一、用括号中所给词的适当形式填空。
1. Leonardo da Vinci was famous not only as an artist, but also as an (invent).
2. It's well-known that Qian Xuesen is one of the (science) that devote themselves to our country.
3. Lao She was a great writer and he was (especial) famous for his play *Teahouse*.
4. — Who is the young man over there? — He is one of Brazil's top (class) pianists.
5. The soldiers(士兵) in the Red Army were all true (fight) and they were never afraid of any enemy and fought till the end.
6. It was Christopher Columbus who (discover) America.
7. Is the man smoking at the gate a (Europe)?
8. The life we are used to (change) a lot during the past few years.

1. inventor 2. scientists 3. especially 4. classical 5. fighters 6. discovered 7. European 8. has changed

二、单项选择。
1. (2025·扬州市仪征市模拟)— I think the washing machine is a wonderful .
— I can't agree more. It sets many housewives free.

A.introduction
B.instruction
C.invitation
D.invention

1. D

2. — Simon, do you know who invented the kite?
— Sure! It by Mozi over 2,000 years ago.

A.is invented
B.invented
C.was invented
D.will be invented

2. C

3. — Have you Zhang Lili?
— Yes. She is known as the most beautiful woman teacher in China.

A.heard of
B.heard from
C.heard out
D.heard for

3. A

4. do you think is the greatest composer ?

A.Who; in the history
B.Who; in history
C.What; in the history
D.What; in history

4. B

5. — Who do you admire most?
— Qian Xuesen. He was the pioneer of China's space technology programme.

A.That is not the end of his story.
B.He is unknown to all of us.
C.He was the first Chinese astronaut.
D.I admire him most.

5. D

6. — The short film is really amazing! How did they make it so perfect?
— Our teacher led a team of students. They the whole story, shot the scenes, and edited the video all by themselves.

A.discovered
B.created
C.found
D.invented

6. B

三、词汇运用。
Born in 701, Li Bai was one of the 1. (great) poets of the Tang dynasty. At the age of 24, he left his home and started to travel around China. In his life, he wrote over one thousand poems about nature, friendship and many other 2. (wonder) things.
"To Wang Lun" is one of Li Bai's poems. It is about his friendship with Wang Lun, an important person to him. It is said that Wang Lun respected Li Bai for his talent and 3. (dream) of seeing him. When he heard that Li Bai was travelling to a place nearby, he wrote a letter to Li Bai and invited him 4. (visit) his home town. In the letter, Wang Lun pictured his home town as a place with ten 5. (thousand) wine houses.
Li Bai couldn't find the scenes 6. (describe) by Wang Lun when he arrived. Wang Lun explained that "wan" was the family name of the wine house 7. (own). Li Bai laughed about Wang Lun's little trick. He understood that Wang Lun 8. (true) wanted to see him and the two 9. (become) good friends.
It is known that Li Bai and the other poets of the Tang dynasty have left many great poems to us. Together they created the "golden age" of 10. (classic) Chinese poetry and they will always be remembered by Chinese people.

1. greatest 2. wonderful 3. dreamt 4. to visit 5. thousand 6. described 7. owner 8. truly 9. became 10. classical