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Module 9 Great inventions
Unit 1 Will computers be used
more than books in the future
一、单项填空
( )1. Kate didn’t go to the movies last night because she had to ______ her sick mother at home.
A. look at B. look up
C. look for D. look after
D
( )2. When will the birthday party ______, on Monday evening or Tuesday evening
A. hold B. be held
C. held D. be holding
B
( )3. —May I borrow your computer
—Certainly. ______.
A. Here you are B. Here it is
C. Thank you D. You're welcome
A
( )4. On 18th June this year, ______ people celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival together.
A. thousand of B. thousands of
C.thousand D.two thousands
B
( )5. He took down the old map on the front wall and ______ a new picture.
A. set up B. put up
C. wake up D. turn up
B
二、完成句子
6. 拍了几张照片?
How many photos ___________
7. 我们的生活正被电脑和网络改变。
Our life ___________by computers and the Internet.
8. 爸爸的相机不会被外借。
Dad's camera ____________to others.
were taken
is changed
won't be lent
9. 他保证会好好照顾它。(promise to do, take care of)
___________________________________________________
10. 最近琳达没有收到大明的来信。(hear from, recently)
___________________________________________________
He promises to take good care of it.
Linda hasn’t heard from Daming recently.
三、语法选择
What would the world be like if cars could drive themselves Imagine seeing an empty car passing by on its way to pick up its owner, or a car full ______ passengers who are reading, listening to music or even sleeping, but ______ of them are worried about the road ahead.
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Well, all of these could be the future of driving. There are several companies, ______ Google, working on driverless (无人驾驶的) cars, which are now in the testing stages. If the tests are successful, these electric, self-driven cars could be available very soon. But, how is it possible for a car to drive ______
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Cars already have many features allowing them to take over for drivers in certain situations. Some features include cars being able ______ themselves, or slow down when they found objects close by. They can also control the speed ______ there are dangerous conditions, such as snow or slippery (滑的) roads.
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______ features have also changed the way drivers react to some situations. Scientists and engineers believe, with the ______ of wireless signals (无线电信号), cameras and GPS, now it is very possible for us to create a safe self-driving car.
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The self-driving car may be the answer to cutting down ______ number of horrible accidents caused by careless drivers or dangerous conditions. However, there are still some people ______ do not like the idea. American lawyer Whit Drake, for example, doesn't believe these cars are safe. He thinks the possibility of the technology making a mistake will be too high.
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( )11. A. with B. off
C. of D. by
( )12. A. no B. none
C. not D. don’t
( )13. A. including B. included
C. include D. includes
( )14. A. it B. its
C. itself D. it’s
C
B
A
C
( )15. A. to park B. parking
C. park D. parked
( )16. A. unless B. before
C. if D. although
( )17. A. Others B. The others
C. Other D. Another
( )18. A. help B. helpless
C. helps D. helpful
A
C
C
A
( )19. A. / B. the
C. a D. an
( )20. A. which B. where
C. when D. who
B
D
四、完形填空
The bicycle is one of the simplest(最简单的) and most useful inventions in the world. What is the ______ surprising is that it was not invented earlier,although the great inventor Leonardo da Vinci had drawn pictures for bicycles,flying machines and some other things. Those things were not produced until long after he ______ .
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A person riding a bicycle uses ______ energy(能量) to make the bicycle move and there is no pollution at all. Even so,in developed(发达的) ______,most people don't go to work by bicycle. It is not because bicycles are expensive or people feel ______ if they ride to work. It's because ______cars on the roads becomes larger. It certainly becomes more ______ to ride a bicycle. As a result,more people
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______ their bicycles away and go to work in their cars, and in this way,the situation is made more serious. ______ the best way to make riding safer and more popular is to create paths(小路)only for bicycles and to make ______ so difficult and expensive for drivers to take their cars into the city.
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( )21. A. biggest B. least
C. fewest D. most
( )22. A. found B. invented
C. left D. died
( )23. A. plenty of B. a lot of
C. a small amount of D. a great deal of
( )24. A. world B. countries
C. land D. earth
D
D
C
B
( )25. A. lucky B. glad
C. happy D. tired
( )26. A. the number of B. a number of
C. a kind of D. all kinds of
( )27. A. convenient B. exciting
C. relaxing D. dangerous
( )28. A. send B. take
C. throw D. put
D
A
D
D
( )29. A. Hardly B. Mostly
C. Perhaps D. Nearly
( )30. A. it B. them
C. us D. him
C
A
Invention Wheel Telephone Light bulb(灯泡) Paper
Appearing Time
A few thousand years ago
In 1876
In 1879
Around 2,000 years ago
五、阅读理解(A篇)(核心素养:文化意识)
Invention Wheel Telephone Light bulb(灯泡) Paper
Inventor Unknown(未知的) Alexander Bell Thomas Edison Cai Lun
Inventor's Nationality Unknown American American Chinese
续表
Invention
Wheel
Telephone
Light bulb(灯泡)
Paper
Early Main Material
Wood
Plastic and metal
Glass and metal
Cotton or flax(亚麻)
Main Use
Making travelling faster
communicating over distances
Giving light
recording information
续表
( )31. Since ______ invented paper, people have been able to record information on paper.
A. Alexander Bell
B. Thomas Edison
C. Cai Lun
D. someone unknown
C
( )32. According to the form above, the invention that appeared in 1876 was made of ______.
A. plastic and metal
B. glass and metal
C. cotton or flax
D. wood
A
( )33. According to the form above, the latest invention was ______.
A. the telephone
B. the light bulb
C. the wheel
D. paper
B
( )34. Thanks to the invention of the wheel, people can ______.
A. have enough light to read
B. travel faster
C. get light
D. communicate over distances
B
( )35. Which of the following is TRUE according to the form above
A. Three of the inventions were made of metal.
B. Neither Alexander Bell nor Thomas Edison is American.
C. Three of the inventions are about communication.
D. Two of the inventions appeared in the 19th century.
D
六、短文填空
A British student has a new invention. It can make children do ________ exercise and also reduce (减少) the number of hours of television they watch every day. The technology is _______________ “Square?eyes”. It is a little sensor (感应器) and it is put in ___________ shoes. It can store __________ number of steps taken by a child during the day and send this information to the family computer.
more
named / called
children's
the
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Software then tells the child how many hours of TV he ______ she can watch that evening. One hundred steps are equal to (等于) one minute of TV. If children use ______ all of their TV time, they have to do more walking.
The ____________, Gillian Swan, said, “This will help children make exercise during ________ daily lives from an early age.” She said that ten years ago, children were ___________ because they often played outside with their
or
up
inventor
their
healthier
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friends, while today’s children spend too much time in _______ of the TV and don’t exercise. This means that today’s children have weight problems and become fat.
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