Ⅷ. Read and choose.(车轮的发明给我们的生活带来哪些变化呢？请读一读，选择正确的选项。)
Long long ago, people had no wheels. It was very hard for them to carry heavy things.
They walked and carried things by hand. Travelling was slow and tiring. One day, some clever people found a round tree trunk(树干). It could roll(滚动) easily on the ground. Then, they had a great idea. They made the first wheel. The wheel is one of the greatest inventions in the world. With wheels, people can make carts(马车), bikes, cars and buses. Heavy things become easy to move. We can travel far and fast. Today, wheels are everywhere. They help us in our daily life(日常生活) all the time. Our life becomes easy and colourful because of the great wheel.
()1. What did people use to carry things long ago?
A. Wheels. B. Hands. C. Bikes.
()2. What could the round tree trunk do?
A. Roll easily. B. Fly high. C. Swim fast.
()3. What is the wheel?
A. A kind of fruit. B. A great invention. C. A cute animal.
()4. Which thing has wheels according to the passage?
A. Buses. B. Desks. C. Books.
()5. How do wheels help our life?
A. Make life hard. B. Make life easy. C. Make life noisy.

1. B 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. B

【分析】本题为英语阅读理解选择题，解题思路是先通读短文掌握大意，再针对每个小题的问题，在短文中定位对应关键语句，逐一匹配选项得出答案。
【解析】1. 定位原文“Long long ago...They walked and carried things by hand.”，可知很久以前人们用手搬东西，对应选项B；2. 定位原文“some clever people found a round tree trunk...It could roll easily on the ground.”，可知圆树干容易滚动，对应选项A；3. 定位原文“The wheel is one of the greatest inventions in the world.”，可知轮子是伟大的发明，对应选项B；4. 定位原文“With wheels, people can make carts, bikes, cars and buses.”，选项中只有buses有轮子，对应选项A；5. 定位原文“Our life becomes easy and colourful because of the great wheel.”，可知轮子让生活变得容易，对应选项B。
【答案】1.B 2.A 3.B 4.A 5.B
【知识点】英语阅读理解、细节理解题
【点评】本题围绕轮子的发明展开，均为细节理解类题目，难度较低，学生只需仔细阅读短文并找到对应信息即可作答，能有效锻炼学生提取文本关键信息的能力。
【难度系数】0.8