Unit 3 Creativity
一、单项填空（10分）
01 Everyone should have dreams. With dreams and hard work，anything amazing can be _____ .
A. met B. created C. expected D. practised
02 Parents often ask their kids _____ their Internet friends because the kids may be in danger.
A. to meet B. not to meet C. meeting D. meet
03 ——Does the soup _____ nice
——Yes. It's hot, but really delicious.
A. sound B. feel C. look D. taste
04 It _____ Mr Green an hour to fix up his bicycle yesterday.
A. cost B. paid C. spent D. took
05 Seeing an alien is an _____ thing.
A. amazing B. amazed C. amazement D. amaze
06 Mo Yan is known _____ a writer.
A. for B. as C. to D. on
07 I'm very _____ in singing，I am not _____ good at it.
A. interested; but B. interested: and C. interesting; so D. interesting; or
08 He tries his best _____ or at the dinner table.
A. behave B. behaving C. to behave D. behaves
09 ——I need some help. Can you _____ the bananas for fruit salad
——Yes, Mum. But where's the knife
A. cut down B. cut off C. cut up D. mix up
10 I _____ my homework at home. Our teacher asked me to it here tomorrow.
A. forgot; take B. left; bring C. left; take D. forgot; bring
二、完形填空（10分）
（江苏苏州中考)How would you use a radio or a telephone if you had no electricity or batteries These 1 bothered (使烦恼）British inventor Trevor Baylis. So in 1996 he 2 a wind-up(装有发条的）radio. It doesn't need electricity or batteries. You wind it up 3 hand. It plays for about an hour.Then, you wind it up 4 .Today it's made in South Africa.
Then in 1999, Baylis invented a mobile phone that is powered by 5 .The shoes contain(含有)a small battery that is powered when you 6 .This battery is connected to a mobile phone. These two simple inventions can bring modern 7 to all parts of the world.
Baylis doesn't have a university degree in engineering. In 8 , he left high school before graduating(毕业).He just loves 9 things to help people. He never knows 10 ideas will come to him. The idea for the telephone came to him in a dream.
01 A. dreams B. problems C. wonders D. wishes
02 A. invented B. improved C. borrowed D. copied
03 A. in B. at C. on D. by
04 A. then B. slowly C. again D. finally
05 A. sun B. shoes C. caps D. wind
06 A. sleep B. walk C. rest D. chat
07 A. communications B. exhibitions C. suggestions D. instructions
08 A. fact B. order C. need D. time
09 A. buying B. selling C. making D. collecting
10 A. while B. because C. unless D. when
三、阅读理解(10分）
（重庆中考）When a computer works on a group of programmes, it can get very hot. Cooling the computer can cost a lot. So some scientists wonder what would happen if the heat from the computer could to be used.
Large Internet companies(公司) such as Google and Microsoft have thousands of computers. As these computers deal with information, they produce lots of heat, so they need huge cooling systems (系统).These systems send the heat into the air.
A company in Holland(荷兰) thinks paying to make the computers work and then paying again to cool them are a waste of energy. So the company developed a special device the e-Radiator.
Boaz Leupe, head of the company, says the e-Radiator works as a heating system and saves money.He explains that the energy is used twice-once to heat the home and once to cool the computer and that the users don't have to pay to cool their computers.
Five homeowners in Holland are testing the heating system in their homes.
"We pay for the computer using, so, in that way, homeowners get heating for free,"Boaz says.
Jan Visser is one of the homeowners. "If you use if the computer more, the e-Radiator produces more heat, "he says. "It cannot provide enough heat if you don't use your computer often." But he is ready to try it. It's a great help for his family.
The company says e-Radiators produce heat temperatures of up to 55C. It says the system could save its users about $ 400 a year.
01 Before the e-Radiator appears, usually the heat of a computer _____ .
A. is sent into the air
B. helps the five homeowners
C. is used twice
D. makes the computer work better
02 The e-Radiator is mainly used _____ .
A. to drive the computer
B. to help Microsoft
C. to heat the computer
D. to provide heat
03 The Chinese meaning of the word "device" in this passage is probably“_____”.
A.节能 B.实验 C.仪器 D.开关
04 The best title of the passage may be
A. An Environment Problem
B. A New Way to Heat Homes
C. The Future Computers
D. The Energy to Be Wasted
四、选词填空(15分）
draw invent energy country until
because in dangerous create tired
The bicycle is one of the simplest yet most useful inventions in the world. What is the most surprising is that it was not 1 earlier, although the great inventor Leonardo da Vinci had 2 pictures for bicycles and flying machines and some other things. Those things were not produced long after he died.
A person riding a bicycle uses very little 4 to make the bicycle move, and there is no pollution at all when you are riding. Even so, in most developed 5 ， most people don't go to work by bicycle. It is not 6 the bicycles are expensive or people feel 70 if they ride to work. It's because the number of cars on the roads becomes larger. It certainly becomes more 8 to ride a bicycle. As a result, more people put their bicycles away and go to work 9 their cars. And in this way, the situation is made more serious. Perhaps the best way to make riding safer and more popular is to 10 ，paths only for bicycles.
01_____ 02_____ 03_____ 04_____ 05_____
06_____ 07_____ 08_____ 09_____ 10_____
五、书面表达（15分）
你最喜欢的一名科学家或艺术家是谁？介绍一下他/她的生平、成长经历及主要成就(或贡献）。词数不少于 70。
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Unit 3 Creativity
一、单项填空（10分）
01 Everyone should have dreams. With dreams and hard work，anything amazing can be _____ .
A. met B. created C. expected D. practised
B meet遇见；creat 创造;expect 期待；practise 练习。根据句意可知,此处应该是指“被创造出来”,故选B。
02 Parents often ask their kids _____ their Internet friends because the kids may be in danger.
A. to meet B. not to meet C. meeting D. meet
B ask sb. not to do sth. 意为“要求某人不要做某事”。句意：父母经常要求孩子们不要去见他们的网友，因为孩子们可能会遇到危险。故选B。
03 ——Does the soup _____ nice
——Yes. It's hot, but really delicious.
A. sound B. feel C. look D. taste
D 问句的主语是the soup(汤），故taste(尝起来,有…味道)符合题意。
04 It _____ Mr Green an hour to fix up his bicycle yesterday.
A. cost B. paid C. spent D. took
D “It takes sb. some time to do sth."是常用句型，故选D。
05 Seeing an alien is an _____ thing.
A. amazing B. amazed C. amazement D. amaze
A amazing 形容词，意为“令人惊奇的”，常用于修饰事物：amazed 形容词，意为“感到吃惊的”，主语多为人;amazement 名词，意为“吃惊；惊奇";amaze动词，意为“使……大为惊奇”。修饰句中的thing 应用形容词amazing。故选A.
06 Mo Yan is known _____ a writer.
A. for B. as C. to D. on
B be known as. ..意为“作为……而著名”,as后跟表示身份、职业等的名词，writer(作家)为职业名河，故选B。
07 I'm very _____ in singing，I am not _____ good at it.
A. interested; but B. interested: and C. interesting; so D. interesting; or
A be interested in. .. 意为“对…感兴趣”，排除C.D两项：前后两部分存在转折关系，故用 but。
08 He tries his best _____ or at the dinner table.
A. behave B. behaving C. to behave D. behaves
C try one's best to do sth.意为“尽全力做某事”故选C。
09 ——I need some help. Can you _____ the bananas for fruit salad
——Yes, Mum. But where's the knife
A. cut down B. cut off C. cut up D. mix up
C根据下文中的knife 和空后的 bananas 所提示的语境可知，,本题应填表示“切碎”的短语cut up,故选C。
10 I _____ my homework at home. Our teacher asked me to it here tomorrow.
A. forgot; take B. left; bring C. left; take D. forgot; bring
B “leave sth.+地点状语”意为“把某物落在了菜处”，而forget 后不跟地点，由at home 可知第一个空用left,排除 A、D两项：根据第二句句意“我们的老师让我明天把它带到这里来”可知应用 bring。故选B。
二、完形填空（10分）
（江苏苏州中考)How would you use a radio or a telephone if you had no electricity or batteries These 1 bothered (使烦恼）British inventor Trevor Baylis. So in 1996 he 2 a wind-up(装有发条的）radio. It doesn't need electricity or batteries. You wind it up 3 hand. It plays for about an hour.Then, you wind it up 4 .Today it's made in South Africa.
Then in 1999, Baylis invented a mobile phone that is powered by 5 .The shoes contain(含有)a small battery that is powered when you 6 .This battery is connected to a mobile phone. These two simple inventions can bring modern 7 to all parts of the world.
Baylis doesn't have a university degree in engineering. In 8 , he left high school before graduating(毕业).He just loves 9 things to help people. He never knows 10 ideas will come to him. The idea for the telephone came to him in a dream.
01 A. dreams B. problems C. wonders D. wishes
B句意：如果你没有电或电池如何使用收音机或电话？这些问题使英国发明家特雷弟 贝利斯感到烦恼。故选B。
02 A. invented B. improved C. borrowed D. copied
A由句意可知在1996年,他发明了一台装有发条的收音机。故选A。
03 A. in B. at C. on D. by
D由句意可知需要用手上发条。故选D。
04 A. then B. slowly C. again D. finally
句意：然后你再次为它上发条。故选C。
05 A. sun B. shoes C. caps D. wind
B 由后一句可知，这种手机由鞋子提供电源。故选B。
06 A. sleep B. walk C. rest D. chat
B句意：当你行走时，鞋子里面的电池就会被充电。故选B。
07 A. communications B. exhibitions C. suggestions D. instructions
A 句意：这两项简单的发明给世界各地带来了女现代化的通信手段。故选A。
08 A. fact B. order C. need D. time
A 句意：事实上，他在毕业前就离开了高中。故选A.
09 A. buying B. selling C. making D. collecting
C由前文讲述可知特雷弗 贝利斯喜欢制作东西来帮助人们。故选C。
10 A. while B. because C. unless D. when
D由后半句可推断，他从不知道他要发明的物点的想法什么时候出现在他的头脑中。故选D。
三、阅读理解(10分）
（重庆中考）When a computer works on a group of programmes, it can get very hot. Cooling the computer can cost a lot. So some scientists wonder what would happen if the heat from the computer could to be used.
Large Internet companies(公司) such as Google and Microsoft have thousands of computers. As these computers deal with information, they produce lots of heat, so they need huge cooling systems (系统).These systems send the heat into the air.
A company in Holland(荷兰) thinks paying to make the computers work and then paying again to cool them are a waste of energy. So the company developed a special device the e-Radiator.
Boaz Leupe, head of the company, says the e-Radiator works as a heating system and saves money.He explains that the energy is used twice-once to heat the home and once to cool the computer and that the users don't have to pay to cool their computers.
Five homeowners in Holland are testing the heating system in their homes.
"We pay for the computer using, so, in that way, homeowners get heating for free,"Boaz says.
Jan Visser is one of the homeowners. "If you use if the computer more, the e-Radiator produces more heat, "he says. "It cannot provide enough heat if you don't use your computer often." But he is ready to try it. It's a great help for his family.
The company says e-Radiators produce heat temperatures of up to 55C. It says the system could save its users about $ 400 a year.
01 Before the e-Radiator appears, usually the heat of a computer _____ .
A. is sent into the air
B. helps the five homeowners
C. is used twice
D. makes the computer work better
A 细节理解題。根据第二段最后一句“These systems send the heat into the air.”可知，在电子妝热器出现之前,电脑产生的热量都被非放到空气中，故选A。
02 The e-Radiator is mainly used _____ .
A. to drive the computer
B. to help Microsoft
C. to heat the computer
D. to provide heat
D 细节理解題。根据短文第七段第三句“If you use the computer more, the e-Radiator produces more heat, ”可知，电子散热器是用来提供热量的，故选D。
03 The Chinese meaning of the word "device" in this passage is probably“_____”.
A.节能 B.实验 C.仪器 D.开关
C 词义猜测题。根据第三段最后一句“So the company developed a special device-thee-Radiator.”可知，电子散热器是一种device,又根据全文来看,要利用电脑产生的热所需要的是一种仪器之类的东西,故选C。
04 The best title of the passage may be
A. An Environment Problem
B. A New Way to Heat Homes
C. The Future Computers
D. The Energy to Be Wasted
B 标题归纳题。根据全文来看，本文主要讲了如何利用电子散热器将电脑产生的热用于房屋取暖，故选B。
四、选词填空(15分）
draw invent energy country until
because in dangerous create tired
The bicycle is one of the simplest yet most useful inventions in the world. What is the most surprising is that it was not 1 earlier, although the great inventor Leonardo da Vinci had 2 pictures for bicycles and flying machines and some other things. Those things were not produced long after he died.
A person riding a bicycle uses very little 4 to make the bicycle move, and there is no pollution at all when you are riding. Even so, in most developed 5 ， most people don't go to work by bicycle. It is not 6 the bicycles are expensive or people feel 70 if they ride to work. It's because the number of cars on the roads becomes larger. It certainly becomes more 8 to ride a bicycle. As a result, more people put their bicycles away and go to work 9 their cars. And in this way, the situation is made more serious. Perhaps the best way to make riding safer and more popular is to 10 ，paths only for bicycles.
01invented 02draw 03until 04enery 05countries
06because 07tired 08dangerous 09in 10create
五、书面表达（15分）
你最喜欢的一名科学家或艺术家是谁？介绍一下他/她的生平、成长经历及主要成就(或贡献）。词数不少于 70。
Albert Einstein was born in 1879 in Germany. At school he was not a very good student. He was only good at music and he loved playing the violin. Later he became a teacher, but he didn't teach for long.
He went to Switzerland. There he worked very hard and in 1921 he won the Nobel Prize for science. Einstein loved peace and hated wars. In 1933 he went to America and lived there for the rest of his life. Einstein died in 1955. His ideas changed many things in science and made him famous all over the world.
