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The Most Useful Invention of All Time?
May—Tuesday, November 6, 2015
I am writing a paper for my English class, and I need some ideas．What do you think is the most useful invention of all time? Thanks for your thoughts.
RE: The Most Useful Invention of All Time?
Cindy Wu—Tuesday, November 6, 2015
There are many—the phone, the car, the airplane, but these are not my choices．For an everyday, useful invention .I vote for the air conditioner．I live in Hong Kong, and during the summer, the temperature reaches 35 ℃ or more．The heat is terrible! Without air conditioning, people here can’t work or study．A lot of people might also get sick without cool air.
RE: The Most Useful Invention : The Internet
John—Wednesday, November 7, 2015
The most useful invention of all time are the Internet and the World Wide Web．We can now communicate with people and do business faster．I own a clothing store in Mexico City．I also have a website．Now people from all over the world can buy my clothing using my website ．I can keep in touch with my friends and family in Mexico and around the world using email．It’s faster than regular mail, and it’s cheaper than using the phone.
RE: The Most Useful Invention: Yes, but…
Alice—Thursday, November 8,2015
Jorge, I agree—the Internet is useful．But, in my opinion, there is an “ invention ” that is more important — electricity． Of course, this isn’t a man-made invention, but people like Benjamin Franklin and Alessandro Volta learned how to use it．Without electricity, many of the world’s most important inventions would not work.
阅读填空（共2小题）
The computer was one of the most important____1.___of last century．The first computer was as large as a room．Now some computers are as small as television sets．Some computers can even be made smaller ___2.____ a book. About 20 years ago, the computer was a ___3.__machine in China, not many people understood it and said yes to it．Today much of that is changing．In 1984, Deng Xiaoping __4.____two pupils working on the computers in Shanghai, he said that computer lessons _____5.___start from child．So there was the first computer book for middle school students．Now in Shanghai ____6.____all middle schools have classrooms for computer courses(课程)．Some of the students now have their ___7.____comptuers at home．With the help of internet, they can send and _______8.____messages and e-mails．They can learn about the world more, quickly．Now computers are____9.___used in banks, factories, airports and so on．The computer coming into everyone’s_____10.___, so it is important for us to learn how to use a computer freely.
信息匹配（共1小题）
配对阅读，左栏是5个人的需求，右栏是7条广告信息。
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
B
Jessie felt her life so boring one summer day． She was so tired of watching TV, she read all her books, and her friends were on vacation．She wanted something different to do．Suddenly, she saw the lawn mower(割草机) sitting in the yard.
“ Mom,” she shouted, “ I think I will mow the lawn.” Her mom ran into the yard and said, “ Oh no, you don’t．You’re too young to mow the lawn.”
I’m fourteen years old and know how to do it,” Jessie said, Besides, it would help Dad out, and he won’t have to worry about it over the weekend.”
Mom thought for a while and then decided to let Jessie give it a try．After all, she was home and would keep an eye on her．Jessie already knew how to start the lawn mower from watching her dad．Jessie checked the gas(汽油) to make sure it was full, and put on her gardening gloves to protect her hands．Mom watched from the kitchen window．Jessie really does know how to mow the lawn．She was very careful around the flowers and trees．When she finished, she felt so good,but she was so hot．Mom brought her some ice tea and said, “You sure did a great job．Dad will be very surprised.”
Later that day, Dad came home and said to Jessie’s mom, “You didn’’t have to mow the lawn．I was going to do it on Saturday．It looks great．Thanks.”
I didn’’t mow it．Jessie did.”
Wow, our little girl is growing up!” Dad told Jessie what a great job she had done.
It was fun, and I will do it again next week,” said Jessie.
The neighbor next door came by and asked Jessie if she wanted to mow his lawn and make some money．“Sure!” said Jessie．Jessie began mowing his lawn．Two other neighbors asked so, then another three．Jessie was now mowing lawns for them all and making some money．She was no longer bored! “I won’t have time to spend my money,” she laughed to herself.
1.In order to do something different, Jessie decided to ________.
A．read the books
B．travel
C．mow the lawn
D．watch TV
2.What does “keep an eye on” mean?
A．保护
B．注视
C．培养
D．瞄准
3.Before Jessie mowed the lawn, she ________.
A．washed her hands
B．bought some gas
C．read some instructions
D．put on her gloves
4.How did Jessie’s father feel when he knew Jessie had mowed the lawn?
A．Proud
B．Angry
C．Relaxed
D．Worried
5.What does the text mainly tell us?
A．Neighbors should learn to help each other.
B．Mowing the lawn is a good way to make money.
C．Doing something helpful can make people happy.
D．Children should help their parents at an early age．
阅读理解（共2小题）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
The airport in Boswell is twenty-one miles from the city．The banks and business offices are in the centre of the city．Read the notes from the diary of Mr Simpson.
1.How far is it from the city to the airport in Boswell?
A．21km．
B．31km．
C．21m．
D．21 miles.
2.Mr Nagashima is from ________.
A．Australia
B．Japan
C．America
D．Germany
3.Mr and Mrs J．Grant will leave Boswell on ________.
A．Tuesday
B．Wednesday
C．Thursday
D．Friday
4.How many travelers will Mr Simpson meet in just over a week?
A．107．
B．65．
C．35．
D．131.
5.Mr Simpson is probably ________.
A．a headmaster
B．a travel manager
C．a traveler
D．an engineer
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Malls are popular for Americans to go to．Some people spend_________much time at malls that they are called “mall rats”．Mall rats shop until they visit hundreds of stores.
People like malls for many________．They feel safe because malls have police stations．Parking is usually_________, and the temperature inside is always fine．The newest malls have beautiful rest areas with waterfalls and large green trees.
The_________mall in the United States is the mall of America in Minnesota．It covers 4.2 million square feet．It has 350 stores, eight night clubs, and a large park! There are parking spaces for 12,750_________．About 750,000 people shop there every week.
The first mall in the United States was built in 1965 in Edina, Minnesota．People love doing all their shopping in_________place(s)．More malls are built around the country．Now malls are like town centers where people come to_________many things, they shop, of course, they also eat in food courts that have food from all over the world．They see movies at theaters．Some people even get their daily_________by doing the new sport of “ mall walking.” _________go to malls to meet friends.
In some malls, people can see a doctor or a dentist and even go to the church．In other words, people can do just about_________in malls．Now people can actually live in their favorite shopping center.
1.A．too B．very C．quite D．so
2.A．reasons B．places C．products D．kinds
3.A．expensive B．difficult C．free D．quick
4.A．newest B．largest C．tallest D．biggest
5.A．bikes B．cars C．ships D．buses
6.A．one B．two C．three D．four
7.A．see B．watch C．do D．buy
8.A．activity B．study C．project D．exercise
9.A．The other B．The others C．Others D．nothing
10.A．something B．everything C．anything D．nothing
