Question

【题目】（Tom and Li Lei are visiting some Chinese ancient inventions in a museum.）

Tom: Look, Li Lei! It looks so interesting and strange!

Li Lei: Oh, it’s a great invention of ancient China.

Tom: Really? 【1】

Li Lei: It was invented in the Han Dynasty.

Tom: 【2】

Li Lei: It was invented by some farmers at that time.

Tom: 【3】

Li Lei: Guess first!

Tom: Was it used for getting in the crops?

Li Lei: 【4】 It was used for carrying water from lowland to highland.

Tom: It’s quite special. 【5】

Li Lei: Please read the instructions, and you’ll know how it works.

Tom: OK, thank you.

A.Who was it invented by?

B.How does it work?

C.No, it wasn’t.

D.What was it used for?

E.It was invented for thousands of years.

F.Yes, it was.

G.When was it invented?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【5】B

【解析】

汤姆和李雷在博物馆参观一些中国古代发明。

【1】句意：它是什么时候发明的？

根据答语“It was invented in the Han Dynasty.”可知，此处应对发明的时间提问。结合选项，故选G。

【2】句意：它是谁发明的？

根据答语“It was invented by some farmers at that time.”可知，此处应对发明者提问。结合选项，故选A。

【3】句意：它是用来干什么的？

根据下文“Was it used for getting in the crops?”可知，此处应对发明是用来干什么的提问。结合选项，故选D。

【4】句意：不，它不是。

根据前句“Was it used for getting in the crops?”可知，此处应回答是或不是；又根据“It was used for carrying water from lowland to highland.”可知，此处表示否定含义。结合选项，故选C。

【5】句意：它是如何工作的？

根据答语“Please read the instructions, and you’ll know how it works.”可知，此处应对发明是如何工作的提问。结合选项，故选B。