Did you ever wonder how some of your favorite foods, products or toys came about? Believe it or not, they may have been an accident, or a failure of some other intention. Below, we found three mistakes we’re thankful for turned out to be what they are.

1. Most historians hold that the Chinese invented fireworks in the 9th century when they discovered how to make gunpowder. Story has it that a Chinese cook accidentally mixed together what were then considered common kitchen items and noticed they burnt. When put tightly in a bamboo tube and lit, it blew up.

2. In May of 1886, a law led John Pemberton, a pharmacist(藥劑師), to rewrite the formula(配方) for “Pemberton’s French Wine Coca”, his popular headache treatment. Containing sugar instead of wine as a sweetener, the outcome became something for Coke, which was later mixed with carbonated(碳酸) water. His bookkeeper suggested the name Coca-Cola because he thought the two C’s would look good together, which is how what we call Coca-Cola, a world-wide drink came into being.

3. During World WarⅡ, scientists at the University of Birmingham invented the magnetron(磁控管)—an important heat-producing part of the microwave oven. While working for Raytheon Corporation after the war, the American engineer Percy Spencer was testing the magnetron when a chocolate bar in his pocket melted. He went on to test other foods including popcorn kernels(仁), and found it to be a much more efficient way to cook. In 1947 Raytheon came out with the first restaurant microwave oven, which was six feet tall and weighed 750 lbs.
【小題1】The right time order of the three inventions should be ________.

A．fireworks, the microwave and Coca-Cola
B．fireworks, Coca-Cola and the microwave
C．Coca-Cola, fireworks and the microwave
D．the microwave, Coca-Cola and fireworks
【小題2】Percy Spencer found the microwave efficient in cooking when he was ________.
A．looking for a way to melt his chocolate
B．trying to know how a magnetron could cook
C．working to know how the magnetron works
D．a(chǎn)sked to invent a restaurant microwave oven
【小題3】The underlined phrase “ blew up” might mean _______ in Chinese.
A．爆炸B．膨脹C．升華D．蒸發(fā)
【小題4】What can we learn from the above invention stories?
A．Experiments make great inventors of our time.
B．Nothing is impossible if one tries each day.
C．Inventors come out of hard work at any time.
D．A small incident may lead to a great invention.


【小題1】B
【小題2】C
【小題3】A
【小題4】D

解析【小題1】根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容大意，可知答案為B
【小題2】根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容3. During World WarⅡ, scientists at the University of Birmingham invented the magnetron(磁控管)—an important heat-producing part of the microwave oven可知答案C
【小題3】根據(jù)漢語意思和語境，可知答案為A
【小題4】根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容，可知答案為D

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科目：初中英語 來源：101網(wǎng)校同步練習　初二英語　人教社（新課標　2002－3年通過） 人教版 題型：051

閱讀Fishing Can Be Dangerous

　　Old Peter liked fishing．Whenever he had any free time he drove into the countryside, found a good place to fish, and spent a few hours fishing．The problem was that most of the best places to fish were on private land, and Peter often had to pull his rod out of the water quickly and run off with it when the owner of the land came along．

　　One day he was sitting by a river that ran through a rich man's property when he fell asleep．

　　He was awakened by a voice saying, “You'll never catch anything using that bait．”

　　Peter looked up and saw a man standing behind him．

　　“What do you mean?”Peter said．“There's nothing wrong with this bait．I always use it．I've caught thirty fish with it today already．”

　　“How interesting!” the man said．“Do you know who I am?”

　　Peter shook his head．

　　“I'm the owner of this land．”

　　Peter thought very quickly．

　　“Do you know who I am?” he asked．

　　The man shook his head．

　　“I'm the biggest liar in the country,” Peter told him．

　　And with these words he pulled his line out of the water and ran off as fast as he could．

　　Notes：

　　whenever/wen'ev+/adv．無論何時

　　private/'praivit/adj．私人的

　　rod/'r&d/n．竿

　　owner/'+un+/n．所有者

　　property/'pr&p+ti/n．財產(chǎn)

　　awakened n．(awaken的過去分詞…was awakened by…：……被……喚醒

　　bait/beit/n．誘餌

　　liar/'lai+/n．說謊者

　　line/lain/n．線

Exercises：

A．Choose the best answer to each question about the story．(根據(jù)故事內(nèi)容，選擇最佳答案)

1．Whenever Peter had some spare time he ________．

a)went for a drive in his car

b)visited his friends

c)went fishing

d)looked for some private land

2．Most of the best places to fish were ________．

a)owned by someone

b)a long way from Peter's home

c)difficult to find

d)near a river

3．Peter told the man ________．

a)not to use his bait

b)that his bait was very good

c)that he never used bait

d)that the bait wasn't any good

4．Why did Peter tell the man he was “the biggest liar in the country”?

a)He had lied to him about the fish．

b)He didn't know who he was．

c)He was using the wrong bait．

d)He wanted the man to believe he had lied(撒謊)．

B．Complete sentences將句子a)、b)、c)、d)分別與短語e)、f)、g)、h)連線，使其成為完整的句子。)

a)Peter often spent a few hours

e)the most of the best places to fish were on private land．

b)He usually fished on private land because

f)the same kind of bait．

c)He always used

g)the owner of the land arrived．

d)He often had to run away when

h)fishing in the countryside．

C．What do you like doing in your free time?

1．列舉業(yè)余時間你通常做的事：fishing, going for a drive, playing basketball, listening to the music________, ________, ________, ________, ________

2．What should we do in our spare time?Give comments評價所寫的活動

如：We should go fishing in our spare time．It’s very relaxing．

3．寫信給你的朋友告訴她/他，你業(yè)余時間喜歡做什么及原因(可以用I,…, you’ll…)。

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