题目内容
7. —When we (meet) tomorrow?
—I have no idea.
7. shall,meet
7. 我想知道你的收音机买了多久了。
8. 信息技术的发展对我们的生活有很大的影响。
阅读理解
Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him,the world might vStill be in the dark. However,the electric light was not his only invention.
He also invented the motion picture camera and 1200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.
Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He attended school for only three months. His mother taught him at home,but Thomas was mostly self-educated. He started experimenting (做实验) at a young age. When he was 12 years old,he got his first job. He became a newsboy on a train. He did experiments on the train in his spare time. Unluckily,his first work experience did not end well. They fired him when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train. Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator,but he continued to spend much of his time in experimenting his first patent (专利权) in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity.
Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other,but he thought of his deafness as a blessing (恩赐) in many ways. It kept conversations short,so that he could have more time for work. He always worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.
Thomas Edison died at the age of 84. He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.
() 1. The underlined word fired" in the passage means
A. gave somebody a job B. set fire to somebody
C. let somebody down D. forced somebody to leave his job
() 2. Which of the following sentence is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Edison had only 8 hours' rest each day after his deafness.
B. Edison got his education mostly by self-teaching.
C. Edison had his first job in 1869.
D. Edison's inventions greatly improved the quality of people’s life.
() 3. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. The use of the electric light. B. Edison and hivs experiments.
C. The importance of inventions. D. The whole life of Edison.
二、 单项填空
() 1. The astronauts were so interested in beauty of nature that they took lots of pictures in space.
A. the; / B. the;the C. /; the D. /; /
() 5. — will the train ?
—In five minutes.
A. How long;arrive B. How soon,reach
C. How often;get to D. How soon,arrive
2. The engineer promised that my car (be) ready next Monday.
6. The teacher read all the (章节) the students wrote and gave them marks.
4. Industry and (农业) are the two most important parts of the whole nation.
() 6. (2014 无锡) The shop owner suddenly stopped talking with his mouth
like a big “O”. It was the President!
A. tight closed B. tightly closed C. wide open D. widely open