1、1Module 9 Great inventions主题阅读I. 阅 读 理 解The_Dress That Turns into a Coca Cola MachineThis specially designed dress looks like a normal dress, but if you unfold it and cover yourself, you may look like a Coca vending machine (自 动 售 货 机 ). Because there are many vending machines like that on the stree
2、t, it must be easy for you to hide. If you feel that someone is following you or there is some danger, you can disappear within five seconds. But dont use it to scare your classmates. Thatll be rude.The M-Dress is a nice black dress. It is also a mobile phone. It accepts a standard SIM card and allo
3、ws the wearer to receive calls without carrying an actual phone in their pocket or purse. You just need to bring your hand to your ear when you want to answer a phone call. When you finish talking and release your hand, the call will close. It is fashionable and useful. But it will certainly be an e
4、mbarrassing moment when your dress rings in public.Air Conditioned JacketsYou will love these air-cooled jackets in summer time, when it is very hot outdoors. The jacket has fans that draw air in. The fan is powered by an inside battery. Now it is possible to spend nearly every second of your day wi
5、th cool air.1. Whats the main purpose of the first dress?A. To protect the wearer. B. To scare your classmates.C. To make the wearer look better. D. To help sell more Coca Cola.2. The underlined word release in the 2nd paragraph means_.A. put up B. put down C. put on D. put out3. The second dress is
6、 called M-Dress probably because _.A. it is made by men B. it is made for menC. it is medium-sized D. it is also a mobile phone4. The best title for the second paragraph is_.A. A Fashionable and Useful DressB. M-Dress That Is Also Your PhoneC. An Embarrassing Moment in PublicD. A Mobile Phone with a
7、 Standard SIM Card5. Which of the following is TRUE of the Air Conditioned Jackets?A. They keep you warm in winter. B. The fans must be turned by hand,C. The fans in them provide cool air. D. The ice in them makes them cool.2II. 完形填空Big schoolbags have been a big problem for students for a long time
8、. Maybe your schoolbag is too1 to carry, and it troubles you a lot 2 you want to find out a book to read. Now e-textbooks will 3 you.It is said that many Chinese middle schools are going to use e-textbooks. An e-textbook, in fact, is a small 4 for students. It is much lighter than a usual schoolbag
9、and 5 to carry. Though it is as 6 as a book, it can hold (容纳) everything for study. The students can read the text page by page on the 7 , take notes 8 the pointer(屏写笔)， or even “hand in” their 9 to their teachers by sending e-mails. All they have to do is to press a button (按开关).Some people say e-t
10、extbooks are good, but some say they may be 10 for the students eyes. What do you think of it?( ) 1. A. expensive B. heavy C. light( ) 2. A. till B. after C. when( ) 3. A. trouble B. help C. solve( ) 4. A. TV B. radio C. computer( ) 5. A. easy B. difficult C. hard( ) 6. A. smaller B. small C. harmfu
11、l( ) 7. A. paper B. keyboard C. screen( ) 8. A. with B. in C. by( ) 9. A. computer B. homework C. e-textbooks( )10. A. bad B. dangerous C. goodIII. 阅读短文，根据内容和首字母提示补全单词。Wood-block printing was invented sometime between the 4th and the 7th 1. c. _ in China. The earliest book that we have was 2, p. _ i
12、n 868 and was found in a Dunhuang cave. Wood-block printing took a long time because a new block was needed for every3. p. _ in a book. By the 11th century printed books could be 4. f. _ _ all over China. They included books of Confuciuss thoughts, dictionaries, and books on maths. In 1340, books co
13、uld be printed using two 5. c. _ , black and red.6. A _ the Chinese learnt about printing so early, printing was not introduced in other parts of the world for hundreds of years. It is thought that when the great Italian traveler Marco Polo visited China in the 13th century, he 7. s _ printed books.
14、 It is possible that Marco Polo brought that 8.k _ to Europe. But printed books did not come to Europe 9.u_ 1450 when a German called Johann Gutenberg10. i _ a printing machine. Twenty-four years later, in 1474, an Englishman called William Caxton printed the first printed book in English. His second book was about the game of chess. Caxton printed about a hundred books, and some can still be found today in museums.1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _6. _ 7. _ 8 _ 9. _ 10. _
