Question

What do you think is the most important invention? Is it telephone that helps us    to people over the world? Is it the    that lets us travel everywhere we want at high speed to meet others? An Italian writer Umberto Ecos’ answer is quite    . He thinks the most important invention is right in front of our    . What he meant is just a simple pair of glasses.

Modern eye glasses were         about 1,000 years ago. They were not just a convenient (方便的)   to read. Before glasses were invented, writers, scientists or teachers had to memorize (记住) everything if they couldn’t see properly. If they have a poor eyesight (视力), they couldn’t     well enough and couldn’t work. Glasses helped people work into their old    . If old people wanted to remember some information, they could write it down and read it with the help of    . Eye glasses were probably worn    the people who designed the first telephones and cars. So eye glasses are one of the world’s greatest inventions.

1.A. visit B. talk   C. invite D. decide

2.A. car  B. cameraC. television   D. robot

3.A. sameB. beautiful    C. strangeD. different

4.A. ears B. nose  C. eyes  D. mouth

5.A. invented   B. brokenC. found D. made

6.A. placeB. road  C. street D. way

7.A. walk B. remember   C. write D. taste

8.A. name B. friend C. house D. age

9.A. computer   B. radio C. glassesD. newspaper

10.A. with B.by   C. from  D. for

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：短文讨论了世界上最有用的发明，每个人的观点也不尽相同。意大利作家Umberto Ecos认为，最有用的发明就是我们平常戴的眼镜。眼镜能帮助人们一直工作到晚年。

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2.这是车，让我们以很快的速度行驶，以满足他人吗？A. car汽车；B. camera相机；C. television电视；D. robot机器人。结合句意可知，一定是运输工具，故答案为A。

3.

4.

5.眼镜的发明时间，故答案为A。

6.眼镜更便于阅读，故答案为D。

7.

8.

9.眼镜的作用，故答案为C。

10.被；C. from从；D. for为了。此句是一个被动语态的句子，by sb.被某人，sb.为动作的执行者，故答案为B。

考点：考查日常生活类短文。