题目内容
阅读下面的材料．根据要求完成66—70题。
是什么使得世界变得更小？ Inventions. Let’s take a look at the five top inventions.
Movable Type: By using Movable Type, books could be printed cheaply and easily. Bi Sheng invented Movable Type in China in the 11th century.
Telephone: The inventor Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call in 1876. “Mr Wastson, come here. I want you,” he said to his assistant over the phone line. With the famous words, the world got much smaller.
Airplane: The Wright brothers made the first powered flight in 1903. Air travel has made the faraway places suddenly become a lot closer.
Satellites: The Soviet Union sent up the world’s first satellite in 1957.This began the Space Age. Satellites have helped scientists study the earth. Much of our knowledge of the world has come from the information recorded by satellites.
Internet: When the Internet was created in 1969, only a few people knew about it. But more than 650 million people in the world use it now. The Internet has made information about anything easy to get.
1.汉译英：将短文中的汉语句子译成英语。
是什么使得世界变得更小？_____________________________________________
2.英译汉：结合上下文将短文中划线的句子译成恰当的汉语。
With the famous words, the world got much smaller.
_____________________________________________。
回答问题:
3.Which of the five is the latest invention?
4.How many of the five top inventions were made in the twentieth century?
5.How do scientists study the earth according to the passage?
1.What makes the world become smaller?
2.随着那句有名的话，世界变得小多了。
3.Internet.
4.Three.
5.With the help of the information recorded by satellites.
【解析】
试题分析：这篇短文中作者主要讲述了什么使得世界变得更小?作者列举了五个顶级发明物的发明者及发明的时间和他们的作用。
1.1】汉译英题。根据句意，故填What makes the world become smaller?
2.2】英译汉题。根据英语，故填随着那句有名的话，世界变得小多了。
3.3】细节理解题。Movable Type in the 11th century；telephone in 1876；Airplane in 1957；satellite in 1957；Internet in 1969，故填Internet。
4.
5.5】细节理解题。根据Satellites have helped scientists study the earth.可知科学家是通过卫星来帮助他们了解地球。故填With the help of the information recorded by satellites.
考点：科普类短文阅读。
