【金版教程】2017高考英语一轮复习 Unit 2 The United Kingdom限时特训 新人教版必修5.docVIP

Unit 2 The United Kingdom Ⅰ.阅读理解(建议用时16′) A [2015·哈六中期中考试]Life is so much simpler these days. Everything revolves around a single button! With the introduction of washing machines, washing clothes became easier. The machines would dry clothes at least 70 to 80 percent and already half-dried clothes would be done in no time. Do you want to know how washing machines evolved? The first washing machine was called the scrub (擦洗) board and was invented in the year 1797. In 1851, American man, James King, discovered and patented the first washing machine to use a drum.However, it was still hand-power