题目内容
The TV was invented around ________.
- A.the twenty century
- B.the twentieth century
- C.twentieth century
- D.twenty century
解析：“第几世纪”应用“the+序数词”，故正确答案为B。句意为：电视大约是在20世纪发明的。
（G=girl W=woman）
G：Life must have been difficult when you were a kid.
W：Oh, not really. 1 .
G：Well, you didn’t have many modern inventions. Like, you probably didn’t have a telephone, right?
W：Of course we did! How old do you think I am?2 .
G：How about cars? I bet cars weren’t invented yet.
W：Sure they were. Cars were invented in 1885. My family had a car. I think you need to take a history class, Alice.
G：Ha, Ha! Well, 3 .
W：No, we didn’t. The TV was invented around 1927, I think. Some friends of mine had one. But in those days, TVs were really expensive, and we couldn’t afford one.
G：And I bet you didn’t have calculators and computers and stuff. 4 We learned in school that hand-held calculators were invented in 1971 and personal computers were invented in 1976.
W：You’re right. 5 . But I do now!
| Did you have a TV? Why do you say that? The telephone was invented in 1876. I didn’t have those things when I was young. That’s something I do know. I am good at it. Thank you, my dear mom. |
| 根据短文判断正误, 正确写“T”，错误写“F” |
| Martin told me something interesting about him He was on vacation in the United States last summer. He stayed in a hotel and there was a big fire (吠) in the room next to his room He thought he heard a baby crying, so he ran into the room with fire. When he got in, he saw that the TV was on and found that the baby was on TV. So Martin took the television and ran out of the room Then the firemen came and put out (扑灭) the fire. |
| ( )1. Martin went to America on vacation. ( )2. There was a big fire in Martin's room. ( )3. Martin wanted to save the baby. ( )4. The baby was on the television. ( )5. In fact, Martin saved the television at last. |