Question

Human beings are the most intelligent of all animals because we are gifted with the ability to think and reason logically. Scientists and even common people with special intelligence have made a lot of inventions and contributions to modern lifestyle in the past. "Houses" have been the most popular area for discoveries and inventions in the past and even now.

    Many household items have been the result of inventions of people who desired better functioning of the existent products. Every individual has intelligence and if it is used properly for the right purpose it leads to invention of a new tool or device. Many new household inventions are made almost every day and there are specific companies, which particularly keep a record of all these inventions.

    A lot of inventions have been made recently in the household field. These products are patented（專(zhuān)利的）and have trade mark licenses（許可）. The patented sliding cinch is a very simple but effective method to prevent shoulder stress and injury for those who work before computers all day long. Vanity PC is a type of computer furniture that specifically hides all the computer wires and keeps a clean and good look. All the outdoor dust, mud and snow can be kept out of the house by installing（安裝）the dirt drain（排水管）at the entrance of the door. Another important invention is the automatic toilet night-light, in which a small light starts when the lid of the toilet seat is opened and closes as soon as the lid（蓋子）is closed.

    These are some of the new household inventions invented mostly by common people. Thus, a variety of new household items are invented every day, which helps in a better functioning of household chores（家務(wù)）and in a more useful manner.

1.The first paragraph is intended to _____________.

A. stress the importance of inventions

B. introduce the topic of the article

C. show the advantages of modern lifestyle

D. tell the differences between human beings and animals

2. According to the passage, people make house inventions to _____________.

A. earn more money and gain awards

B. accumulate their wealth

C. improve the present living conditions

D. meet the new demands of new science

3. It can be inferred that the sliding cinch is used to ___________.

A. prevent your shoulder from being over-pressured

B. keep your shoulder safe and sound when you are in an accident or an operation

C. help you practice your shoulder more often and reduce shoulder pains

D. cover your shoulder and make it stronger to resist the outside strike

4.Common people can also make good inventions because ___________.

A. wisdom and inspiration sometimes come from everyday life

B. some inventions are easy to be made and can be mastered by them

C. common people have a strong desire to do something for science research

D. success is often connected with hardship and bitter experience of common people

5.The passage mainly talks about _______________.

A. the correct use of household facilities

B. different ideas about household inventions

C. the history of household inventions

D. household inventions and their influence

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.A

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹了各種家居用品發(fā)明的成因、以及這些日常用品是如何給人們帶來(lái)生活便利和如何提高、改善人們生活水平的。此外在文中作者也介紹了一些家居領(lǐng)域的新發(fā)明，比如空心PC管的發(fā)明使得各種電腦線路隱蔽起來(lái)，給居室一個(gè)更清爽宜人的環(huán)境。

1.B推理判斷題。作者在文章開(kāi)篇講述了人們靠智慧做出了很多發(fā)明，并且指出"Houses"是最受歡迎的發(fā)明領(lǐng)域，然后下文圍繞著家居用品的發(fā)明展開(kāi)行文，所以文章首段起到了開(kāi)篇點(diǎn)題，引出下文的作用，故B選項(xiàng)正確。

2.C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段Many household items have been the result of inventions of people who desired better functioning of the existent products.可知發(fā)明家居用品的目的就是提高人們的生活水平，選C。

3.A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The patented sliding cinch is a very simple but effective method to prevent shoulder stress 可知the sliding cinch 是用來(lái)緩解肩部壓力的，故A選項(xiàng)正確。

4.A推理判斷題。由常識(shí)可知發(fā)明是來(lái)自人們的實(shí)際需要和人們的靈感，而且這個(gè)信息也貫穿文章始終，所以A選項(xiàng)正確。

5.D主旨大意題。文章開(kāi)頭通過(guò)談?wù)撘恍┯杏玫陌l(fā)明引出家居用品這一話題，然后在以下段落中講述這些日常用品如何提高了人們的生活水平，同時(shí)也介紹了一些家居領(lǐng)域的新發(fā)明等，由此可知文章主要講述了家居用品的發(fā)明和它們給人們生活帶來(lái)的影響，所以D選項(xiàng)正確。

考點(diǎn)：考查社會(huì)生活類(lèi)短文閱讀。