1、对社会有突出贡献的人物.阅读理解When it comes to the greatest inventions of the world, Chinas name is sure to be mentioned several times. There are hundreds of things which were invented by the Chinese.AlcoholShocked? It was because when they said alcohol I thought about either the US or the UK. China had never cro
2、ssed my mind. In China, alcohol was made by two legendary persons named Yi Di and Du Kang who belonged to the Xia Dynasty. This period was about 2000 BC1600 BC. Research says that in ancient China, beer with 4% alcoholic content was widely consumed by people.TeaChina is the proud inventor of tea whi
3、ch was first drunk by Shen Nong, a Chinese emperor around 2737 BC. Tea production was rapidly developed, making tea a popular drink during the Tang and Song Dynasties.The Mechanical ClockHave you ever wondered what on earth we would be doing without any idea of time? A clock really is an invention w
4、ithout which things were incomplete. The credit of making the first mechanical clock goes to ancient China. The first mechanical clock was invented by Yi Xing in the Tang Dynasty. This was during 618 AD and 907 AD.Silk FabricSilk, the favorite fabric of many girls out there, is also a Chinese invent
5、ion. Although we all know that silk is made by silkworms, it was Chinese people who first invented a way to harvest the silk and then use it to make clothes. The oldest silk which has been found so far is in Henan Province and dates back to 3630 BC.语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了中国的四个发明，分别是酒、茶、机械钟和丝绸。1What ca
6、n we learn from Paragraph 2?ABeer was popular in the Xia Dynasty.BYi Di and Du Kang invented alcohol.CAlcohol was first invented in the US.DIt is well known that alcohol is a Chinese invention.解析：选B细节理解题。根据第二段中的“In China, alcohol was made by two legendary persons named Yi Di and Du Kang who belonged
7、 to the Xia Dynasty.”可知，在中国，酒是由夏朝的两位传奇人物仪逖和杜康酿制的。由此可知，仪逖和杜康发明了酒。故选B。2The author asks the question in Paragraph 4 to show_.Aancient Chinese inventors were wiserBmany things in our lives are incompleteCancient Chinese people never wasted timeDthe mechanical clock is an important invention解析：选D推理判断题。根据
8、第四段中的“Have you ever wondered . incomplete.”可知，你有没有想过，如果没有时间观念，我们到底会做些什么？钟表的确是一项没有它，一切就不完整的发明。由此可推知，作者在第四段中提出的问题是为了说明机械钟是一项重要的发明。故选D。3Which of the following inventions has a longer history?ASilk fabric.BTea.CAlcohol. DThe mechanical clock.解析：选A细节理解题。阅读全文可知，迄今为止发现的最古老的丝绸在河南省，可以追溯到公元前3630年。对比可知，四项发明中，丝
9、绸织物有较长的历史。故选A。.完形填空Being admitted to hospital is boring. Since childhood Kevin Gatlin has been bored by the _1_environments of hospital rooms so he came up with a _2_solution to help with the hospital depressions as a means of making sure that his children were never forced to _3_ the same boredom.G
10、atlin is the _4_behind Playtime Edventures, featuring dozens of games and lessons for children_5_ to their hospital beds. Several years ago, Gatlin went to_6_ his friends child in hospital. He got the _7_ for the bed sheets.It was _8_ to see a child spending hours and hours in a plain white room. He
11、 _9_how his wife had always played games on his sons bed in order to _10_ him to fall asleep. Gatlin then spent the next two years _11_ the sheets so that children could be entertained from the _12_of their own bed.He also worked with teachers to make the games_13_. “We put together bedsheets and sl
12、eep bags that _14_ everything from geography, math, science, grammar, word find games . all on a threepiece set，” Gatlin said. Up till now, Gatlin knows that his _15_ are being used in 10 different hospitals. But since his customers are able to _16_ the bedsheets to their own local hospitals, that n
13、umber could be much higher. Therefore, more kids can_17_.Parents can also _18_ the sheets for their own children at home. Catlin hopes that his invention will soon make its way into _19_around the world. So _20_kids lying in bed wont get bored.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了Kevin Gatlin受到医院里无聊的孩子的启发，发明了一款床单，让
14、躺在病床上的孩子可以在自己舒适的床上娱乐。1A.unfriendly BdullCpleasant Dhealthy解析：选B根据文章首句“Being admitted to hospital is boring.”可知，医院的病房环境很枯燥。故选B。2A.simple BpeacefulCnormal Dcomplex解析：选A根据后文可知Gatlin发明了可以做游戏的床单这个简单的方法来帮助缓解医院的压抑。故选A。3A.escape BenjoyCexperience Dincrease解析：选C根据上文“making sure that his children were never f
15、orced to”可知，Gatlin想出这个办法是为了以确保他的孩子们永远不会被迫经历同样的无聊。故选C。4A.customer BcompetitorCsponsor Dinventor解析：选D根据后文“behind Playtime Edventures, featuring dozens of games and lessons for children”可知，Gatlin是Playtime Edventures公司的创始人。故选D。5A.addicted BrestrictedCdevoted Daccustomed解析：选B根据后文“to their hospital beds”可
16、知，该公司为许多限制在医院病床上的孩子们提供了游戏和课程。故选B。6A.train BadoptCvisit Dexamine解析：选C根据后文“his friends child in hospital”可知，Gatlin去医院探望他朋友住院的孩子。故选C。7A.inspiration BmoneyCmaterial Dpermission解析：选A句意：他获得了床单的灵感。后来Gatlin发明了游戏床单，可知在那次看望朋友孩子的事情中他获得了灵感。故选A。8A.boring BscaringCpuzzling Dheartbreaking解析：选D根据后文“to see a child s
17、pending hours and hours in a plain white room”可知，看到一个孩子在一间朴素的白色房间里一小时又一小时地待着，真叫人心碎。故选D。9A.dreamed of Bthought aboutCfound out Ddepended on解析：选B根据后文“how his wife had always played games on his sons bed in order to”可知，Gatlin想到了他的妻子总是在他儿子的床上玩游戏。故选B。10A.force BallowChelp Dpromise解析：选C他的妻子总是在他儿子的床上玩游戏是为了
18、帮助儿子入睡。故选C。11A.developing BpromotingCadvertising Dproducing解析：选A根据上文“Gatlin then spent the next two years”可知，Gatlin用了两年时间开发出了床单。故选A。12A.quality BsizeCwarmth Dcomfort解析：选D床单可以让孩子们在自己的床上舒适地享受娱乐。故选D。13A.professional BeducationalCregular Dprofitable解析：选B根据后文“We put together . games”可知，这些游戏还具有教育意义，上面包含了学
19、科知识。故选B。14A.change BmendCcover Ddiffer解析：选C根据后文“everything from geography, math, science, grammar, word find games .”可知，这款床单内容涵盖了地理、数学、科学、语法、找字游戏等。故选C。15A.sheets BcuresClessons Dgames解析：选A根据第三段中可知此处指Gatlin开发的床单被用于10家不同的医院。故选A。16A.discover BconnectCsubmit Ddonate解析：选D根据后文“the bedsheets to their own l
20、ocal hospitals”可知，客户可以将床单捐赠给当地的医院，其他选项不符合语境。故选D。17A.relax BbenefitCplay Drecover解析：选B句意：因此，更多的孩子可以受益。越来越多的游戏床单被捐赠给了当地的医院，因此会有更多的孩子受益。故选B。18A.buy BdesignCsell Dfind解析：选A根据后文“the sheets for their own children at home”可知，此处指父母在家给孩子买这种床单。故选A。19A.classrooms BcompaniesChospitals Dhotels解析：选C根据后文“lying in
21、bed wont get bored”可知，Gatlin希望他的发明能很快进入世界各地的医院。这样躺在床上生病的孩子不会感到无聊。故选C。20A.naughty BlonelyCshy Dsick解析：选D根据后文“lying in bed wont get bored”可知，此处指躺在床上生病的孩子。故选D。.语法填空(2021重庆高三检测)The Internet recently revealed many of Chinas technological _1_ (improve) when Chinese state media claimed that online shopping
22、, highspeed rail, bike sharing and electronic payment systems are Chinas “four new great inventions”Xinhua News Agency said the country deserved credit for the inventions，_2_(compare) them to the inventions of ancient China: compass, gunpowder, paper, and _3_(print). The socalled “four new great inv
23、entions” were based _4_ last years survey conducted by the Silk Road Research Institute. In the survey, Chinas foreign students from 20 countries near the “Belt and Road Initiative (一带一路)” _5_(ask) to pick Chinas “four new great inventions” that they wanted their home countries _6_(use). Meanwhile,
24、Chinese students said that they just needed to stay focused on their _7_ (day) job in an effort to make more contributions to our country.Xinhuas article notes that it is Chinese people _8_bring the inventions to the worlds top level with their intelligence and creativity. Among them, the “four new
25、great inventions” stand out，_9_have brought peoples life much _10_(convenient)语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了中国的新四大发明网上购物、高铁、共享单车和电子支付系统，以及它们给人们带来的许多便利。1improvements考查名词。分析句子成分可知，空白处作revealed的宾语，有形容词technological修饰，所以要用名词；根据修饰词many可知，此处用复数形式。故填improvements。2comparing考查非谓语动词。设空处作方式状语，与主语Xinhua News Agency是主谓关系，所
26、以用现在分词。故填comparing。3printing考查非谓语动词。设空处和名词compass，gunpowder，paper并列，所以此处使用动名词。故填printing。4on考查介词。固定短语：be based on意为“以为基础”。故填on。5were asked考查动词的时态和语态。根据上文可知，本句用一般过去时态，因为主语Chinas foreign students和谓语动词ask是被动关系。故填were asked。6to use考查非谓语动词。固定搭配：want sb. to do sth.意为“想要某人做某事”。故填to use。7daily考查形容词。设空处是形容词作
27、定语，修饰名词job，表示“每天的”，day的形容词是daily。故填daily。8that/who考查强调句式。分析句子结构可知，此处是强调句式 it is .that/who其他成分，本句强调主语Chinese people。故填that/who。9which考查定语从句。分析句子结构可知，此处是非限制性定语从句，先行词是the “four new great inventions”，关系词在从句中作主语，应使用关系代词which引导。故填which。10convenience考查名词。bring sb. sth.“带给某人某物”，名词作宾语，convenient的名词是convenience。故填convenience。
