1、1Module 9 Great inventions综合能力演练I. 单项选择。1 Whats the shirt _, Tim? CottonAmade of Bmade by Cmade from Dmade in2Children are paid for doing some housework _they can learn how to make money for their own useAbecause Bas soon as Cso that Dbefore3“Food Safety”has become one of the hottest topics recently
2、.Yeah, it receives Internet hits(点击) a day.Athousands Bthousand of Cthousands of Dten thousands4 May I _ your bike? I left my book at home and I want to get it Sure. Heres the keyAborrow Bkeep Clend Dturn5 _that China has the largest number of mobile phone users I believe soIt seems that everyone ha
3、s one except the babyASomeone said BThey told me CIts said DI was said6What a nice day! We should go sighting watching TV in the hotel.Abecause of Binstead of Ctogether with Dexcept for7 Why are these shoes so expensive，madam? Because now things made _ are much dearer than those made by machineAat h
4、and Bin hand Cby hand D. with hand8 Would you like to go to movies with us? Id love to, _ I cantI have to attend an important meetingAor Bbut Cfor Dwhen9Please put _the pictures the wallAon; up Boff; on Cup; on Don; off10 Can you sing this English song? Of course，I canIt _ many times on the radioAta
5、ught Bhas taught Cis taught Dhas been taught11My father likes to _ the news online every dayAlook through Blook up Ctake through Dtake up12My cousin told me he could eat three big apples _.Aat time Bat a time Csome time Dsome times13Take good care of my camera. I promise _ after it wellAlook Blooks
6、Cto look Dbe looked14Mike _ his computer and checked his e-mail Aturned on Bturned off Cturned up Dturned down15I think books _ by computers in the near future Areplace Bwill replace Cwill be replaced Dare replaced. 完形填空。2Using computers is part of our life 1 the Internet, we can read news, plan hol
7、idays，pay bills，make 2 ，play games and so onBut for some people，once they are onto the Internet，they just cant stopIt 3 that 51% of men and 42% of women think Internet is one reason why theyre not getting enough 4 ! Because they have the online experience，68% of Internet addicts(上瘾的人) say they have
8、5 time to stay with their family or visit their friends face-to-face than beforeSome students 6 have Internet addictionOften these students stay 7 school and home，throw their homework away，and just play games in the Internet CafesThey 8 the screens straight；their fingers hit buttons quickly 9 ，they
9、shout loudly and jump from their seats when they win or lose in the gamesThese“gamers”play games most of the day， then think about them for 10 of the day and dream about them in bed at nightThey soon become 11 and wont talk with othersThey think about nothing 12 the results of the games they have go
10、tThey prefer playing computer games to 13 Computers are now their 14 friendsThat makes their parents 15 If we can use computers in a right way，our life will be better and better1AOn BIn CAt2Afriend Bmistakes Cfriends3Awas reported Bis reported Creports4Asleep Bsleeping Cfriends5Amore Bless Clittle6A
11、either Balso Ctoo7Aaway Bfar Caway from8Awatch Bsee Clook9AAt times BSome times CSome time10Aothers Banother Cthe rest11Aalone Blonely Cloneliness12Aexcept Bbesides Cbeside13Astudy Bstudying Cto study14Abest Bthe best Cwell15Ato worry Bworrying CworriedIII. 阅读理解。AToday，roller skating(滑旱冰 ) is easy a
12、nd funBut，before 1750，the idea of roller skating didnt exist(存在 )That changed because of a man named Joseph MerlinMerlins work was making musical instrumentsOne day Merlin received an invitation to attend a music partyHe was very pleased and a little excitedAs the day of the party came nearMerlin be
13、gan to think how to make a grand entrance(隆重登场) at the partyHe had an ideaHe thought he would get a lot of attention if he could skate into the roomMerlin tried different ways to make himself rollFinally，he decided to put two wheels under each shoeThese were the first roller skates in the worldMerli
14、n was very proud of his invention and dreamed of arriving at the party on wheels while playing the violin3On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violinEveryone was surprised to see himThere was just one problemMerlin had no way to stop his roller skatesHe rolled on and on，
15、suddenly，he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wallDown fell the mirror，breaking into piecesNobody forgot Merlins entrance!1The idea of roller skating didnt exist _Auntil 1750 Bafter 1750 Csince 1750 Dfrom 17502What was the job of Joseph Merlin?AMaking shoesBMaking toysCMaking mirrorsDMa
16、king musical instruments3Merlin didnt _ at the partyAplay the violinBhave any ways to stop his roller skatesCroll into the roomDget a lot of attention4Merlin stopped rolling when _Ahe wanted to stopBhe ran to the windowChe ran into the mirrorDhe knocked someone5Which is the best title of the passage
17、?AHow to use the roller skatesBMerlin and the first roller skatesCHow to make musical instrumentsDMerlin and the first violinBGeorge Stephenson(17811848)，a famous British inventor，made the first train in 1825，using a steam engineWhen he was experimenting on the train，he met with troubles from the go
18、vernment, the newspapers and the gentlemen in the countryThey said that the noise and the smoke would kill cows，horses and sheep，that the engine would burst or that the hot coals from it would set fire to their housesPeople believed what they saidGeorge Stephenson told the people that the train coul
19、d go on small rails，could pull carriages full of goods and passengers and that there was no great harm to themIt was a very difficult matter for him to make them believeHowever，after some time he was able to do it and the first train that was driven by George Stephenson himself proved what he had sa
20、idOn the train，there was a new steam engineIt was invented by him and was proved a complete successThe first day when the train ran on the rails，people along the way heard the noise of the train in the distance，and saw it running quickly to themThey thought it was a genie(妖怪)They ran quickly home fo
21、r fear and closed their doors tightlyThey did not dare to come out until it had passedA week later an old woman even said that her hen 4had been so frightened that it hadnt laid any eggs for three days6During the experiment with the engine on the train，the troubles that George Stephenson faced came
22、from _Which is NOT true?Athe government Bthe newspapers Cthe gentlemen Dthe family7People believed _Athe train could go on small railsBthe train could pull carriages full of goods and passengersCthe noise and the smoke from the train would kill cows, horses and sheepDthe train did no great harm to t
23、hem8The first day when the train ran on the rails，people along the way were _Ainterested in the inventionBgreatly frightenedCrunning quickly to itDproud of the invention9People ran quickly back home because they thought_Aa genie was coming to themBthe train would burstCthe train would set fire to th
24、eir housesDthe train would kill them10This passage tells us something about _Ahow to invent the trainBthe life of George StephensonCthe troubles George Stephenson faced in his inventionDthe use of the engine on the trainIV、书面表达。根据所给提示，写一篇有关“汉堡包”发明的文章。要求不少于 70 词。提示：1以前人们吃面包、肉和蔬菜；2一位欧洲人在面包中间加入肉和蔬菜；3一位
25、来自德国汉堡(Hamburg)的人把它带到了美国，被叫做“汉堡” ；4很受人们的喜爱，尤其是年轻人。_【答案与解析】I. 单项选择。1. C。 be made of 和be made from都有“由制成”的意思，be made of 是可以看出原材料的，而be made from是看不出原材料的，由句意“衬衫由棉花制成” ，是看不出原材料的，所以答案为C。2. C。so that意为“为的是，以便” ，符合题意。as soon as意为“一就” 。3. C。本题考查数词的用法。thousand 表示确定数目时用单数；表示概数时常与 of 连用，且thousand 用复数。thousands
26、of 意为“数以千计的” ，故选 C。 4. A。borrow意为“借入” ；lend意为“借给” ，根据句意“我可以借你的自行车吗”？可知选A。5. C。Its said that意为“据说” 。6. B。本题考查词组辨析。because of 意为“因为” ；instead of 意为“代替” ；together with 意5为“一起” ；except for 意为“除了” ，结合句意“多好的天气啊！我们应该去观光而不是呆在酒店里看电视” ，可知答案为B。7. C。by hand意为“用手工（制造） ”，符合句意。8. B。题空前后是转折关系，因此选but。9. C。put on意为“穿
27、上” ，put up意为“张贴” ；put off意为“脱掉，延期” ；结合句意“请把照片贴在墙上” ，所以答案为C。 10. D。it指代this English song，它与“教”应该是被动关系，所以选C或D；又根据句意“它已经被教过很多次了” ，可知选现在完成时，答案为D。11. A。look through意为“浏览” ，look up意为“查字典” ，由句意“我的父亲喜欢在网上浏览新闻” ，可知选A。12. B。at a time意为“一次，每次” 。由句意“每次吃三个大苹果”可知选B。13. C。promise sb.to do sth.意为“答应某人做某事” ，结合句意“我答应
28、好好照看它” ，所以答案为D。14. A。turn on意为“打开” ，符合句意。turn off意为“关闭” ；turn up意为“调大音量” ；turn down意为“调小音量” 。15. C。be replaced by意为“被取代” 。结合句意“我认为书本将在不远的将来被计算机取代”可知应该用一般将来时的被动语态，所以选C。. 完形填空。1A。在网上，用介词 on，属于固定搭配。句意“在网上，我们可以看新闻，计划假期” 。2C。friend“朋友” ；mistake“错误” 。make friends 意为“交朋友” ；make mistakes 意为“犯错误” 。根据句意可知此处应该
29、是交朋友，而不是犯错误，故选 C。3B。It is reported的意思是“据报道” ，是固定句型。4A。sleep 意为“睡眠” ；sleeping 意为“正在睡觉的” ；friend 意为“朋友” 。因为上文提到通过网络可以交朋友，所以此句应为“因特网是他们不能得到足够睡眠的原因之一” 。5B。句子有 than 可知用比较级。由句意“他们有更少的时间”可知选 B。6B。either 意为“也” ，用于否定句；also 意为“也” ，常用于肯定句中；too 意为“也” ，常用于肯定句句末。句意为“一些学生也有网瘾” 。7C。stay away from 意为“远离” 。8A。watch 意
30、思是“观看、注视” ，用来指注视移动着的物体，如看电视、看球赛等；see“看见” ，强调看的结果；look“看” ，强调看的动作。这里指看屏幕，故选 A。9A。 at times 有时候；some times 几次；some time 一些时间。根据“they shout loudly and jump from their seats when they win or lose in the games ”可知此处是有时候这样。故选 A。10C。others 指“其他的人或物” ，只能作代词，常用来表泛指，相当于 other+名词复数；another“另外一个” ；the rest“其余的，
31、余下的” 。由句意“这些打游戏的人一天大部分时间在打游戏，余下的时间在想着游戏” ，可知应该选 C。11B。alone 单独的；lonely 孤独的；loneliness 孤独。由“wont talk with others 不和别人说话”可知，他们变得孤独，become 是系动词，后面加形容词。故选 B。12A。except 除了(不包括除去的内容)；besides 除了(包括除去的内容)；beside 在旁边。由“They think about nothing.the results of the games they have got”可知选 A。13B。prefer doing A
32、to doing B 是固定搭配，意为“相比于做 B 更喜欢做 A”。14A。分析句子成分可知，此处是形容词最高级，所以排除 C；形容词最高级前有形容词性物主代词时，不加 the。故选 A。15C。根据 make sbdo sth.意为“让某人做某事” ，可排除 A、B；make sb. +形容词，意为“让某人怎么样” 。由句意“那会让父母担心” ，可知应该选 C。6III. 阅读理解。A1A。根据第一段第二句“before 1750，the idea of skating didnt exist(存在)”可知，1750 年以前，滑旱冰的想法还不存在，故可推知“直到 1750 年，滑旱冰的想法
33、才出现” ，notuntil意为“直到才” 。2D。根据第一段最后一句“Merlins work was making musical instruments ”可知，Merlin 的工作是制作音乐器材。3B。根据第四段第四句“Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates”可知，Merlin 没有办法停下旱冰鞋。no 相当于“notany” 。4C。根据第四段倒数第三句“He rolled on and on，suddenly，he ran into a huge mirror”可知，Merlin 转着转着就撞到了墙上的一面大镜子上，故可推测 Merl
34、in 停了下来。5B。通读全文可知，文章讲述的是 Merlin 和他制作的第一双旱冰鞋，B 正合此意。B6. D。根据第一段第二句 “he met with troubles from the government，the newspapers and the gentlemen in the country ”，可知答案。7. C。根据第一段第三句“They said that the noise and the smoke would kill cows，horses and sheep”，可知答案。8. B。根据第四段第三句“They ran quickly home for fear”
35、 ，可知他们很害怕。9. A。根据第四段第二句“They thought it was a genie(妖怪) ”，可知答案。10. C。根据文章中提到的 George Stephenson 在发明火车时面临的来自各方的压力，及人们以为火车是妖怪等，可推断出答案。IV. 书面表达。One possible version: There was no hamburger in the world before. People ate bread, meat and vegetables. One day a European put several pieces of meat and some
36、 fresh vegetables between two pieces of bread. He ate it and it tasted delicious. So this kind of food was invented in this way. Later a man from the city of Hamburg in Germany brought it to America. And soon it became a kind of popular American food. Now many people, especially young people, like hamburgers very much.
