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1、1 阅读理解 建议用时 15 A 2015 哈六中期中考试 Life is so much simpler these days Everything revolves W1 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 y
2、ou 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 powered and did not work by itself Then in
3、1858 William Blackstone of Indiana built a washing machine for his wife This washing machine removed and washed away dirt from the clothes This was the first P1W2 official washing machine that could be used at home S In 1908 the Hurley Machine Company of Chicago invented the Thor machine This was th
4、e first washing machine that was electrically powered and it had a galvanized 电镀的 metal tub and an electric motor The earlier washing machine had a heavy cast iron mechanism mounted on the tub lid making the machine heavy and difficult to move The introduction of a metal tub and reduction gears 减速齿轮
5、 in later years replaced W3 this heavy equipment and by 1920 the production of wooden tub washing machines completely stopped But the new machines made a lot of noise because of their bulky metal tubs A modification that was made was covering the tubs with white enameled 磁漆的 sheet metal to make the
6、cleaning process easier By the early 1950s American companies started producing washing machines with a spin dry feature and this replaced the old wringer which while drying the clothes would W4 remove the buttons or cause accidents involving the hair and hands In 1957 the first washing machine with
7、 five plus buttons was introduced These controlled the wash temperature rinse temperature and spin speed Slowly more features were added and today we have a variety of washing machines P2 with different features and styles to help us out and make life simpler and easier P3 本文介绍了洗衣机的发展变化过程 1 Accordin
8、g to the passage the first washing machine A was invented in the year 1797 B was invented for a woman C worked by using a drum D was electrically powered 答案 A 事实细节题 根据文中第二段第一句话可知答案 2 Why were the earlier washing machines heavy A They were equipped with a cast iron mechanism on the tub lid B They had
9、 a metal tub and reduction gears C They had a galvanized metal tub and an electric motor 2 D They had a hand powered mechanism 答案 A 事实细节题 根据文中第四段最后一句可知答案 3 What can we learn from the fifth paragraph A The washing machine with a metal tub and reduction gears was invented in 1920s B The washing machin
10、es with a metal tub did not make any noise C The cleaning process became simpler thanks to an enameled sheet metal tub D The wooden tub washing machine was cheaper than one with a metal tub 答案 C 事实细节题 根据第五段最后一句话可知答案 4 What was an advantage of the spin dry feature A It didn t have buttons to control
11、it B The wash and rinse temperature could be controlled C It avoided accidents involving the hair and hands D It speeded up the spin speed 答案 C 事实细节题 根据倒数第二段的 and this replaced the old wringer which while drying the clothes would remove the buttons or cause accidents involving the hair and hands 已经替
12、代了旧的机器去避免事故的发生 W重点词汇 1 revolve vi 旋转 2 dirt n 肮脏 尘土 3 replace vt 取代 代替 4 feature n vt 特色 以 为特色 P重点短语 1 wash away 冲刷掉 洗掉 2 a variety of 各种各样的 多样的 3 help out 帮助 摆脱困难 S句式仿写 原文 This was the first official washing machine that could be used at home 定语从句 译文 这是第一台正式的可以在家里使用的洗衣机 仿写 The first place of intere
13、st that they visited in London last year was the Big Ben 去年他们在伦敦参观的第一处名胜是大本钟 B 2016 福州八中质检二 I still read out loud to my son He is in fifth grade and an avid reader He plows through books and is currently devouring 津津有味地看 The Hobbit which W1 he calls addicting But he still likes it when I read out lo
14、ud to him before bed S I ve always read to him I could probably recite Goodnight Moon by heart and I like to think it has helped to instill his love of reading in him 3 But as he s gotten older reading to him has changed The books are longer of course and sometimes he corrects me if I misread a word
15、 in the dim light of his room But what s really W2 changed is what we both get out of it P1 When I was in fifth grade I had a wonderful teacher Mr Hanks who would read aloud to the class after lunch I remember him reading Roald Dahl s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and me hanging on every word I
16、could hardly wait for lunch to be over to find out what happened next to little Charlie Bucket Now I m giving the same gift to my own son Last week he brought me a copy of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol he found on the shelf and asked me to read it to him One of the bonuses of reading to an older child is you can revisit a beloved book from your past or be W3 exposed to a book you have never read yourself P2 Such was the case with A Christmas Carol which I admit I had never read So when I sta
