Question

Inventors are always looking for ways to make our lives easier, greener and more fun. Here are just a few examples of inventions.

                                                 Crayons were invented by Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith. They had a paint company in New York City. The new crayons were made of wax（蠟）and different pigments（顏料）. In 1903,Binney and Smith put the first box of eight“Crayola Crayons”on the market. These new crayons were a great success. 

                                Remote control technology(遙控技術(shù))has been used since the early 1930s. During World War1, Germans used remote control boats. The TV remote control was first put on the market in 1950. Zenith Radio Company created the first TV remote control, called the “l(fā)azy Bone”. It could turn the TV on and off and could change programs.

       Bow Lingual（犬語翻譯機），named by the US

Time Magazine as a “BEST invention of 2002”，

has two parts. A microphone is tied to the dog’s neck and sends out sound information to the gadget（小掛件）held by the owner. Then the translation is done in the gadget with kinds of dog barks.

          Some students in South Korea have a new language teacher :an robot of English-teaching ：The robot is 157cm tall and speaks both Korea and English .It can make16 kinds of faces .The robot-teachers are helping to solve a shortage of English teachers there. Could robots replace human teachers one day?

1. The first box of crayons was put on the market ________ .

A. in 1900  B. in 1903  C. in 1950   D. in 2002

2.During World War1, Germans used remote control to control _________ .

A. trains    B. planes   C. boats    D. TVs

3._________ is one of the greatest inventions of 2002 according to the US Time Magazine.

A. The crayon                B. Bow Lingual

C. The TV remote control   D. The English- teaching robot

4. The English- teaching robot can speak ________ .

A. English and Chinese     B. English and French

C. Korean and Japanese    D. English and Korean

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.Bow Lingual’s microphone is tied to the dog’s neck.

B. The English-teaching robot can make six faces in class.

C. Remote control technology has been used since early 1930.

D. The robot- teachers can help provide the USA with more English teachers.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章為我們介紹的是一些有趣的發(fā)明。這些發(fā)明可以使我們的生活變得更方便，更環(huán)保，也更有趣。這其中有蠟筆、遙控器、犬語翻譯機和教英語的機器人。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章中第一個發(fā)明，In 1903,Binney and Smith put the first box of eight“Crayola Crayons”on the market. 在1903年，Binney 和Smith 把第一盒蠟筆推向了市場。故選B。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二個發(fā)明里During World War1, Germans used remote control boats 在一戰(zhàn)期間，德國人用遙控器來控制船。故選C。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章中第三個發(fā)明Bow Lingual（犬語翻譯機），named by the US Time Magazine as a “BEST invention of 2002”，被美國時代雜志命名為犬語翻譯機被認(rèn)為是2002年最好的發(fā)明。故選B。

4.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章中第四個發(fā)明，The robot is 157cm tall and speaks both Korea and English 這個機器人有157厘米高，會說韓語和英語，故選D。

5.推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三個發(fā)明A microphone is tied to the dog’s neck可知這種機器是系到狗的脖子上，故A正確；根據(jù)第四個發(fā)明It can make16 kinds of faces我們可以排除B；根據(jù)第二個發(fā)明里Remote control technology(遙控技術(shù))has been used since the early 1930s. 我們可以排除C；機器人英語老師可以幫助韓國人學(xué)習(xí)英語，而不是美國，故D不對。故選A。

考點：科普類短文閱讀。