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一、根据中文或首字母提示写出单词。
1. Many modern ________（发明）have made a great difference in our life.
2. This ________（章节）is a beautiful description of the scenery in autumn.
3. She will have an ________（面试）next week for a teaching job in London.
4. These artworks were all made by h________. How beautiful they are!
5. His brother took part in a c________ this morning.
1. Many modern ________（发明）have made a great difference in our life.
2. This ________（章节）is a beautiful description of the scenery in autumn.
3. She will have an ________（面试）next week for a teaching job in London.
4. These artworks were all made by h________. How beautiful they are!
5. His brother took part in a c________ this morning.
答案
1. inventions 2. passage 3. interview 4. hand 5. competition
二、用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. I ________（meet）him on the street the other day.
2. He often ________（shop）online. He ________（search）for information about shopping now.
3. — Did you see a man with sunglasses pass by just now?
— Sorry, I didn't. I ________（chat）with my friends.
4. Look! The rain ________（stop）. Let's go on working.
5. Tom said the Earth ________（travel）around the Sun.
6. There are some ________（different）between these two pictures.
7. The old man ________（step）out silently last night.
8. When Mum came home, Ruby ________（play）the piano in the living room.
1. I ________（meet）him on the street the other day.
2. He often ________（shop）online. He ________（search）for information about shopping now.
3. — Did you see a man with sunglasses pass by just now?
— Sorry, I didn't. I ________（chat）with my friends.
4. Look! The rain ________（stop）. Let's go on working.
5. Tom said the Earth ________（travel）around the Sun.
6. There are some ________（different）between these two pictures.
7. The old man ________（step）out silently last night.
8. When Mum came home, Ruby ________（play）the piano in the living room.
答案
1. met 2. shops; is searching 3. was chatting 4. has stopped 5. travels 6. differences 7. stepped 8. was playing
三、选词填空。
not look like probable south allow young
Tyler is a boy from 1. ____________ California. At the age of 9, he became the 2. ____________ person in recorded history to reach the top of Aconcagua, which is about 6,962 metres high. “You can really see the world's atmosphere up there. All the clouds are under you and it's really cold,” he said. “It 3. ____________ a kid's drawing of a mountain. It's 4. ____________ as big as a house at the top.” Only 30 per cent of the 7,000 applicants 5. ____________ to climb Aconcagua each year.
not look like probable south allow young
Tyler is a boy from 1. ____________ California. At the age of 9, he became the 2. ____________ person in recorded history to reach the top of Aconcagua, which is about 6,962 metres high. “You can really see the world's atmosphere up there. All the clouds are under you and it's really cold,” he said. “It 3. ____________ a kid's drawing of a mountain. It's 4. ____________ as big as a house at the top.” Only 30 per cent of the 7,000 applicants 5. ____________ to climb Aconcagua each year.
答案
1. Southern 2. youngest 3. doesn't look like 4. probably 5. are allowed
四、阅读理解。〔人与社会——历史、社会与文化〕
About eight hundred years ago, a man in southern Turkey invented an amazing clock. It was more than 7 metres high. At its base was a life - size model elephant.
Every half an hour, something amazing happened. The whole clock came alive: Model birds, dragons, and people started to move.
The clock's inventor was an engineer named Al - Jazari. He lived in Turkey. He was one of the greatest engineers in history. Some historians call him the “Father of Modern - day Engineering”.
We know about Al - Jazari from a book that he wrote. ▲ They include clocks and hand - washing machines. The book also has drawings that show how each machine works.
Many everyday things today—from toys to car engines—still use Al - Jazari's ideas. Without his machines with moving parts, we might not have modern - day robots.
Today, it is still possible to see what Al - Jazari's elephant clock looked like. A full - size working model is in Dubai's Ibn Battuta Mall. There, every half an hour, Al - Jazari's most amazing invention comes to life once again.
How does the elephant clock work?
A bowl with a small hole floats in a water tank inside the elephant's body. As the bowl slowly sinks, it pulls a rope that moves a human figure. His moving pen shows the number of minutes past the hour.
Every half an hour, the water bowl becomes full and sinks completely. This causes a ball to fall from the top of the clock. The movement of the ball causes a phoenix to move and make a sound.
The ball then drops out of a falcon's mouth into the mouth of a Chinese dragon. The weight of the ball causes the dragon's head to move down and the dragon's tail pulls the water bowl back up.
Finally, the ball drops out of the dragon's mouth and into a vase. As the ball lands in the vase, the elephant driver moves and makes a sound. The cycle begins again until there are no more balls in the top of the clock.
1. Why is Al - Jazari called the “Father of Modern - day Engineering”?
A. His ideas are still widely used in machines.
B. The elephant clock is an amazing invention.
C. His inventions include some parts of modern robots.
D. His book about machines is still popular with readers.
2.（创新考法·语篇逻辑题）Choose the best sentence to fill in the blank “▲ ” in Paragraph 3.
A. He became famous when he was young.
B. He invented a lot of everyday machines in history.
C. It describes a number of machines in all shapes and sizes.
D. People in Turkey enjoy reading his books in their free time.
3. What does the underlined word “This” in Paragraph 8 refer to?
A. The pen moves.
B. The ball drops.
C. The bowl sinks completely.
D. The bowl pulls the rope.
4.（创新考法·信息排序题）How does the elephant clock work? Put the steps in the correct order.
a. The ball drops into the vase.
b. The ball drops into the dragon's mouth.
c. The elephant driver moves and makes a sound.
d. After 30 minutes, a ball starts to fall from the top.
e. The bowl moves down in the water and pulls a rope.
A. b - d - a - c - e
B. e - d - b - a - c
C. a - e - b - d - c
D. c - a - d - e - b
About eight hundred years ago, a man in southern Turkey invented an amazing clock. It was more than 7 metres high. At its base was a life - size model elephant.
Every half an hour, something amazing happened. The whole clock came alive: Model birds, dragons, and people started to move.
The clock's inventor was an engineer named Al - Jazari. He lived in Turkey. He was one of the greatest engineers in history. Some historians call him the “Father of Modern - day Engineering”.
We know about Al - Jazari from a book that he wrote. ▲ They include clocks and hand - washing machines. The book also has drawings that show how each machine works.
Many everyday things today—from toys to car engines—still use Al - Jazari's ideas. Without his machines with moving parts, we might not have modern - day robots.
Today, it is still possible to see what Al - Jazari's elephant clock looked like. A full - size working model is in Dubai's Ibn Battuta Mall. There, every half an hour, Al - Jazari's most amazing invention comes to life once again.
How does the elephant clock work?
A bowl with a small hole floats in a water tank inside the elephant's body. As the bowl slowly sinks, it pulls a rope that moves a human figure. His moving pen shows the number of minutes past the hour.
Every half an hour, the water bowl becomes full and sinks completely. This causes a ball to fall from the top of the clock. The movement of the ball causes a phoenix to move and make a sound.
The ball then drops out of a falcon's mouth into the mouth of a Chinese dragon. The weight of the ball causes the dragon's head to move down and the dragon's tail pulls the water bowl back up.
Finally, the ball drops out of the dragon's mouth and into a vase. As the ball lands in the vase, the elephant driver moves and makes a sound. The cycle begins again until there are no more balls in the top of the clock.
1. Why is Al - Jazari called the “Father of Modern - day Engineering”?
A. His ideas are still widely used in machines.
B. The elephant clock is an amazing invention.
C. His inventions include some parts of modern robots.
D. His book about machines is still popular with readers.
2.（创新考法·语篇逻辑题）Choose the best sentence to fill in the blank “▲ ” in Paragraph 3.
A. He became famous when he was young.
B. He invented a lot of everyday machines in history.
C. It describes a number of machines in all shapes and sizes.
D. People in Turkey enjoy reading his books in their free time.
3. What does the underlined word “This” in Paragraph 8 refer to?
A. The pen moves.
B. The ball drops.
C. The bowl sinks completely.
D. The bowl pulls the rope.
4.（创新考法·信息排序题）How does the elephant clock work? Put the steps in the correct order.
a. The ball drops into the vase.
b. The ball drops into the dragon's mouth.
c. The elephant driver moves and makes a sound.
d. After 30 minutes, a ball starts to fall from the top.
e. The bowl moves down in the water and pulls a rope.
A. b - d - a - c - e
B. e - d - b - a - c
C. a - e - b - d - c
D. c - a - d - e - b
答案
1~4. ACCB
