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(三) 9．George says that the Internet helps him to __B__． A．play computer games with friends B．keep in touch with his family and friends C．make phone calls easily D．buy clothing from around the world 10．Why does Wang Lin think electricity is the most useful？__D__ A．Because it isnt really an invention. B．Because people love Alessandro Volta very much. C．Because Benjamin Franklin learned how to use it. D．Because many inventions cannot work without it. 11．For Wendy，the air conditioner is the most useful because __B__． A．she has to work a lot B．she lives in a very hot place C．she often gets sick D．she studies very hard (四)(2014，包头) Ted Browns dream as a child was an unusual one：he wanted to fly.What was more unusual was the way in which he made his dream come true. After high school，he wanted to join the U．S.Air Force but he failed because of his poor eyesight.However，his dream remained. At the age of 33，Ted was a truck driver in Los Angeles.One day，while sitting outside in his garden，he watched planes fly overhead and an idea came to him：to use balloons (气球) to fly. A few weeks later，Ted bought 42 huge balloons.He tied them to a chair and then he sat down in the chair with some beer，sandwiches and a gun.His plan was to fly to 10 meters above his garden，enjoy a few hours in the air，and then shoot some balloons with his gun to get back down.But things did not go as he planned. Once his friends cut the ropes under Teds chair，the 42 balloons flew into the sky at an astonishing speed until about 4 000 meters above the ground with Ted and his chair.He didnt shoot any of the balloons because he was afraid he might break the balance (平衡) of his “plane”．Ted stayed in the sky with his beer and sandwiches for 14 hours，cold and frightened. Planes heading towards Los Angeles busy international airport reported the strange sight.And Teds balloons caused great danger to them.At last，Ted gathered his courage to shoot a few balloons and slowly landed on the ground，where many policemen w