Ⅰ. 看图,查阅书籍或者上网查找资料,写出它们的英文名以及被发明的时间。
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Ⅰ. 1. television, 1927
2. telephone, 1876
3. zipper, 1893
4. washing machine, 1858
5. basketball, 1891

Ⅱ. 阅读理解。
No one knows who invented pencils or when it happened. A Swiss described a pencil in his book in 1565. He said it was a piece of wood with lead（铅）inside it. Pencils weren't popular, and people continued to write with pens. They used bird feathers as pens.
Then, someone started making pencils from graphite（石墨）, and they became very popular.
People wrote with feather pens and then used pens with metal（金属的）points. They had to dip（蘸）the point into ink after every few letters. Next, someone invented a fountain pen that could hold ink inside it. A fountain pen can write several pages before you have to fill it again.
Two Hungarians, László Biró and his brother, invented the ballpoint pen. English pilots liked the pens. They couldn't write with fountain pens in airplanes because the ink leaked out. Later, a French company called Bic improved Biró's ballpoint design.
Some people call ballpoint pens "Bics". Some people call them "Biros". Whatever we call them, we use them every day.
()1. A described a pencil in 1565.
A. Canadian
B. German
C. Swiss
()2. The first pens were .
A. feathers
B. stone
C. graphite
()3. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. A fountain pen can hold ink inside it.
B. Ballpoint pens are good for writing in airplanes.
C. People don't use ballpoint pens every day.
()4. What's the main idea of this passage?
A. We use pens and pencils every day.
B. Pens and pencils are very useful inventions.
C. There were many kinds of pens before ballpoint pens.

Ⅱ. 1.C 2.A 3.C 4.B