题目内容
______ an adding machine was invented.
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A. In the 17th century B. In 17th century
C. In 17 century D. In 17 centuries
词语填空 (共10小题,计10分)
用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空,使短文通顺、正确、连贯 (每个单词限用一次)。
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but carry to tradition buy even a choose they cheap |
Twenty-First Century Books
Probably you have seen someone reading a book on an electronic reading device. Over the past few years, these small computers have become more popular. For that reason, more companies that make 1 paper books are now making electronic books (ebooks). Most ebooks are the same as paper books, 2 people download a file into a reading device rather than 3 the paper book. This way they can 4 many books.
Books companies are adding special features 5 some ebooks. These extra features might include sound files, picture files, or video files. When the readers click on these files they learn more about the book, the story, or the writer.
The latest electronic readers are smaller and 6 , but they are also much more powerful. They can store much more information, so writers and book companies can do more with 7 ebooks. They do not want to just add files to 8 completed book. They are making the sound, picture, and video files part of the story. Readers need these files to understand the whole story. Readers can 9 change the story.
Readers already have a lot of books to choose from. If they can change the way stories end, they will have more 10 !
阅读理解
A man fell out of his plane and fell back into it again. Two people rowed(划) a small boat from New York to England in 56 days. One person was so big that he wouldn’t fit in any hospital room. Would you believe these stories? Well, they may sound strange, but they did happen. James Cornell has more strange but true stories like these in a book called Very Strange People.
Here is part of the contents(目录) of Very Strange People. The contents lists the names of the chapters(章) or parts of the book. It also tells on what page each chapter begins.
Chapter Page
One A Dog’s Life ..........................................3
Two A Lucky Pilot(飞机师) ................... ..............14
Three High Wire Act(走钢丝) .................... .............33
Four Fat Men ............................................... 41
Five Over the Falls .........................................43
Six A House without an end ................... .............53
Seven Row, Row, Row Your Boat ................. ..............60
Eight The Tower Builder ....................... ..............85
1. In 1918, Captain Hedley fell off his plane in the sky, but soon he fell back into it again! You may read about this story in Chapter _____.
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A.2 |
B.3 |
C.4 |
D.6 |
2. One morning in New York City, people saw a man walking on a rope between two tall buildings. You may read this story in Chapter _____.
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A.1 |
B.3 |
C.5 |
D.6 |
3. The Earl feeds his dogs better than most people do. This story may begin on Page ______.
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A.3 |
B.33 |
C.1 |
D.53 |
4. Sarah thought she would die as soon as her house was finished. So she kept on adding more and more rooms. Her story may appear on Page _____.
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A.3 |
B.43 |
C.53 |
D.85 |
5. In Chapter 4, Robert could not enter any hospital room because of _____.
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A.his illness |
B.his height |
C.his friend |
D.his size |