人教版英语九年级全册练习题：Unit 6 When was it invented8 Self Check.pdfVIP

Self Check Ⅰ.完形填空。 Do you know anything about the invention of the bar code(条形码)? A small food store owner found it was __1__ to keep records of the product information.In 1948，he asked Drexel Institute of Technology to solve this __2__ ．Bernard Silver ，a graduate student ，was interested.He and his friend Norman Joseph Woodland __3__ to work on it.Soon，they invented their first working system. The system did work __4__ ，but it was very expensive and sometimes the system didnt work well.If the invention was to become __5__ in stores，the problems had to be solved.Finally，Woodland solved __6__． The patent(专利权) for the bar code system was __7__ for by Silver and Woodland in 1949 ，but the patent was not given until 1952.__8__ this patent was given，the system was still not popular among store owners. In 1970，a business named Logicon Inc.__9__ the Universal Grocery Products Identification Code(食品工业统一 码) ．Marshs Supermarket in Troy was the first store to __10__ this bar code reading system.It has become very popular ever since，and now its used in all types of stores all over the world. (B)1.A.easy B ．difficult C ．interesting D ．boring (B)2.A.plan B ．problem C ．project D ．doubt (A)3.A.started B ．continued C ．refused D ．failed (A)4.A.at first B ．for example C ．on time D ．in person (D)5.A.lively B ．cheap C ．direct D ．popular (D)6.A.it B ．him C ．her D ．them (A)7.A.asked B ．offered C ．made D ．divided (B)8.A.Unless B ．Although C ．If D ．Since (C)9.A.found B ．mentioned C ．invented D ．remained (C)10.A.give up B ．put up C ．set up D ．clean up Ⅱ.阅读理解。 It was sad for Chua Yi Xiang to see an old man with a walking stick fall on a wet road last year.Yi Xiang not only stopped to help the man up ，but the matter also gave him an idea to protect the old and disabled from falling on