(满分：90分，时间：80分钟)
一、单项填空(本大题有15小题，每小题1分，共15分)
在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
( A )1．—When was the telephone__________ ?
—In 1876．
A．invented B．discovered
C．found B．discovery
( B )2．Nowadays the price of the computer is__________ .Many families can afford it.
A．expensive B．low
C．cheap B．high
( C )3．It’s__________ 12 o’clock at noon.We have to go back for lunch.
A．hardly B．recently
C．nearly B．quietly
( C )4．—Excuse me, sir.Are you sure the umbrella in your hand belongs to you?
—Oh, sorry.I took it__________ .Mine is over there under the chair.
A．at once B．on time
C．by mistake B．by hand
( A )5．__________ is standing outside the school gate, but__________ knows who he is.
A．Somebody；nobody B．Somebody；somebody
C．Anybody；anybody D．Somebody；anybody
( B )6．—Could you help me with my English after school?
—__________ .
A．It’s a pleasure B．With pleasure
C．You’re welcome B．Not really
( B )7．The other day I met Mr.Smith__________ on my way home.
A．in common B．by accident
C．by the way B．in surprise
( A )8．The flower__________ and I like it very much.
A．smells good B．smells well
C．is smelled well B．is smelled good
( A )9．It seems that great changes have__________ in our town.
A．taken place B．been taken place
C．happened B．been happened
( C )10．—What did he say in his letter? Is everything OK with his father?
—No idea.He didn’t__________ his parents in the letter.
A．admire B．notice
C．mention B．express
( B )11．There are eight people in all，so I think Mr．Yang will divide us__________ four groups.
A．among B．into
C．from B．by
( D )12．—Who will win the match, can you guess?
—There is no__________ that Jane will be the winner because she is the best player.
A．project B．problem
C．reason B．doubt
( C )13．—How nice it__________ ! Mom, you must be cooking fish now.
—Yes, please wash your hands and have dinner.
A．sounds B．looks
C．smells B．tastes
( D )14．—What do you think of your English teacher?
—I like him very much.He is__________ kind__________ hardworking.
A．either；or B．neither；nor
C．not；but B．not only；but also
( C )15．She is my best friend and she often encourages me__________ hard.
A．work B．works
C．to work B．working
二、完形填空(本大题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分)
通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
How would you use a radio or a telephone if you had no electricity or batteries？These__16__ bothered (使烦恼) British inventor Trevor Baylis.So in 1996 he__17__ a windup (装有发条的) radio.It doesn’t need electricity or batteries.You wind it up__18__ hand.It plays for about an hour.Then，you wind it up__19__ .Today it’s made in South Africa.
Then in 1999，Baylis invented a mobile telephone that is powered by__20__ .The shoes contain (含有) a small battery that is powered when you__21__ .This battery is connected to a mobile phone.These two simple inventions can bring modern__22__ to all parts of the world.
Baylis doesn’t have a university degree in engineering.In__23__ ，he left high school before graduating (毕业)．He just loves__24__ things to help people.He never knows__25__ ideas will come to him.The idea for the telephone came to him in a dream.
( B )16．A.dreams B．problems
C．wonders B．ideas
( A )17．A.invented B．improved
C．borrowed B．bought
( C )18．A.in B．at
C．by B．on
( C )19．A.then B．slowly
C．again B．fast
( B )20．A.sun B．shoes
C．caps B．clothes
( B )21．A.sleep B．walk
C．rest B．eat
( A )22．A.communications B．exhibitions
C．suggestions B．chances
( A )23．A.fact B．order
C．need B．time
( C )24．A.buying B．selling
C．making B．lending
( C )25．A.while B．because
C．when B．whether
三、阅读理解(本大题有15小题，每小题2分，共30分)
阅读A、B两篇短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。
(A)
Inventions make our life easier and more interesting than before．Let’s take a look at some of the interesting inventions.
| Smart mug It’s hard to keep coffee or tea warm, especially in winter．But this smart mug from the USA can help us．The mug is made of special materials．There is an app for the mug that allows people to set the mug to a certain temperature between 48 ℃ and 62 ℃．Then, the mug keeps your coffee or tea at that temperature for about an hour. | |
| Social robot Can robots talk to us like humans? Jibo, a robot made in the USA, can talk to you．The robot has a big, round head and a big body with no eyes or mouth．It uses animated icons(动画图标) to show emotions(情绪)．It just seems like a real human．Now, Jibo can only do some easy things, like taking photos or reading news for you．But he may learn to do new things in the future. | |
| Fidget spinner(指尖陀螺) They are small plastic or metal toys with a ball in the middle．The toys cantwirl on your fingertip(指尖)．Once they are spinning(旋转)，you can put the toy anywhere else, as long as it is a flat surface, such as the nose of a pet dog．It’s very popular with young people around the world．Some people say that the little toy helps them relax. |
A．Japan B．America
C．China B．Britain
( D )27．If you want to keep your coffee in the mug warm, you can__________ .
A．boil the coffee again
B．pour more hot water into the mug
C．put the mug in a warm place
D．use the app to set a certain temperature
( C )28．From the second box, we can learn Jibo__________ .
A．is a person with a big round head
B．has big eyes and a mouth
C．can take photos and read news for people
D．can do many difficult things
( B )29．According to the third box, we can know that a fidget spinner can be made of__________ .
A．wood B．plastic
C．paper B．glass
( C )30．The underlined word “twirl” in the third box probably means “__________ ”．
A．run very fast B．jump very high
C．turn round quickly D．stand upside down
(B)
A few years ago，Masaru Ibuka，the head of Sony，was at a company planning meeting.Suddenly he had an idea.He stopped the meeting and asked everyone what would happen if Sony took away the recording function(功能) and speakers and sold headphones with a tape player instead.Almost everyone thought he was silly.Still，Ibuka kept his idea and worked at it.The result，of course，turned out to be the successful Sony Walkman(随身听)．
Good ideas often start with a really silly question.Bill Bowerman was making breakfast one day.As he stood there making cakes for his son，he asked himself what would happen if he put rubber into his mold(模具)．Later，he tried it and the result was something like the bottom of most sports shoes we see today.Still，when he took this idea to several shoe companies，he was laughed at.In fact，every single companyturned himdown .Though rather disappointed，Bowerman went on to set up his own company，making NIKE sports shoes.
We know today that each of these ideas caused a successful thing that has changed the way many of us live.The best questions are usually openended and are often “silly”．Children aren’t afraid to ask such questions，but adults usually are.Think how different the world might be if people never asked “silly” questions!
( C )31．At first，almost everyone thought Masaru’s idea was__________ .
A．good B．easy
C．silly B．excellent
( B )32．Bill Bowerman got his idea__________ .
A．at a meeting B．while he was making breakfast
C．from another company D．when sleeping
( A )33．What might the underlined phrase “turn down” in Paragraph 2 mean in Chinese?
A．“拒绝”. B．“欢迎”．
C．“调低”. B．“关闭”．
( C )34．Bowerman felt very disappointed because__________ .
A．he didn’t make a cake for his son
B．he had to set up his own company
C．no companies accepted his idea
D．he must make NIKE sports shoes by himself
( C )35．From the passage we know__________ .
A．it’s easy to make one’s idea come true
B．adults like asking openended questions
C．sometimes “silly” questions may cause successful inventions
D．one shouldn’t be afraid of being laughed at
(C)
配对阅读 左栏是五个人的购物需求，右栏是几种产品的介绍。请将这五个人的描述和产品信息进行配对。
( D )36．Bob is a middle school student.But he is often late for school．He needs to buy something to wake him up in the morning.
( G )37．Tom always gets sick because he doesn’t have time for sports．He wants to ride a bicycle to work instead of driving a car.
( A )38．It’s cold these days. Mr．White’s father isn’t in good health and he would like to buy something to make the house warm.
( C )39．Helen is a housewife. Because she was too busy，she wants to buy a machine to wash the dishes after meals.
| ( F )40．John is a businessman. He wants to travel to Europe for a week．He wants to send and receive emails from his customers during his trip. | A.Airconditioner．We have many kinds of airconditioners made in different companies.Welcome to choose the one you like and you can feel warm even in cold winter days. B．TCL 1778．If you travel to another place, you needn’t take a camera．You can use this mobile phone to take photos．You can enjoy the beautiful music on it, too. C．Dishwashing machine．It can wash and dry all kinds of dishes．It can help people save a lot of time. D．Clocks.Do you often get in trouble in getting up late in cold winter mornings? This clock can help you solve this problem.The only thing you need to do is to set the time you want to get up. E．Watches．This kind of watch looks really fashionable．It is made in Switzerland．It will tell you the time exactly wherever you go. F．Smartphones.You can not only use it to chat with your friends, but also use it to send and receive emails on the Internet. G．Bicycles.These days many young people enjoy riding bikes.It’s good for health.And it also helps to protect the environment because it can produce less air pollution than cars. |
请用适当的词完成下面的短文，每个空只能填一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。
In our everyday life, we can see inventions everywhere．It is so hard to imagine what life will be like 41．__without__ these inventions, like cars, computers, televisions and zippers．Even the smallest inventions can make a big 42．__difference__ to our lives．The barcode(条形码) is one of the 43．__most__ useful inventions．If you want to know the information of the goods, you can scan the barcode with your smartphones．But do you know how the barcode was invented？Here is something 44．__about__ it.
In 1948, an owner of a small food store found 45．__it__ difficult to record the inventory(详细目录) and prices of his goods．46．__So__ he turned to the Drexel Institute of Technology．He wanted to find a way to 47．__solve__ the problem．The good news was that Bernard Silver took up the challenge and began working on it．At last Bernard Silver and a group of students from the institute set 48．__up__ a barcode system to solve the problem．To protect the invention, Bernard and one of his classmates decided to get a patent(专利权)．It 49．__took__ them about three years．50．__Finally__ ，on October 7th, 1952, they got the patent．And the invention is more and more widely used in the world.
五、读写综合(本大题为A、B两部分，共20分)
A．信息归纳(共5小题，每小题1分，共5分)
请阅读一篇有关发明的短文，根据所提供的信息，完成信息卡。
What makes the world become smaller？Some inventions.It began in the 11th century，but it has developed greatly in the last century.Let’s take a look at the five top inventions.
Movable type(活字印刷)：By using movable type，books could be printed cheaply and easily.Bi Sheng invented movable type in China in the 11th century.
Telephone：The inventor Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call in 1876．“Mr.Watson，come here.I want you，” he said to his assistant(助手) over the phone line.And with those famous words，the world was about to get much smaller.
Airplane：The Wright brothers made the first powered flight in 1903．Air travel has made the faraway places suddenly become a lot closer.
Satellites(卫星)：The Soviet Union sent up the world’s first satellite in 1957．This began the Space Age.Satellites have helped scientists study the Earth.Much of our knowledge of the world has come from the information recorded by satellites.
Internet：When the Internet was created in 1969，only a few people knew about it.But more than 650 million people in the world use it now.The Internet has made information about anything easy to get.
Information Card
| Title(题目)：51．__The Inventions Make the World Smaller__ | |||||
| The top inventions | Movable type | Tele phone | Airplane | Satellites | Internet |
| 52．Where__ | China | the Soviet Union | the USA | ||
| When | 53．__in the 11th cen tury__ | in 1876 | in 1903 | in 1957 | in 1969 |
| How | Books were printed cheaply and easily. | The world got a lot smaller. | Making the faraway places closer. | 54．He lping scien tists study the Earth__ . | Making 55．in forma tion__ about anything easy to get. |
根据要求完成短文写作。
计算机在我们的工作、生活中的作用越来越大。你知道计算机的起源与发展吗？请就计算机的发明时间(1946年)、大小、用途等方面，谈一谈它的发展变化，并说明你对未来计算机的畅想。
作文要求：1．意思连贯，语句通顺；2．不少于80词；短文的开头已给出(不计入总词数)。
Computers are becoming more and more important in our daily life.Do you know the history and the changes of computers？Computer was invented in 1946．At that time，The machine was huge and it was as large as a big house.It weighed about 30 tons.
The computer is a very useful tool in our life，in our study as well as in our work.For example，it can send some messages to foreign friends by email.It can open our eyes to let us know more.It is the most helpful invention in the world.Computers have many functions(功能)．We can listen to music or play games on the computer.It makes us relax.
It’s hard to imagine what our life would be like if we had no computers in our daily life.And in my opinion，computers are going to change our life completely in the near future.__
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