Unit 6 When was it invented Section A
Name(姓名):___________ Class(班级):______________
Section A 1b 根据上下文,填单词或者短语,将对话补充完整。
Alice: Was your life very difficult 1. you were a kid
Grandma: Oh, not really. Why
Alice: Well, you didn’t have modern inventions like2. a telephone, right
Grandma: Of course we did! How old do you think I am The telephone 3. in 1876. You need to 4. a history class, Alice!
Alice: Haha! 5. cars They weren’t invented yet, were they
Grandma: Yes, they were. Cars were invented 6. 1885. My family had a car.
Alice: Well, did you have a TV
Grandma: No, we couldn’t 7. one. They were expensive in those days. The TV was invented around 1927, I think.
Alice: Well, I know that you didn’t have a computer because we learned in school that 8. computers were invented in 1971.
Grandma: You’re right. But I have 9. now!
SectionA2a&2b根据上下文,填单词或者短语,将对话补充完整。
Alex: Hi, Carol. Wow, what are those
Carol: Hello, Alex. Oh, these are some of the interesting 1. that I’m writing about for my English homework.
Alex: I see…What’s that, then
Carol: They’re shoes 2. lights. You use them for 3. in the dark when you4. at night.
Alex: Oh, that’s a cool idea! I always 5. my toe on something on the way to the bathroom at night.
Carol: Next is a special ice-cream scoop. This is my 6. invention. It runs on electricity and becomes 7. .
Alex: I know what it’s for! It’s used for serving really cold ice-cream.
Carol: Yes, that’s right! The last invention I’m going to write about is shoes with special 8. . You can move the heels up and down.
Alex: What are they used for
Carol: Well, you can change the style of your shoes. You can 9. the heels if you are going to a party or lower them if you are just going out 10. shopping.
SectionA2d 用所给词的适当形式填空,每个词组限用一遍。
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Paul: Hey Roy, the subject for my school 1. is “Small inventions that changed the world.” Can you help me think of 2. invention
Roy: My 3. ! Let me think ... hmm ... I know! The zipper!
Paul: The zipper Is it really 4. a great invention
Roy: Think about how often it’s 5. in our daily lives. You can see zippers on dresses,trousers, 6. , bags ... almost everywhere!
Paul: Well, you do seem to have a point ...
Roy: Of course! I thought about it because I 7. a website last week. The pioneers of different inventions were 8. there. For example, it 9. that the zipper was invented by Whitcomb Judson in 1893. But at that time, it wasn’t used 10. .
Paul: Really So when did it become popular
Roy: Around 1917.
Section A 3a 完形填空。从ABCD选项中选出最佳答案,完成短文。
An Accidental Invention
Did you know that tea, the most popular 1. in the world (after water), was invented by accident Many people believe 2. tea was first drunk nearly 5,000 years ago. It is 3. that a Chinese ruler called Shen Nong first to 4. tea as a drink. One day Shen Nong was boiling drinking water 5. an open fire. Some 6. from a tea plant fell into the water and remained there for some time. It produced a nice smell so he tasted the brown water . It was quite delicious. And so, one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented.
A few thousand years 7. , Lu Yu, “the saint of tea”, mentioned Shen Nong in his book Cha Jing. The book describes 8. tea plants were grown and used to make tea. It also discusses 9. the finest tea leaves were produced and what kinds of water were used.
It is believed that tea was 10. to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries. In England, tea didn’t appear 11. around 1660, but less than 100 years, it had become the national drink. The tea trade from China to Western countries 12. in the 19th century. This helped to 13. the popularity of tea and the tea plant to more places around the world. 14. many people now know about tea culture, the Chinese are without doubt the ones who best understand the nature of 15. .
A. water B. milk C. coffee D. drink
A. that B. if C. who D. where
A. say B. said C. says D. saying
A. find B. find out C. look for D. discover
A. on B. at C. over D. in
A. leaf B. leafs C. leafes D. leaves
A. late B. later C. latest D. early
A. how B. what C. who D. when
A. that B. if C. who D. where
A. bring B. brings C. to bring D. brought
A. until B. for C. at D. of
A. happen B. happened C. take place D. took place
A. spread B. spreads C. spreading D. spend
A. Even B. Even if C. If D. But
A. water B. drink C. tea D. invention
课文重点词汇和翻译
一个偶然的发明
你知道茶这种在世界上最受欢迎的( )饮料(仅次于水),是偶然( )被发明的吗?许多人认为在大约5000年前茶首次被饮用( )。据说( )一个名叫神农的中国统治者是第一个发现茶这种饮料的(人)。有一天,神农正在篝火上烧饮用水( )。一些叶子从茶树上落入( )这水里并在里面停留了一段时间( )。它发出一种香味( ),所以他尝了尝这种褐色的水。它很美味,于是世界上最受欢迎的饮料之一( )诞生了。
几千年以后,“茶圣”陆羽在他的书《茶经》中提到了神农。这本书描述了茶树是怎样被种植( )以及被用于制造茶叶的。它也讨论了最好的茶叶是在那里被生产的和使用什么样的水泡茶。
人们认为( )在6世纪和7世纪期间,茶被带到了( )韩国和日本。在英国,知道大约1660年茶才出现,但是不到100年的时间里( ),它成为看全国性的饮品。从中国到西方国家的茶叶贸易出现在19世纪。这帮助了茶和茶树普及( )到世界各地更多的地方。尽管现在很多人了解( )茶文化,但是毫无疑问( )中国人才是最懂茶的本质的人。
Grammar Focus读句子,根据首字母提示填单词,完成句子。
W1. was the zipper invented It was invented i2. 1893.
Who was it invented b3. It was i4. by Whitcomb Judson.
When was tea b5. to Korea It was brought to Korea d6. the 6th and 7th centuries.
What is the hot ice-cream scoop u7. for It’s used for s8. really cold ice-cream.
Active Voice: Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876. Passive Voice: The telephone 9. (by Alexander Graham) in 1876.