Question

阅读短文，填写表格，每空一词。

What do you think is the most important invention? The TV? The printing? The telephone? Or the computer? A report show that they are not the only important invention. Here are three other important inventions.

1._____
Some most important inventions	There other simple inventions	Before the inventions
The TV The 2.____ The telephone The computer	The toilet Hay/Animal food 3.____	waste ran into rivers from people’s houses. Illness were common in big 4.___, and it was often difficult to find clean drinking water. most animals were killed every autumn because there was not 5.___food for them in winter the world would be difficult for the people above 45

One of the simplest inventions is the toilet(厕所). Before toilets, waste ran into rivers from people’s houses. Illness were common in big cities, and it was often difficult to find clean drinking water.

Animal food is another important invention. Before the invention, most animals were killed every autumn because here was not enough food for them in winter. After hay（干草） became a kind of common animal food, animals could live through the long winter.

The third great invention is glasses. Glasses help people read, write and do “ close work” after the age of 45. Without glasses, the world would be difficult for the people above 45.

Answer 1

1.Inventions

2.printing

3.Glasses

4.cities

5.enough

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述世界上最重要的发明是什么？电视，印刷机，电话还是电脑？一个报道证明这些都不是最重要的发明。厕所、动物的食物、和眼镜这三种才是最重要的发明。

1.全文上下围绕invention展开，故填inventions。

2.根据第一段第二句话可知答案填printing。

3.根据短文第一段最后一句话以及全文上下可知the toilet、Animal food、glasses是并列的，故填glasses。

4.根据短文第二段Illness were common in big cities,可知答案，故填cities。

5.】根据第三段第二句话there was not enough food for them in winter.可知答案填enough。

考点：任务型阅读