Unit 6 When was it invented? 阅读理解训练题（无答案）

Unit6 When was it invented
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Can you imagine what Edison’s life was like in the years after he had invented the electric lamp Many things had to be invented and built before the electric lamp could really be used by all. Everything that was needed had to be thought of and built by Edison and the men who worked with him. There was no place where they could buy the things they needed. Edison made 360 inventions more in order to send electric power to wherever it was wanted. Edison directed (管理) all the work himself: testing new machines, pulling wires under ground, fixing lights, and so on. He seemed to be everywhere at the same time. He wanted his men to do as much work as he did. But he never asked them to do things that he himself would not do or could not do. He had never thought much about regular hours for sleep; he often forgot completely about sleeping. He slept for a few minutes at a time, in the middle of the night, in an underground room at his power station, with a metal box as his bed. During these days, he almost never saw his wife and children. Everyone probably expected that Edison enjoyed his success when his work was completed. However, he did not notice at all the money and honor he received, because soon he became interested in other ideas.
(　　)1.After Edison invented the electric lamp, he ________.
A.did nothing B.built many things
C.stopped inventing things D.needed nothing
(　　)2.Who thought of and built everything which was needed
A.Edison. B.The men. C.His wife. D.His children.
(　　)3.Edison never asked his men to do ________.
A.as much work as he did B.what he would do
C.what he could do D.what he would not do or couldn’t do
(　　)4.Edison had never thought much about regular hours for sleep. It means ________.
A.Edison never forgot about sleeping
B.Edison often kept regular hours for sleeping
C.Edison never kept regular hours for sleeping
D.Edison sometimes forgot about sleeping
(　　)5.Which of the following is TRUE
A.Edison became interested in money.
B.Edison liked money and honor.
C.Edison was a great inventor.
D.Edison was a great businessman.
B
Look at this special handrail(扶手). One part of it is a seat. It is helpful for old people. They can sit on it and rest when they're climbing stairs. A company in Shenzhen designed this handrail. What a good idea!
Wearing a mask(口罩)is not a big problem for people with hearing problems, wearing masks makes it hard for them to communicate with others. This new mask design is here to help. There is a "window" in it. People with hearing problems can read each other's lips(嘴唇)and facial expressions.
Can printers only print on paper This small printer can print on almost anything. You can print on clothes, cups and even on your skin! The printer uses a special kind of ink. If you don't like the pattern(图案), you can just wash it off. Once fully charged, the printer can work for six hours.
Pepper is a human-like robot. Japanese company SoftBank invented it. It can talk with people through speech or body language. Because of this, Pepper can be a babysitter(保姆), nurse and emergency(急救)medical worker. In April, 2020, a supermarket in Germany started using Pepper to keep customers apart from each other. It can tell customers to keep their distance(距离)while shopping.
(　　)6.This handrail is helpful for ______.
A.the old B.the rich C.the young D.the poor
(　　)7.This new mask makes it ____ for people with hearing problems to communicate with others.
A.hard B.easy C.comfortable D.exciting
(　　)8.You can ______if you don't like the pattern.
A.put it off B.cut it of C.turn it off D.wash it off
(　　)9.Germans started using Pepper to ______ in a supermarket.
A.work as nurses B.look after babies
C.keep customers apart from each other D.save customers' lives as soon as possible
(　　)10.We can probably find the passage in a ______.
A.travel guide B.science magazine C.history book D.geography book
C
The inventions are making the world a better place. Here we’d like to introduce some most exciting inventions for you.
Keeping Kids CalmAre you often feeling worried Sproutel’s PURRBLE can help you. This toy has seven sensors (传感器). When you play with the toy, Purrble’s heart-beat will speed up! Then you can comfort Purrble by touching it. This slows its heartbeat down. And it can make you calm, too! www.purrble.org/on May 21, 2021 Portable WheelsThe REVOLVE AIR is a travel-friendly wheelchair. The wheels of the wheelchair can be folded up, so it takes up much less space than a normal wheelchair. It can also be put in the overhead compartment (架空隔间) on an airplane. Thousands of people are on a waiting list to get one. www.revolve.org/on Dec.16，2021
Reading to KidsReading is difficult for millions of people. But with computer vision and artificial intelligence (计算机视觉和人工智能), OR-CAM READ can read any piece of text aloud for you. The equipment is easy for people to use. You just need to pick a page of a book that you want to read and press the button (按钮). Then Orcam Read starts reading! It can also read books in different languages. www.orcam.org/on Jan.12, 2021 Helping Your HandCheck out the Thames & Kosmos MEGA CYBORG HAND.It’s a robotic hand that can copy the movements of a real hand. Mega Cyborg hand is made of plastic pieces and tubes (管子) which are filled with water. Once you put it on, it carries force from your fingers to the fingers of the robotic hand. www.megacyb.org/on Sep.19, 2021
(　　)11.How can you comfort Purrble
A.By touching it. B.By giving it food.
C.By taking it out for a walk. D.By changing its clothes.
(　　)12.The REVOLVE AIR is different from normal wheelchairs because ________.
A.it can keep people calm
B.it can fly in the sky
C.it can be folded up and carried to the plane
D.it has a special button
(　　)13.What is Mega Cyborg hand made of
A.Cotton and sand. B.Plastic pieces and tubes.
C.Metal pieces and wood. D.Silk and plastic bottles.
(　　)14.Which is the latest invention in the text
A.Purrble. B.Orcam Read.
C.Mega Cyborg hand. D.The Revolve Air.
(　　)15.Where is the text most probably from
A.A fashion magazine.
B.A math textbook.
C.A science&technology newspaper.
D.A guidebook.
D
Time Temp Glasses Are you a person who wants to know the time and temperature during the day You might like Time Temp Glasses. These special glasses show the time above your right eye and the temperature above your left eye. It is surely easier than wearing a watch, and you never have to guess the temperature. Price: $20 for one pair.
Alarm Fork Do you eat too quickly Do you eat too much How can the Alarm Fork help you Well, this special fork has two lights: one green and one red. When the green light is on, it’s OK to take a bite (一口) of food. The fork “knows” when you take a bite, and soon the red light goes on. Wait for the green light before you take another bite. Price: $8 for one.
Smell This How do you know whether your breath smells nice or not It’s difficult to know, because it’s very hard to smell the air that comes out of your own mouth. Smell This is useful for this situation. Smell This covers your nose and your mouth, so it is easy to smell the air that comes out of your mouth. Price: $15 for one.
Banana Suitcase Has this ever happened to you You put a banana in your bag in the morning, and when you open the bag at noon, the banana looks as if someone drove a car over it. If you put your banana in the Banana Suitcase, this will never happen. It keeps a banana safe, delicious, and looking like a banana! Price: $10 for one.
( ) 16. Time Temp Glasses are special because they _______.
A. show time in different cities
B. can change your body temperature
C. help people see very faraway places
D. can tell you the time and temperature
( ) 17. The Alarm Fork _______.
A. comes in two colors
B. tells people what to eat
C. helps people eat healthily
D. is popular in big restaurants
( ) 18. How much should you pay if you buy one Smell This
A. $8.
B. $10.
C. $15.
D. $20.
( ) 19. The Banana Suitcase might be useful for someone who _______.
A. often takes bananas on trips
B. wants to grow a banana plant
C. has little interest in eating bananas
D. wants to tell if a banana has gone bad
( ) 20. Where might you see this material
A. In a tourist map.
B. In a health report.
C. In a science magazine.
D. In a medical dictionary.
E
Fifth-grader Kayla Martel loves basketball. But her school doesn’t have a girls’ team. So for the past four years, Kayla has played on the boys’ team at St. John the Apostle School in Clark, New Jersey. That hadn’t been a problem until earlier this year. The team was told that it either had to ask Kayla and another girl to leave the team or end its season early.
The team, called the Chargers, plays in a league (联赛) that didn’t allow mixed teams after fourth grade. When the league leader found out that there were girls in the team, he gave the coaches (教练) bad news. The team could keep playing but only without the girls.
Keisha Martel, Kayla’s mom, is one of the Chargers’ coaches. She asked the team to take a vote (投票), knowing it would be difficult for the kids to choose.
“They all said, ‘It doesn’t matter. We’re a team and we’re sticking together (团结一致),’” said Keisha.
The Chargers wasn’t allowed to play for a few weeks, but then the league reversed its decision. The team, girls included, played the rest of the season. They even made it to the championship (锦标赛) game — and won!
Kayla has some advice for other teams. “Make sure you are family — you have each other’s back,” she says.
( ) 21. How many girls played for the Chargers
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.
( ) 22. What was the bad news the Chargers’ coaches got
A. Some of them had to leave their jobs.
B. The team had to keep playing without the girls.
C. The team couldn’t play in the league anymore.
D. There would be no basketball team at the school.
( ) 23. What does Kayla’s mom do
A. She is the league leader.
B. She is a basketball coach.
C. She is a teacher at Kayla’s school.
D. She is the headmaster of Kayla’s school.
( ) 24. The underlined word “reversed” is closest in meaning to “_______”.
A. Forgot B. supported C. changed D. made
( ) 25. What’s Kayla’s advice for other teams
A. They should practice more.
B. Team members should support each other.
C. They should not be afraid of making mistakes.
D. Team members and coaches should trust each other.
F
Let’s look at two old but popular inventions we use in our daily life.
Band-Aids（创可贴）
The first Band-Aid was made by American Earle Dickson in 1921. The idea came to him by chance. Dickson’s wife Josephine often cut her fingers in the kitchen. At that time gauze（纱布） and adhesive tape（胶带）didn’t come together. People had to cut them to the right size. Dickson found they were always too big and soon fell off. So he put a piece of gauze on the center of a piece of tape. This is how he made the first Band-Aid.
Later Dickson’s new inventions became very popular all around the world.
Bubblegum（泡泡糖）
Bubblegum was invented by accident. In 1928, American gum company worker Walter E. Diemer played around with new chewing gum recipes. Chewing gum had already been invented more than half a century before then. But Diemer found that the gum he made was easy to blow. He blew a bubble and then saw the possibilities. He took some of his new gum to a shop and it sold out in a single afternoon. Since then, Dubble Bubble—the first brand of bubblegum—has made kids happy all around the world.
( ) 26.Josephine often ______ in the kitchen.
A.hurt her fingers B.made bubblegum
C.played with new recipes D.cut gauze to the right size
( ) 27.Before the Band-Aid was invented, ______.
A.the gauze and adhesive tape were always small
B.people had to cover the cut with a piece of cloth
C.people had to be careful to cut the gauze quite big
D.people had to cut the gauze and adhesive tape to the right size
( ) 28.Bubblegum was invented by an ______.
A.American doctor B.American gum company worker
C.American housewife D.American gum shopkeeper
( ) 29.Bubblegum was invented around ______ years after chewing gum was invented.
A.30 B.50 C.80 D.100
( ) 30.Diemer’s bubblegum sold out during ______.
A.a day B.a morning C.an afternoon D.two days
G
Today most people can't live without a television set! During the 1980s and 1990s the quality (质量) of both pictures and sound became very, very good. The first VCR (video cassette recorder) was introduced in 1977 in the USA.With VCRs, people could record their favorite programs, but the quality was not perfect. The invention of the CD and the DVD during the 1990s produced a better quality of both pictures and sound. The first DVD player was introduced in 1997 in the USA.At that time you could not record programs with DVD players, but today DVD recorders are available.
During recent years, people began to develop new ways to record television programs with machines that had memory. This way your television set can save films, almost like a computer. This new invention is called TiVo, and it has become very popular in the USA.With TiVo, television sets are similar to computers, but at the same time computers are similar to television sets. With a computer you can now pay to download (下载) films and TV programs from the Internet and watch them on the computer screen. In the future, computers will probably take the place of television sets.
Living rooms with large-screen TV sets and big speakers (扬声器) are like small cinemas at home: they are called “home movie theaters”. Watching movies at home or in the cinema are both great and fun, but some people think that cinemas are still the best places to watch movies.
( ) 31.Which of the following is TRUE about early VCRs ______
A.The quality of pictures was very good.
B.The quality of sound was very good.
C.They could be used to record programs.
D.They soon got very popular in the USA.
( ) 32.DVD appeared ______ years later than VCR.
A.7 B.9 C.13 D.20
( ) 33.Which of the following has memory ______
A.VCR. B.CD. C.DVD. D.TiVo.
( ) 34.What does the underlined word “save” in Paragraph 2 mean in Chinese ______
A.存储 B.拯救 C.节省 D.储蓄
( ) 35.According to the writer, “home movie theaters” are ______.
A.a great choice B.not good for health
C.better than cinemas D.not popular with Americans
H
“I don't like my parents.They always tell me I should do this，and should not do that.It sometimes makes me angry，”said Zhang Hua，a middle school student in Guangzhou.Do you have the same problem？Perhaps your parents had the same problem when they were your age long ago.Why does it seem that some parents are not so friendly in their children's eyes
One of the biggest problems is when someone becomes a parent，he/she likes worrying about things.They worry about everything about you from the time you were born.They do a lot for you，though something would make you angry，because they care about you and worry about you.They worry about your choice of friends，food you eat，your work at school，how much sleep you get，etc.All these things are part of your life.They want you to grow up healthily and happily.
So how can you make things easier on yourself？It's easier than you think.Just make sure your parents know what you're doing.Get them to know your friends.Phone them if you stay somewhere else late so that your parents don't call every hospital in the phone book looking for you.Say sorry to them when you make mistakes.Take responsibility(责任)for what you have done.Talk about your ideas with them.They may talk about theirs with you.
Most of all，try to think about why your parents do this or do that.They are still practicing being parents and need help you can give them.Some day，when you become a parent，they may be able to help you know how to get on with your children.
( ) 36.The writer thinks one of the biggest problems for parents is to ______.
A.worry about themselves B.worry about their children
C.hate their children D.be friendly with their children
( ) 37.All the things that parents do is to ______.
A.make their children angry
B.want their children to love them
C.want their children to grow up healthily and happily
D.want their children to do everything well in the future
( ) 38.The writer thinks we should ______ if we go back home later than usual.
A.tell our friends B.tell the teacher
C.say sorry to our parents D.make a telephone call to our parents
( ) 39.The writer thinks ______.
A.it's wrong for parents to worry about their children too much
B.some parents are unfriendly，which makes their children angry
C.children should do everything as their parents say
D.parents love their children very much and the children should understand them
( ) 40.What is the best title of the passage ______
A.Parents' responsibility
B.How to get on with parents
C.Zhang Hua's problem
D.What are parents worrying about