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1、第五单元检测(时间:90分钟满分:120分)一、阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节(共12小题;每小题2.5分,满分30分)AThomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light.Without him,the world might still be in the dark.However,the electric light was not his only invention.He also invented the motion picture camera and 1,200 other th
2、ings.About every two weeks he created something new.Thomas Edison was born in 1847.He attended school for only three months.His mother taught him at home,but Thomas was mostly self-educated.He started experimenting at a young age.When he was 12 years old,he got his first job.He became a newsboy on a
3、 train.He did experiments on the train in his spare time.Unluckily,his first work experience did not end well.They fired him when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train.Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator,but he continued to spend much of his time in experimenting h
4、is first patent in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity.Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other,but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways.It kept conversations short,so that he could have more time for work.He always worked 16 out of every 24
5、 hours.Sometimes his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.Thomas Edison died at the age of 84.He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.1How often did Edison make a new invention?A.About every fourteen days.B.About every seven days.C.About once a
6、 week.D.About twice a week.答案A解析由文章第一段最后一句“About every two weeks he created something new.”可看出他每两周就有一项新的发明,故答案为A项。2The underlined word “fired” in the passage means “”.A.gave somebody a jobB.set fire to somebodyC.let somebody downD.forced somebody to leave his job答案D解析由文中的句子“Unluckily,his first work
7、experience did not end well.”以及“Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator”可推测出该词义为“解雇”,故选D项。3Edison considered his deafness as.A.something badB.a gift from godC.a kind of abilityD.a disadvantage 答案B解析由文章中的句子“but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways”可知选B项。4What does t
8、he passage mainly talk about?A.The function of the electric light.B.Edison and his experiments.C.The importance of inventions.D.The whole life of Edison.答案D解析本文通篇介绍了爱迪生的一生,介绍了他的生平、教育以及干过的工作、发明的东西等等,因此答案选D项。BEmily and Alex were happy when their family moved to a house with a very big garden.They coul
9、d climb up trees,grow flowers and even play badminton.They liked to watch the birds flying among the trees in the garden.They even started to put food out to attract more birds.Everything was fine for a few days until one afternoon there was a strange bumping noise on a window.Emily went outside and
10、 found a small bird dead on the grass.Its neck seemed to be broken.“It must have flown into the window,” Alex said when his sister Emily called him to have a look.“Ah,yes,look here.You can see the mark where it hit the window.There are a couple of tiny feathers stuck (粘贴)on the window.” “Poor thing!
11、” Emily said.During the next month,five more birds died in the same way.“Why would they fly to the windows?” they wondered.Finally they found out the truth.When the birds were flying,they couldnt see into the rooms.All they saw was the reflection (反射)of the garden.They thought that they were flying
12、into trees because they saw trees reflected by the window.“Something has to be done to save the birds,” the parents decided.At first,the family tried keeping curtains(窗帘)across the windows,but this made the room dark.Then they bought some strong black paper and cut out the shape of a hawk.They made
13、six hawksone for each window.They stuck the hawks to the windows.They looked pretty and did not keep out much light.When the birds saw the hawks,they would fly away.After that,there were no more dead birds.The family were much happier.5They put food out to attract birds because they .A.had a special
14、 garden for birds B.wanted to see more birds flying in the garden C.had too much bird food to feed the birds D.wanted to catch some birds in the garden 答案B解析由第一段中的“They liked to watch the birds flying among the trees in the garden.”可知,把食物放在外面的原因是他们喜欢看鸟在花园里飞翔。6 birds died in the garden.A.4B.5C.6D.7 答
15、案C解析由句子“Emily went outside and found a small bird dead on the grass.”和“During the next month,five more birds died in the same way.”可知,共有6只鸟死在花园里。7The birds flew to the windows because they .A.found the windows very clean B.fought for more food C.thought there were more trees ahead D.wanted to go int
16、o the room 答案C解析由第五段中的“All they saw was the reflection(反射) of the garden.They thought that they were flying into trees because they saw trees reflected by the window.”可知,C项正确。8The story is mainly about .A.why the birds died in the gardenB.the family were good at paper-cutting C.the family had a very big new houseD.how the f
