2014-2015学年高中英语选修8（人教版）《Unit 3　Inventors and inventions》课时作业（五）　Warming Up Reading Word版含答案.docVIP

Unit 3　Inventors and inventions 课时作业(五)　Warming Up Reading Ⅰ.单词拼写 1．You should not brake the car ________(猛然) on an icy road. 2．Noodles are ________ (方便的) to make in the morning for breakfast. 3．He has little ________ (希望) of winning a prize. 4．He told us to deal with the dangerous work with ________(谨慎)． 5．What ________ (标准) are used for assessing a students ability? 6．It was hard to ________(辨别) one twin from the other. 7．Petrol is the most important ________(产品)of many Middle East countries. 8．The police________(抓住)an escaping convict. 9．Please________(归档)these letters under “Smith”． 10．The________(仁慈的)king saved the young officers from death. Ⅱ.完形填空 (2013·深圳高二调研)There have been many great inventions，which have changed the way we live.The first great invention was one that is still very important today—the wheel.This made it easier to __1__ heavy things and to travel long distances. For hundreds of years after that there were few inventions that have as much __2__ as the wheel.Then in the early 1800s the world started to __3__.There was little unknown land in the world.People did not __4__ to explore any more.They began to work so as to __5__ life better. In the second half of the 19th century many great inventions were made.Among them were the camera，the electric light and the radio.These all became a big __6__ of our life today. The first part of the 20th century saw more great __7__：the helicopter in 1909；movies with sound in 1926；the computer in 1928；and jet planes in 1930.This was also a time when a new material was first made.Nylon came __8__ in 1935.It changed the __9__ of clothes people had been wearing. The middle part of the 20th century brought new ways to help people get over __10__.They worked very well.They made people healthier and let them live longer lives.By the 1960s most people could __11__ to live at least 60. By this time most people had a very good life.Of course new inventions continue to be made.But man now had a desire to explore agai