Question

【題目】Fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格內(nèi)填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使其通順。每空格限填一詞，首字母已給）

There are so many things around us that make life more convenient. What might life be like without them? We asked our readers what they thought were the most u 【1】inventions from the past. Here are their top four.

It all starts here. If you haven't got wheels, you can't go anywhere or get anything! We need them for every type of vehicle. They take us to p【2】we have never been to and bring things fast. They’re used for operating many kinds of machines. Wheels were used as f【3】back as 3000 BC.

Imagine it’s extremely cold or extremely hot. If you want some water, you've got to go to the well or a pump（抽水機(jī)）． Or even worse， your toilet is o【4】 the house. Before indoor plumbing, people had to do this. Try to think about all the times you turn on the water in your home every day. The ancient Greeks c【5】 it nearly 4,000 years ago. Unfortunately, there are still some countries where they haven't got it.

Until 1879, candles or oil lamps were used for lighting. But then Thomas Edison developed the bulb. Walk around your home and count how many light bulbs you see. They're e【6】-even inside your fridge!

You might use one of these to do your homework, organize your schedule or read a magazine. But computers are also used for running things that you use every day. There are

t【7】computers inside cars, microwave ovens, TV sets and DVD players. Charles Babbage invented the first computing machine in 1822 but it has changed a lot since then

These are the readers' top four. What do you think is the fifth?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】useful

【2】places

【3】far

【4】outside

【5】created

【6】everywhere

【7】tiny

【解析】

很多新的發(fā)明改變了我們的生活，使我們的生活更加方便，這篇短文介紹了讀者們所認(rèn)為的最有用的四項(xiàng)發(fā)明，如輪子、室內(nèi)管道、燈泡和電腦。

【1】句意：我們問(wèn)讀者，他們認(rèn)為過(guò)去最有用的發(fā)明是什么。

根據(jù)文意和單詞的首字母可知，短文介紹的是人們認(rèn)為最有用的發(fā)明，故這里填useful，“有用的”，是一個(gè)形容詞，修飾后面的名詞invention。

【2】句意：他們帶我們?nèi)ノ覀儚膩?lái)沒(méi)有去過(guò)的地方，把東西很快帶來(lái)。

根據(jù)空后we have never been to可知，這里指“我們從來(lái)沒(méi)去過(guò)的地方”，故應(yīng)填places，注意用復(fù)數(shù)形式。

【3】句意：早在公元前3,000年，人們就開(kāi)始使用輪子了。

根據(jù)句意可知，這里表示“遠(yuǎn)在……時(shí)候”，考查短語(yǔ)as far back to…as….，故這里填far。

【4】句意：甚至更糟糕的是，你的廁所在放在的外面。

根據(jù)下句話(huà)Before indoor plumbing, people had to do this可知，在有室內(nèi)抽水機(jī)之前，人們不得不這樣，由此可知廁所以前是在外面的，故這里填outside。

【5】句意：古希臘人在將近4,000年前創(chuàng)造了它。

根據(jù)文意可知，短文介紹的是最有用的發(fā)明，結(jié)合首字母可知，應(yīng)用create“創(chuàng)造”。句中有4,000 years ago，故填過(guò)去式created。

【6】句意：他們到處都是——甚至在你的冰箱里。

根據(jù)上下文Walk around your home and count how many light bulbs you see….even inside your fridge 可知，燈泡在我們的家里到處都是，故這里填everywhere。

【7】句意：在汽車(chē)、微波爐、電視劇、DVD播放機(jī)里有微型電腦。

根據(jù)句意和單詞的首字母可知，這里考查tiny，意為“微小的”，是一個(gè)形容詞，修飾空后的computers。