Module 4 Great inventions主题阅读I. 阅读理解Do you carry too much on the way to school or home? Don’t worry．Try e-readers(电子阅读器)and say goodbye to your heavy schoolbag． An e-reader has the memory space to hold hundreds of books．So people want to(A)扔掉沉书包 and read with small, light e-readers．For example，Cushing Academy，a high school in Massachusetts，USA，replaced(替换)most of the 20, 000 books in (B) its library last summer．Teachers and students will use e-readers instead．Most e-readers are thin and weigh less than 500g．They can download(下载)an e-book in 60 seconds．“It's (C) so easy．You can have a lot of books right at your fingers!” said Meghan Chensusky, 16． Chinese schoolchildren are also trying e-readers．At the Shanghai World Expo(世博会)，an e-schoolbag is now on show．It is a special e-reader．Students can use it to download textbooks from the school servers(服务器)．(D)It can also send and receive homework．Some schools in Beijing and Shanghai have tried this e-schoolbag for a few years．“It’s excellent．I (E)don’t have to carry a heavy schoolbag anymore，”said Xiao Qi, 15, Beijing． New e-readers are not just for reading．They have WiFi and multimedia(无线电视和多媒体)．Parents worry that these may hurt their children’s study habits．“I think WiFi is not necessary for kids，”said Zeng Wenwen, 43, Beijing．1．将文中画线部分(A)译成英语:________________2．文中画线部分(B)指代的是:________________3．写出文中画线部分(C)和(E)的同义词或近义词：________ ________4．将文中画线部分(D)改写为：Homework can also_______ _______and received through it．5．从文中找出两个修饰或描写e-reader的形容词：________ ________II. 短文填空 by together housework invited is however any one thatAs the World Cup is going on, South Africa’s football grandmothers are also working hard. The team 1. ___ ___ made up of 35 women, aged from 50 to 84. It was developed 2. __ a housewife five years ago to help old women keep fit. The project has been so successful3. ___ _ they will take part in the Veterans Cup Competition (元老杯足球联赛) in the USA. “We are 4. __ to play in the Veterans Cup, where many grandmothers from all over the world come 5. _ ___ __ and play football,” said the team leader. Whatever happens, 6. _ _ ___ , the grandmothers have no regrets. Most of them often play football in their aprons (围裙) after 7. _ ___ _. “I suffered back pain and sore knees (腰酸腿痛) before joining the team three years ago. Now I am fresh. I don’t feel8. ____ _ pain in my body，and I can run．At home I do all the housework by myself!” said 9. ___ ___ of the grandmothers．III. 阅读短文，然后用括号中所给词的适当形式填空 Climbing the highest mountains in the world is not an 1. ____ (easily) job．You have to fight bad weather，illness and fear．But Jordan Romero，a thirteen-year-old boy from America，will climb 2. _____ (Asia) highest mountain，Mount Qomolangma．He will set out this month． 3. __ _____ (He)parents and helpers will climb with him．He plans to take 4. ____ (second)months for his climb．“I’m ready．But if I don’t reach the top 5. _ _____ _ (successful)，I’ll try next time.”he said. Jordan has already climbed the highest mountains of six other continents(洲)．If he 6. _______ (get)to the top this time，he will become the youngest person to climb the world’s highest mountain．Module 4 Great inventions综合提升Ⅰ. 单项选择( ) 1. Tom didn’t study hard last term. _______, he didn’t pass the exam. A. Why B. Because C. As a result D. So that( ) 2. Great changes _______ in my hometown since 1980. A. have been taken place B. took place C. have taken place D. were taken place( ) 3. He invited some classmates to come to his party, but ________ came. A. a little B. little C. a few D. few( ) 4. — Could you ________ a dictionary to me? — Sorry, I don’t have one. You can ________ one from Lily. A. borrow; borrow B. lend; lend C. borrow; lend D. lend; borrow( ) 5. Water _______ into ice. A. will changed B. must be changed C. should change D. can be changed( ) 6. —TV was invented in ________ century. —Is that true? A. twenty B. twentieth C. the twenty D. the twentieth( ) 7. Meat _______ out in this shop. We can ________ now. A. have been sold; get nothing B. has been sold; get nothing C. has been sold; get some D. have been sold; get some( ) 8. The new play _______ in theatre now. Why don’t you go in and see it? A. is being shown B. is showing C. is shown D. shows( ) 9. _______ the job ________ by Lucy or by John? Tell me the truth, please. A. Has; finished B. Has; being finished C. Is; finish D. Has; been finished( ) 10. Can you tell us _______? A. when did it happen B. when was it happenedC. when it happened D. when it was happenedⅡ. 用所给词的适当形式填。
