories than their peers (同龄人).

The Canadian study showed that after one year of musical training, children did better on a memory test than those who didn’t take music lessons.

The researchers made the children aged between 4 and 6 into two groups — one group of children took music lessons outside school, and the other didn’t take any musical trainingIn one year, they took four tests in different timesThe results showed brain development changes at least every four months.

The children taking music lessons not only did better in musical listening but also made faster progress in other ways, such as reading, writing, math and IQ.

People say music is the good medicine for a broken heartNow it seems music can also help us to improve our memoriesWe are sure to find more and more in the wonderful world of music.

1You’d better thank your parents for their time and money spent on your musical training because____________.

A. you get well after you take music lessons

B. you will make faster progress in every way

C. music can help you to improve your memories

D. you won’t be sick any more

2The researchers made one group of the children aged 4~6 take music lessons for____________.

A. six months

B. a year

C. two years

D. a week

3The Canadian study showed that brain development changes____________.

A. once a week

B. at least every four months

C. four times a year

D. twice a year

4According to the last paragraph, most people think music can make us_______.

A. happy

B. worried

C. smart

D. tired

5What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. How to become cleverer.

B. Music does us much good

C. What to find in wonderful music.

D. Interest is important.

【题目】Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every evening my mother looks through magazines at home. And every night, I look at the posters with photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. Can we imagine life without paper or print?

Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago, and has been made from silk, cotton, bamboo, and, since the 19th century, from wood. People learned to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, books could only be produced one at a time by hand. As a result, they were expensive and rare. And because there weren’t many hooks, few people learned to read.

Then printing was invented in China. When printing was developed greatly at the beginning of the 11th century, books could be produced more quickly and cheaply. As a result, more people learned to read. After that, knowledge and ideas spread quickly.

Today information can be received online, downloaded from the Internet rather than found in books, and information can be kept on CD-ROMs or machines such as MP3 players.

Computers are already used in classrooms, and newspapers and magazines can already be read online. So will books be replaced by computers one day? No, I don’t think the Yao Ming poster on my bedroom wall will ever be replaced by a computer two metres high!

1What does the writer do before he goes to sleep’?

A. He reads books. B. He reads newspapers

C. He looks through magazines D. He looks at the posters on the wall.

2When was paper first created?

A. About 2.000 years ago. B. In the 19th century.

C. About 1.000 years ago. D. In the 11th century.

3Why were books expensive and rare before the invention of printing?

A. People could not read.

B. People could not write words on paper.

C. People could not find silk, cotton or bamboo.D People could only produce books one at a time by hand

4What happened after books became cheaper?

A. People didn’t want to buy books.

B. Printing was invented in China.

C. Knowledge and ideas spread quickly.

D. The Internet was introduced to people soon

5What is the writer’s opinion about books and computers’?

A. People won’t need books any more

B. Books won’t be replaced by computers.

C. People prefer to find information in books.

D. Computers have already replaced books.

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