— Inventors have changed the way we live.
— So they are famous for the great things they _____.

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科目：初中英語 來源：2011年湖北省黃石市中考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解



Sitting on exercise balls brings more than a smile to students and teachers.
Some fourth-graders at Conrad Weiser West Elementary School in Womelsdorf love their new chairs-—probably because they're not really chairs at all.
The kids are sitting on the air-filled balls. But different from those just for exercise, these have small legs that keep them from rolling. Sitting on a chair all day in school can make anyone want to move around. So, more and more teachers are letting students have a ball. By using exercise balls instead of common chairs, teachers find students' posture(姿勢) and attention improved.
Dotti Pownall, a fifth-grader teacher in West Virginia, has been using balls as chairs since December 2008. "The students love them." she says. Pownall took a survey of her students. She found that 80 percent, thought sitting on the balls helped them concentrate(專注) better:
"Besides, they’re fun,b" says Pownall.
According to WittFitt,b a company that has sold balls to more than 200 schools, they can improve kids' posture and classroom behavior.
Exercise ball chairs are getting popular in classrooms, from preschool to college. Some adults (成人) even use them at work.
Lisa Witt felt so strongly about the use of balls as chairs that she started WittFitt. She said the company not only encourages the use of balls but also educates teachers and students on how to use them. "We sell balls in 24 states in America, three provinces in Canada and Japan." says Witt.
【小題1】Sitting on exercise balls can______.

A．improve students' attentionB．make students smarter
C．keep students moving around D．help students become fit
【小題2】According to the passage, the company WittFitt______.
A．began to produce balls in 2008 B．sells balls in 24 countries
C．was set up by Lisa WittD．is famous around the world
【小題3】It can be seen from the passage that ______.
A．exercise balls have no legsB．Pownall works as a teacher
C．students hate exercise balls D．exercise balls are filled with sand
【小題4】The passage mainly tells us about______.
A．the shape of exercise balls B．the use of exercise balls
C．the number of exercise balls D．the inventor of exercise balls

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科目：初中英語 來源：2012屆山東省濟南市中考模擬英語試卷 題型：閱讀理解

There are few families in the United States that do not have either a radio or television set. Both of them have become a necessary part of our daily life, keeping us filled with the news of the day, teaching us in many fields of interest, and making us happy with singing, dancing and acting.
Marconl, the Italian inventor, who gave us the radio, probably didn’t know how much his great invention would have done for the world in the years to come. Radio had, perhaps done as much as any other communication tool. Things of the world can be reported to people everywhere a few seconds after they happen. Travelers in or out of–the–way places, ships at sea even astronauts round the earth are able to keep in touch with each other by radio.
Television is another important invention. It lets us see as well as hear the actor. Since its appearance, TV has done a great deal in the daily life of people everywhere. Many programs are now televised in color.
Perhaps the most modern invention is “Telstar”, a “star” moving round the earth. It makes it possible for the people all over the world to be closer than ever before. Now a family in Chicago can watch on TV a motor–car race in Italy, a table tennis competition in Beijing or a volleyball match in Japan as these events are actually happening!
【小題1】The passage tells us that __________ in the U.S.A. have no radio or television set.
A. few families   B. all the families    C. many families   D. a few families
【小題2】Who do you think the writer of the passage is?

A．An Italian. B．A Japanese. C．An American. D．A Chinese.
【小題3】Why does the passage say radio and TV have become a necessary part of our daily life?
A．Because they have touched nearly everything in our life.
B．Because men would not live happily without them.
C．Because they are the only ways to spread information.
D．Because no communication means no life.
【小題4】 What is a “Telstar” used to do according to the passage?
A．To receive and store information only.
B．To move around the earth just like the moon.
C．To give light onto the earth at night.
D．To help send out radio or TV information to the world.
【小題5】 When the writer introduces Marconl in the second paragraph, he means __________.
A．he was just an Italian inventor
B．his invention has done much for the world
C．he had reported much to people all over the world
D．he helped people travel a lot around the world

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科目：初中英語 來源：2011-2012學年云南省昆明三中滇池中學初二下學期期中英語試卷（帶解析） 題型：閱讀理解

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容， 判斷正（T）誤（F）。
Robots seems very new to most people. But they have a long history. The first one was made by a Greek inventor, you may see robots are used in factories. They are used to do many dangerous, difficult or boring jobs.
Some people can’t look after themselves and robots are used to help them. For example, some people can’t see, many of these people use a dog to help them. In the future, robot dogs might take the place of these guide dogs.
Robots are also used in American hospital. At one hospital, a robot takes meals from the kitchen to sick people’s rooms. It never loses its way because it has a map of the hospital in its computer system.
In the future, robots will work in space. But robots will never take the place of human being. They can, however, help us in a lot of different ways.
【小題1】Robots have a long history.
【小題2】The first robot was invented by a Greek.
【小題3】Robots can only be seen in films.
【小題4】Robots can help some people look after themselves.
【小題5】Today’s robots have a few different uses.

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Thomas Edison was a great American inventor. He was born to a poor family in 1847. His mother taught him at home. He often observed things carefully and he made over 1,300 inventions during his life time. He was often said to be the greatest genius(天才) of his age. There are only a few men in all of history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be happy only because someone said he was a genius. “There is no such thing as genius,” Edison said. He also said that what people called genius was mostly hard work. But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature. Nature, he often said, is full of secrets. He tried to understand them; then, he tried to learn what could usefully be done with them.

Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people will do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking can give men enjoyment and pleasure.

Edison could not understand how anyone could be uninterested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what ideas he had about life. “Work, ” he answered back, “discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier.” He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.

1.Edison was______________.

A．interested in changing people’s ideas

B．interested in discovering the secrets of nature

C．very much uninterested in nature

D．uninterested in making people happier by discovering the secrets of nature

2.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A．Many other people have changed Edison’s life.

B．Edison has changed the lives of many other people.

C．Only a few men in history can change other people’s lives.

D．Edison invented the electric light.

3.The last sentence in the passage most probably implies(意指)___________.

A．people of his time were ready to give Edison another 100 year’s work

B．Life is too short for Edison to invent more for human beings

C．Edison made 100 inventions in his life

D．Edison was able to live and work for 100 years

 

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Alfred Nobel, the great Swedish inventor and industrialist, was born in Stockholm on October 21,1833,but moved to Russia with his parents in 1842, where his father ,Immanuel, made a strong position for himself in the engineering industry. Immanuel Nobel invented landmine and made a lot of money from the government during the Crimean War, but went bankrupt soon after. Then , the family returned to Sweden in 1859, where Alfred began his own study of explosives in his father’s lab. He had never been to school or university but had taught himself, and by the time he was twenty, he became a skillful chemist and excellent linguist, speaking Swedish, Russian, German, French and English. He built up over 80 companies in 20 different countries. He was always searching for a meaning to life. He spent much time and money working on how to end the wars, and keep the peace between nations, until his death in Italy in 1896. His famous last will, in which he left money to provide prizes for outstanding work in physics, chemistry, physiology, medicine, literature and peace, is a memorial to his interests and ideas. And so, the man is remembered and respected long after his death.

1.Alfred Nobel, ,the great Swedish inventor, was born in Stockholm on ____________ 21,1833.

2.During the Crimean War, Immanuel Nobel invented _____________.

3.Nobel had never been to ____________ or university.

4.Nobel built up over ______________ companies in 20 different countries.

5. When Nobel was died, he was ____________ years old.

 

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