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| Umbrellas are common in our daily life. On rainy days, many people hold them to prevent the 1 . But it"s not easy to hold an umbrella if there is a heavy rain and 2 wind. And it"s harder to make a phone call or ride a bike 3 an umbrella in the hand. An American named Alan Kaufman and his company 4 6 years inventing a hand-free umbrella. 5 , they made it. They called it Nubrella. Just touch a button (按钮), and the Nubrella will open 6 . With the help of its "shoulder support (支持)", the umbrella can rest on the user"s 7 . So the user needn"t hold the umbrella any more. He can walk with hands 8 even in the strong wind. The hand-free umbrella is $59.94 each. People all around the world like it very much. Because of this smart 9 , they can use their phones to talk and send short messages in the rain now. 10 in the rain under a Nubrella is really cool, isn"t it? | ||||||||
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| In your school bags, you may have a pencil, some kinds of pens, a ruler, and some books. None of these things grow in the fields. They were all made in factories. And, of course, they were invented by some people. There have not always been pencils or pens, a ruler and books. Thousands of years ago no one knew about these things. Who invented them first? How did they have such clever ideas? We always don"t know. There have been many thousands of inventions, large and small, in the human history. Some of these inventions have changed the world. Such as paper, printing, radio, telephone and computer, and we know the inventors. But we have forgotten most of the other inventors. Who invented the clock, for example, or the lock to the door? We don"t know. There have been thousands of inventors and we should grateful (感激的) to them for their clever ideas. Will you be one of them when you grow up? | ||||||||
| 1. Most things in your school bags are made of _________. | ||||||||
| A. paper B. wood C. metal D. nylon | ||||||||
| 2. The inventors invented these things because _________. | ||||||||
| A. their children were at school B. they hoped to save some money C. they have a lot of clever ideas D. they have good machines | ||||||||
| 3. The history books tell us _________. | ||||||||
| A. who invented paper and printing B. who invented clocks and doors C. when the first key was invented D. how much the silk cost | ||||||||
| 4. We don"t know ________. | ||||||||
| A.the names of the inventors of paper B. the names of the inventors of telephone C. the names of the inventors of lamp D. the names of most inventors | ||||||||
| 5. The writer wonders _________. | ||||||||
| A. if you are an inventor B. if you want to be an inventor C. what"s invented by you D. how many inventors you know | ||||||||
| 阅读下列短文，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 | ||||||||
| I felt frustrated. I studied English for 8 years, 1 my spoken English was still terrible. I took an English class every night. I learned different textbooks every day, but I didn"t make any 2 at all! One night I got online for "Learn English". I found a(n) 3 English learning system (方法). 4 , I started using the system to learn English. I used the system every day. I was 5to find that learning English in this way was so easy and interesting. There were no boring grammar rules. The articles and stories were interesting. Then 6 amazing happened. One day I met an American man named James in a coffee shop. Without thinking, I wasn"t afraid to 7 with him. My English words came out freely. It was hard for me to 8 it. I didn"t have any 9 making James understand me. Then we exchanged e-mails. My English has 10 greatly now. I think there are many ways of learning English. We should find out what"s helpful to us. | ||||||||
| ( ) 1. A. and ( ) 2. A. decision ( ) 3. A. boring ( ) 4. A. Later on ( ) 5. A. worried ( ) 6. A. something ( ) 7. A. argue ( ) 8. A. practice ( ) 9. A. fun ( ) 10. A. missed | B. but B. mistake B. old B. In fact B. angry B. anything B. agree B. believe B. trouble B. enjoyed | C. or C. progress C. serious C. Long ago C. crazy C. nothing C. talk C. learn C. time C. grew | D. so D. challenge D. perfect D. At first D. surprised D. everything D. deal D. understand D. reason D. improved | |||||
| 阅读理解.根据材料内容,选择最佳选项 | ||||||||
Here are five points you can follow to improve your English, and the first point is the most important.
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