Question

What do you think of the most important inventions in the world? The TV? The printing? The telephone? Or the computer? A report shows that they are not the only important inventions. Here are three other important inventions.

One of the simplest inventions is the toilet. Before toilets， waste ran into rivers from people’s houses. Illnesses were common in big cities， and it was often difficult to find clean drinking water.

Animal food is another important invention. Before the invention， most animals were killed every autumn because there was not enough food for them in winter. After hay became a kind of common animal food， animals could live through the long winter.

The third great invention is glasses. Glasses help people read， write and do “close work” after the age of forty-five. Without glasses， the world would be difficult for the people above forty-five.

Important 1.______________
Some most important inventions	The TV， the 2.________， the3.__________， the computer
Three other important inventions	Before the inventions
the 4.________	5.________ ran into rivers from people’s houses.
6._________ were common in big cities.
It was often difficult to find 7.____________ drinking water.
animal food	Most animals were killed in 8.___________ because there wasn’t enough food in winter.
9.___________	Reading， writing and “close work” would be difficult for the people over10.____________.

Answer

1.inventions

2.printing

3.telephone

4.toilet

5.Waste

6.Illnesses

7.clean

8.autumn

9.glasses

10.forty-five

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了人们一般认为电视，电话，电脑等是重要的发明，实际上，一些简单的发明也很重要，例如，抽水马桶，眼镜，和干草等。

1.根据What do you think of the most important inventions in the world?可知，世界上最重要的发明。故填。

2.根据The TV? The printing? The telephone? Or the computer? A report shows that they are not the only important inventions.可知，电视，印刷，电话，还有电脑，其实它们不是最重要的发明，故填printing。

3.细节理解题。根据The TV? The printing? The telephone? Or the computer? A report shows that they are not the only important inventions. 可知，电视，印刷，电话，还有电脑，其实它们不是最重要的发明，，故填telephone。

4.细节理解题。根据One of the simplest inventions is the toilet. Before toilets， waste ran into rivers from people’s houses. Illnesses were common in big cities， and it was often difficult to find clean drinking water.可知，一个简单的发明是厕所。在厕所，废物从人的房子里跑进河流。疾病在大城市是很常见的，它往往是很难找到干净的饮用水。故应该填toilet。

5.根据Before toilets， waste ran into rivers from people’s houses.可知垃圾从人的房子里跑进河流，故填Waste。

6.根据Illnesses were common in big cities， and it was often difficult to find clean drinking water.可知疾病在大城市是很常见的，它往往是很难找到干净的饮用水。故填Illness。

7.根据it was often difficult to find clean drinking water.可知它往往是很难找到干净的饮用水。故填clean。

8.根据Before the invention， most animals were killed every autumn because there was not enough food for them in winter.可知动物们在秋季就被杀了因为在冬季他们没有足够的食物，故填autumn。

9.根据第四种是玻璃可知，故填glasses。

10.Without glasses， the world would be difficult for the people above forty-five.可知没有眼镜，对于超过四十五岁的人们世界是很困难的，故填forty-five。

考点：考查社会现象类短文阅读。