A rich young man decided that he would like to do some diving(潜水) in the sea, so he bought a diving suit and all the other things that he needed, and took some lessons at a diving school. Then one day he walked into the water by himself and began to explore(探索) the bottom(底部)of the sea. He saw a lot of beautiful fish and other things, and then, after half an hour, he suddenly saw a man waving(摇动)his arms and legs around wildly near the bottom of the sea. He was wearing only a bathing suit. The rich young man was very surprised to see him, so he took out a plastic notebook and a special pencil, which could write under water, and wrote, “What are you doing here?” He showed the notebook to the other man, who then took the pencil and wrote, “Drowning!”(溺水)
1.What did the rich young man want to do?
A. driving B. diving C. walking
2. How did he prepare himself for this?
A. He bought all the things needed for diving.
B. He took a diving lesson.
C. both A andB
3.What did he first see at the bottom of the ocean?
A. some fish B. some plants C. a man with a bathing suit
4.What did he see later?
A. some sea animals B . a man with a bathing suit C. some rocks
5.What was the other man doing?
A. swimming B . diving C.. drowning
Let's look at two old but popular inventions we use in our daily life.
Band-Aids(创可贴)
The first Band-Aid was made by American Earle Dickson in 1921.The idea came to him by chance. Dickson's wife often cut her fingers in the kitchen. At that time gauze(纱布) and adhesive tape (胶带)didn't come together. People had to cut them to the right size. Dickson found they were always too big and soon fell off. So he put a piece of gauze on the centre of a piece of tape. This is how he made the first Band-Aid.Later,Dickson's new inventions became very popular all around the world.
Bubble gum(泡泡糖)
Bubble gum was invented by accident. In 1928,American gum company worker Walter E. Diemer played around with new chewing gum recipes(口香糖配方). Chewing gum had already been invented more than half a century before then. But Diemer found that the gum he made was easy to blow. He blew a bubble and then saw the possibilities. He took some of his new gum to a shop and it sold out in a single afternoon. Since then,Dubble Bubble—the first brand of bubble gum—has made kids happy all around the world.
1.Dickson's wife often ________ in the kitchen.
A. hurt her fingers
B. made bubble gum
C. played with new recipes
2.Before the Band-Aid was invented,________.
A. people had to cut the gauze and adhesive tape to the right size
B. people had to cover the cut with a piece of cloth
C. people had to be careful to cut the gauze quite big
3.Bubble gum was invented by ________.
A.a doctor B. a gum company worker C. a housewife
4.Bubble gum was invented around ________ years after chewing gum was invented.
A.30 B.50 C.80
5.Diemer's bubble gum sold out during ________.
A. a day B. a morning C. an afternoon
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先通读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从A、B、C三个选项中选择最佳答案。
Cars are very popular in America. When the kids are fourteen years old. They dream of having their own ______. Many students work after school to _____ a car. In most places _____ people learn to drive in high school. They have to take a _____ test to get a license. Learning to drive and getting a driver’s ______ may be one of the most exciting things in their lives. For many, that piece of paper is an important symbol(象征)that they are now grown-ups.
Americans seem to love their cars almost more than anything else. People almost never go to see a doctor when they are _______. But they will take _____ cars to a “hospital” at the smallest sign of a problem. At weekends, people ______ most of the time in washing and waxing(打蜡) their cars. For some families it is not enough to have _____ car. They often have two or even three. Husbands need a car to go to work. Housewives need a car to go shopping or to take the children to school or _______ activities.
1.A. cars B. computers C. bikes
2.A. borrow B. buy C. lend
3.A. old B. tall C. young
4.A. language B. listening C. driving
5.A. address B. license C book
6.A. sick B. healthy C. pleased
7.A. his B. her C.. their
8.A. cost B. take C. spend
9.A. no B. one C. some
10.A. other B. another C. others
How great the driver was! He ______ to avoid an accident this morning.
A. managed B. refused C. continued
Ann, you ______ shut the door, or the rain will come in.
A. must B. can’t C. mustn’t
Our school library is very beautiful and it _______ last year.
A. builds B. . was built C. is built