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【题目】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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【5】A

【6】D

【7】B

【8】D

【9】C

【10】B

【解析】

试题分析：短文讨论了世界上最有用的发明，每个人的观点也不尽相同。意大利作家Umberto Ecos认为，最有用的发明就是我们平常戴的眼镜。眼镜能帮助人们一直工作到晚年。

【1】B考查动词及语境理解。句意：是帮助我们与世界各地的人们交谈的电话吗？A. visit参观； B. talk谈论；C. invite邀请；D. decide决定。talk to/with sb.与某人交流，结合句意可知，答案为B。

【2】A考查名词及语境理解。句意：这是车，让我们以很快的速度行驶，以满足他人吗？A. car汽车；B. camera相机；C. television电视；D. robot机器人。结合句意可知，一定是运输工具，故答案为A。

【3】D考查形容词及语境理解。句意：意大利作家Umberto Ecos的回答完全不同。A. same相同的；B. beautiful美丽的； C. strange奇怪的D. different不同的。结合后面的句子“What he meant is just a simple pair of glasses.”可知，他的观点与众不同，答案为D。

【4】C考查名词及语境理解。句意：他认为最重要的发明就在眼前。A. ears耳朵；B. nose 鼻子；C. eyes眼睛；D. mouth嘴巴。因为后面提到眼睛，故答案为C。

【5】A考查动词及语境理解。句意：现代眼镜大约1000年前发明的。A. invented 发明；B. broken打破；坏了的；C. found发现；D. made制造，使。结合上下语境可知，此句是交代眼镜的发明时间，故答案为A。

【6】D考查名词及语境理解。句意：他们不仅是阅读的一个便捷的方式。A. place地方；B. road 道路；C. street 街道；D. way道路，方法。 戴上眼镜更便于阅读，故答案为D。

【7】B考查动词及语境理解。句意：如果他们视力不好，他们就记不起来了，无法工作。 A. walk步行；B. remember 记住；C. write写；D. taste品尝。视力不好，就看不清内容，无法记忆，故答案为B。

【8】D考查名词及语境理解。句意：眼镜能帮助人们一直工作到晚年。A. name名字；B. friend 朋友；C. house房子；D. age年龄。结合句意，答案为D。

【9】C考查名词及语境理解。句意：如果老年人想记住一些信息，他们可以写下来，并借助眼镜阅读。A. computer电脑；B. radio收音机；C. glasses 眼镜，玻璃杯；D. newspaper报纸。此处是介绍眼镜的作用，故答案为C。

【10】B考查介词及语境理解。句意：设计第一部电话和汽车的人可能戴着眼镜。A. with与……在一起；B.by被；C. from从；D. for为了。此句是一个被动语态的句子，by sb.被某人，sb.为动作的执行者，故答案为B。