Module 9 Great inventions
单项选择（每小题1分，共15分）
1. Tony thinks it is easy
English.
A. study
B. learns
C. to learn
D. studies
2. Many trees must.
every year.
A. plant B. be planted C. have been planted D. have planted
3. Now telephones are very popular and they are much
than before.
A. cheap B. cheaper C. cheapest D. the cheapest
4. I won't come to the party unless you
,too.
A. will invite B. invites C. invited
D. are invited
5. Look !
students are doing morning exercises on the playground
A. thousands of
B. thousand of
C.two thousands
D. two thousands of
6. Stamps are used for
letters.
A. send B. to send C. sending D. sent
7. The sports meeting
next month.
A. will hold B. is going to hold C. will be held D.holds
8. -It's difficult for the village children to cross the river for school.
- I think a bridge.
over the river.
A. was built B. is being built C. should be built D. has been built
9. The handbag was made.
by the women.
A. in hand B. with hand C. by hand D. by hands
10. - What do you think of the song “You and Me" ?
great. I love singing it.
A. tastes
B. looks
C. smells
D. sounds
11. Please
your homework
before you hand it in.
A. look; for B.look; after C. look; out D. look; through
12. My bike is broken. Could you help me to.
?
A. fix it up B. set it up C. make it up D. put it up
13. My cousin told me that he could eat three big apples
A. at time B. at a time C. sometime D. some times
14. -Where is your dictionary, Yu Mei?
-Oh, I
it to Amy yesterday. She will return it tomorrow.
A. showed B. lentC. had
D. borrowed
15. - It's too hot today.
Yes.Why don't you
your jacket?
A. put on
B. put up
C. take off
D. take after
完形填空 （每小题1分，共10分)
Every day new inventions are introduced into the market. Recently a“_16_" pillow (枕头)
has been on sale in the UK.
It has a speaker that can be connected to an MP3 player or a CD player. People can _17_ or
radio programs from their pillows as they sleep
The pillow is _18 people who have a snoring (打呼噜的) partner. It can play music to cover
(覆盖) the _19_ of the snoring. People who like to sleep with background noise _20_ like it.
The pillow is most popular with _21_. Why? Because they prefer to hear lessons _22_ they
sleep. They hope they will _ 23_ at least some of the information when they wake up.
Last year a US study found that students who have _24_ information during sleep can
remember what they learned.
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But some teachers don't like the new _ 25_. They think the traditional ways of learning may
make students work better.
16. A. laughing
B. jumping
C. talking
D. dancing
17. A. watch TV
B. play chess C. listen to music D. read books
18. A. afraid of
B. popular with
C. famous for
D. known to
19. A. sound
B.way
C. cause
D. secret
20. A. never
B. hardly
C. already
D. also
21. A. teachers
B. students
C. doctors
D. drivers
22. A. before
B. after
C. until
D. when
23. A. hear
B. remember
C. find
D. recognize
24. A. received
B. forgot
C. discovered
D. created
25. A. lesson
B. issue
C. idea
D. book
三、阅读理解（每小题2分，共30分）共3篇，皆是选择正确答案。
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Not all inventions are made by scientists. Kids can also make history with their inventions.
The state flag of Alaska was designed by 13-year-old Bennie Benson in 1926. His design was
chosen from a flag-designing competition. It became the official flag in 1959. Bennie won a
$1,000 scholarship (奖学金) and a watch.
Frank Epperson invented the Popsicle in 1905 when he was only 11 years old. It was called
the Epsicle at that time. Frank left his drink outside the door overnight with a stick (木棒) in it.
That night the temperature dropped and everything was frozen including Frank's drink. That didn't
stop him from tasting it, so today we have Popsicles to eat.
In 1642 Blaise Pascal designed the first counting machine when he was 18. The machine was
for his father, a tax collector, to make his job easier. Blaise named it the Pasealine. He made about
5o of them, but nobody was interested in it. People thou
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