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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 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 .

Title : 1.________that make the world smaller
	2.________	When	How
Movable Type	3._______	In the 4._____ century	Books printed cheaply and 5.     .
Telephone	/	In 1876	The world got a lot smaller
Airplane	/	In 6._______	Making the faraway places 7.________
Satellites	The Soviet Union	In1957	Helping scientists get the information recorded by satellites .
8.________	The US	In 9._______	It has made 10._________ about anything easy to get

Answer

1. Inventions

2.Internet

3. Country

4.China

5.eleventh

6.1903

7.1969

8.easily

9.closer

10.information

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章讲的是发明改变了世界，使世界变得更小。文中主要讲了5个重要的对世界影响较大的发明。

1. makes the world become smaller? Some inventions.可知这篇文章主要是讲发明对世界的影响，所以填Inventions。

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5. Sheng invented Movable Type in China in the 11th century .可知活字印刷发明的时间在11世纪，故填eleventh。

6. Wright brothers made the first powered flight in 1903 . 可知飞机是在1903被发明的。

7. the Internet was created in 1969 ,可知因特网是在1969发明的。

8. using Movable Type , books could be printed cheaply and easily .可知此空应填easily。

9. travel has made the faraway places suddenly become a lot closer .可知此空应填closer。

10. Internet has made information about anything easy to get .可知此空应填information。

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