Unit 6 When was it invented 综合检测卷（含答案）

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Unit 6 When was it invented
综合检测卷
一、基础知识
I.句意填词 根据所给句子，填入一个适当的单词，使句意完整。
1. We usually put the food in the _______ to keep it fresh in summer .
2. Please don’t forget to ______ your door when you go out .
3. Trees can stop the wind ______ blowing the earth away .
4. The _______caused many buildings to collapse （倒塌）
5. The teacher will ______ us into two groups to play the game.
II. 单项选择 从每小题所给的选项中，选出一个正确答案。
( ) 6. Chinese _____ by many people all over the world today .
learn B. learnt C. is learnt
( ) 7. There _____ a number of books on science in our school library , and the number of them ______growing larger and larger.
are ; is B. is ; are C. has ; is
( ) 8. Seeing their teacher ______ into the classroom , they stopped ______ at once.
walking ; walking B. entering ; talk C. walk ; talk
( ) 9. Mr. Green lives a simple life , _____ he has a lot of money .
because B. although C. so
( ) 10. Tom’s parents always encourage him ______ out what he thinks right .
speak B. speaking C. to speak
( ) 11. Thanks to Project Hope , _____ children get better education .
thousand B. thousands C. thousands of
( ) 12. What makes you _____ so excited
to feel B. feel C. feeling
( ) 13. The young man who stole the money ______ yesterday .
caught B. is caught C. was caught
( ) 14. Do you have ______ to say
something else B. anything else C. else anything
( ) 15. He remains ______ by the window when we come out .
standing B. stand C. is stood
交际运用
完成对话 从方框中选择正确选项 （有一个多余选项）
No, of course not . You’ve got a point How did it work The South -pointing Fish was invented by accident, right It was invented by the Chinese.
A: Do you know who the compass(指南针）was invented by
B: Of course . __16___It’s one of the four greatest inventions of ancient China . It has changed the world greatly .
A: __17__ And when was it first invented
B: ___18__ But I know there were records of the South-pointing Fish (指南鱼）in the Song Dynasty .
A: Exactly . People in the 10th century began to use the South -pointing Fish .
B: __19___
A: It was simple . When the fish was put into water , its head would point to the south .
B: It wasn’t the first recorded compass , was it
A: __20___In the Warring States Period (战国时期）, Sinan was widely used by people.
B: So the history of the compass dates back over 2,000 years
A: That’s true.
_________ 17. _______ 18. ________ 19. _________ 20 ._________
IV. 补全对话 根据所给对话，填写适当的内容，使其完整、正确。（每空词数不限）
A：Do you know when the telephone was invented
B: Yes, I think 21. ________________________________ before the car.
A: No, I think it was invented after the car.
B: 22. ___________________________
A: It is used for talking with others.
B: 23. _______________________ , the car or the telephone
A: I think the car is more useful than the telephone .
B: 24. ________________________ . I think they are both useful .
A: Would you like to buy a car one day
B: 25. _________________________ .
阅读
V. 短文填空 从方框中选择正确选项，完成短文。（方框中有两个选项是多余的）
A. hurt B. kind C. of D. whether E. stay F. back G. what H. food I. before J. better K . eyes L. impolite
A few years ago , a little boy aged 8 went to a store himself . While he was going ___26__home , a dirty dog followed him. The dog was weak because it had a sore leg . After he found the dog was badly ___27__ , he let it follow him home.
The little boy’s mother taught him to be ___28__ and friendly . However , when the little boy asked his mother ___29__ he could let the dog get into the house or not , she hesitated (犹豫）. “We have no room for it .” she said . The poor dog seemed to understand ___30___ she said . It looked so sad ! The little dog almost cried when he saw the dog’s big __31__ looking up at him sadly .
His mother was actually kind , too. .She did not drive the poor dog away , but it ___32__ in the yard . The little boy gave the dog some ___33__ , water and clean dry grass to lie on .
After a few days the dog was ____34___ with the help of the boy and his mother . It began to show how happy and thankful it was. Because __35__ their kindness , the dog finally found a home . It did what a dog could do to be a helpful family member .
_______ 27. ________ 28. _______ 29. ______ 30. _______
31 _______ 32. ________ 33. _______ 34. _______ 35. _______
VI. 阅读理解
（A）
Have you noticed your life becoming easier Now, when you go to a certain shopping mall, you can enjoy its free WiFi there. When you want to take a taxi , you can book one with your mobile phone . In fact , all these can be seen as the basic parts of a smart city .
The idea of a smart city was brought up by an American company IBM in 2010 . Generally , a smart city is a city that uses digital technologies like the Internet to improve city planning, save money and resources. and make our life convenient . How smart can a city be Here are great examples that we can learn from .
In 2009 , Dubuque because the first smart city in the USA. The city uses smart meters (水表）to take the place of traditional water meters . They can detect (探测）water waste and leakage （泄露）and send data to let the house owner know . The same system is used for other city resources like electricity and natural gas . And people know how they use their resources and are glad to help reduce waste.
Santander in Spain also gives us a look at the future . If people point a phone toward a nearby bus stop , the phone immediately shows all bus lines that serve the stop as well as their arrival time . The government organized a research team and provided an APP that collects data on almost everything : light , temperature , and the movements of cars and people . Opening the APP near a supermarket provides immediate information on special offers .
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
( ) 36. According to the passage , which of the following is TRUE
Digital technologies are used in smart cities.
An English company first raised the idea of a smart city .
A smart city is mainly made up of free WiFi and phones.
A smart city is still an idea and hasn’t come into being (形成）
( ) 37. The underlined word “resource” means “______” in Chinese.
财富 B 能量 C 人力 D 资源
( ) pared to traditional water meters , smart water meters do better in ________ .
cleaning water B. supplying water
C saving water D. producing wate
( ) 39. The example of Santander shows the use of smart systems in many aspects (方面）EXCEPT ______
shopping B. health cars C. traffic controlling D. public transportation
( ) 40. What’s the main idea of the passage
Digital technologies help improve city planning
Smart cities will make our future life better and smarter
Smart cities are very common in both Dubuque and Santander .
Spain and the USA take the leading position in building smart cities.
(B)
Who invented toys It’s hard to believe millions , maybe billions of people have invented toys . Most of these people are kids . Kids invent toys from all kinds of materials , such as stones , sticks , paper , and even clothes . And these toys are in different shapes :round , square , and so on .
Sometimes adults invent toys , too, but in many cases (在许多情况下）, they don’t actually invent the toy but take a toy that has been invented somewhere before and make it popular . Take the yo-yo for example . Yo-yos have been around for thousands of years . We know this because yo-yos have been found in ancient graves (坟墓）in some countries . .This is how we know that stone yo-yos were used back in ancient Greece . In the 1800s , they became very popular as children’s toys , first in England and then in the United States , Then people got tired of them for a while until Donald Duncan went into the yo you business . He hired “yo-yo men” to demonstrate (示范）and sell yo-yos door to door . This way , yo-yos got popular little by little . Today the name Duncan still goes with yo-yos , one of the most popular toys around the world.
Another example is teddy bears . Teddy bears , one of the most popular toys , were named after a president of the United Sates , although he didn’t invent them . President Teddy Roosevelt was a hunter (猎人）. He was good at hunting and on one of his hunting trips he met a bear . That led to editorial (社论）cartoons showing pictures of President Roosevelt and a cute little bear . Somehow that led to cute , sewed (缝制的）bears for little kids to play with .
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
( ) 41. According to the passage , most toys were invented by ______ .
mistake B. accident C. children D. adults
( ) 42. The underlined word “hired” probably means “______” in Chinese.
支持 B 反对 C 雇佣 D 销售
( ) 43. From the second paragraph we can know yo-yos ________ .
were popular first in the United States
were taken to England from America
were always popular in the United States
were popular again because of Duncan
( ) 44. Teddy Roosevelt _______ .
was a president of the Unite States
invented teddy bears.
was a cartoon editor
took photos of a bear
( ) 45. Which of the following is NOT true
Yo-yos were not popular in the United States for a while
Yo-yos were popular in England
Teddy Bear was a president’s name.
Children can invent toys with almost all kinds of things.
(C )
What was used for recording human’s feelings and thoughts in the early days According to history books , people drew pictures on walls by using stones . These pictures showed what the did every day , such as planting crops and celebrating festivals . With time going by , people invented a better writing tool : the pencil . It first came into use in about the 16th century in England . Who invented the first pencil Nobody knows exactly , but by 1662, a large number of pencils had been produced in Germany .
There are millions of inventions , large and small . Some of them have changed the world and helped to develop civilization (文明）, such as the four great inventions of ancient China -paper making , printing , the compass and gunpowder . We still remember some inventors today for their great inventions , but we have forgotten others . For example , who made the first door lock We do not know , but we should thank all of the inventors for their great ideas .
根据短文内容，判断下列各句正(T）误（F）
( ) 46. At first , ancient people used pencils to record their daily lives.
( ) 47. The pencil was first used in England in about the 16th century .
( ) 48. Scientists know the inventor of the door lock .
( ) 49. The first pencil didn’t belong to the four great inventions of ancient China.
( ) 50. People showed their feelings by drawing pictures on walls in ancient times.
(D )
The Inuit people of North America used to be called Eskimos . 51. _____ Their lives have changed a lot in the past 30 years.
The Inuit people used to live in igloos (冰屋）in winter , but today , many of them live in houses in small towns. They used to hunt seals （海豹）. 52. ______ Many of them still wear seall-skin clothes today because they are very warm . Remember , the weather is very cold in many months of the year .
Mariano Tagalik , a 65-year-old Inuit , told us a little about her past life .” Our winter igloos were very warm . We cooked inside , so sometimes it got very hot. 53. _______In the short summer , we lived in seal-skin tents , but I spent as much times as possible playing outside .”
To move on the snow , the Inuit people wore special snowshoes . 54. ______These machines can travel long distances (距离）in a short time . In the past , it took them days or weeks to travel the same distance.
_____ They learned everything from their parents . Now , like other North Americans , they go to school . Life is not as hard as it used to be , but many of the old Inuits hate modern life and want to go back to the old days .
根据短文内容，将下面方框内的句子还原到文中空白处，使短文内容完整、通顺，每个选项只能用一次。
I took off most of my clothes when I was in our igloo. The Inuit children never went to school . They are now named Inuits which means “the people”. Today many Inuits ride snowmobiles . They ate the meat and made clothes out of the fur (皮毛）.
(E)
______ One cannot discuss Chinese music without mentioning the Chinese seven-strong zither (七弦琴）, also known as Guqin , one of the four arts -along with go （围棋）, calligraphy and painting . It first appeared over 3,0000 years ago and represents China’s solo musical instrument tradition .
______ At first Guqin had only five strings , representing the five elements of metal , wood , water , fire and earth . Later , in the Zhou Dynasty , King Wen to Zhou added a sixth string for his son . King Wu of Zhou , ,added a seventh string to encourage his army to fight with the Shang .
________Ambience (环境）was important in playing the Chinese zither. Usually , it was practiced in a quiet setting and never for public performance . Ancient artists enjoyed performing by a stream in the mountains . The sound of Guqin mixed with the echoes (回音）from the mountains . Playing it in snow was also a favorite pastime for ancient artists , who believed the instrument was the purest of its kind in the wold . Also , a night with moonlight was considered ideal for playing the Guqin .
______ _Guiqin pieces are usually around three to eight minutes long, with the longest eing Guangling Verse , which is 22 minutes long . Other famous pieces include Plum Blossoms in Three Movements , Wild Geese Landing on the Sandbank and Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute .
_______ Nowadays , there are fewer than one thousand well-trained Guqin players and perhaps on more than fifty living masters . The original number of several thousand pieces has greatly reduced to only a hundred works by now . Guqin and its music were added to the list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (人类非物质文化遗产）in 2003.
(a )根据短文内容，从方框中选出每段的主旨大意。
The history of Guqin The famous Guqin pieces . The change of strings The present situation The present situation The important factor of playing -ambience
(b) 根据短文内容，补全下面的语段。（每空一词）
The Development of Guqin
Over 3,000 years ago , Guqin had only 61. _______ strings , representing metal , wood , water fire and earth . In the Zhou Dynasty , King Wen of Zhou added a sixth string for his 62. _______ . King Wu of Zhou added a seventh string to 63. _______ his army to fight with the Shang . Nowadays , there are 64. ________ than one thousand well-trained players and maybe no more than fifty living masters . In 2003 , Guqin and its music were added to the 65. _______ of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity .
(F)
Crayons were invented by Edwin Binney and Harold Smith . They had a paint company in New York City . In the 20th century , they put the first box of eight Crayons on the market . The new crayons a great success.
Fireworks were invented by the Chinese for entertainment , but were later used to kill enemies in times of war . Today , we use fireworks to celebrate festivals . It is cool that this ancient invention is still used today .
Some students in South Korea have a new language teacher - an English robot . The robot speaks both English and Korea . It has many kinds of faces . Could robots take the place of human teachers one day
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
Who invented crayon
_________________________________________________
What were the new crayons made of
__________________________________________________
What did people invent fireworks for at first
___________________________________________________
What do people use fireworks to do today
____________________________________________________
Can robots take the place of human teachers one day (answer the question and give your reasons )
______________________________________________________
书面表达
下文介绍了薯条的发明过程，文中有几处信息缺失，请根据上下文将其补充完整。（每空一词）
Do you know how potato chips were 71. _________ They were invented by a cook 72. _______ George Crum in 1853. Because he was angry with a customer ,he cut the potatoes really 73. ________ and then cooked them for a long time until they were 74. ________ . Finally he put lots of salt on them so they were 75. ________ . He wanted to make the customer dislike them . But the customer loved them very much and asked for more.
(B)发明改变了世界，也改变来了我们的生活，给我们的生活带来了美好和便利。请你写一篇作文，介绍你心目中最伟大的发明，并说明其用途和你喜欢它的原因。 词数不少于80.
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参考答案
1. fridge 2. lock /close 3. from 4. earthquake 5. divide
6-10 CAABC 11-1 CBCBA
16-20 FBECA
21. it was invented 22. What is it used for 23. Which one do you think is more useful 24. I don’t think so /I don’t agree with you 25. Yes, I’d like to No, I’m afraid not
26-30 FABDG 31-35 KEHJC
(A) 36-40 ADCBB
(B ) 41-45 CCDAC
(C ) 46-50 FTFTT
(D ) 51-55 CEADB
(E ) (a) 56-60 ACEBD
(b) 61. five 62. son 63. encourage 64. fewer 65. list
(F ) 66. Edwin Binney and Harold Smith
Wax
For entertainment
To celebrate festivals
No, because robots cannot think （答案不唯一）
(A) 71. invented 72. called /named 73. think 74. crisp 75. salty
Great inventions changed the world . They also changed our life. They made our life beautiful and convenient . I think one of the most useful inventions is computers .
Computers are becoming more and more important in our life . Now we will find it difficult to do some work without computers . They are used in many fields such as the government , the army , the school and the hospital . There are computers in most families . Much work must be finished on computers . They play an important part in our life.
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