3．M        of people around the world come to visit China every year．

  2．Pay a          to your handwriting，or you won’t get good marks．

  1．Coufucius is known for his w          thoughts．

(    )60．Which of the statements is NOT true?

    A．The wheel was the first great invention，but it is not very important today

    B．An American first stepped in the moon

    C．In the early l 800s there was little unknown land

    D．New inventions will change our lives greatly in the future

第Ⅱ卷 非选择题(45分)

V．词汇(10分)

A．根据句意和所给首字母完成句子。

(    )59．What does“a desire”mean in the passage?

      A．A good way        B．A new invention     C．A strong wish D．A wonderful idea

(    )58．        made the first step into space．

      A．Russia       B．China                  C．America   D．Japan

(    )57．Nylon came out nearly at the same time as    

A．the radio     B．the camers           C．jet planes        D．movies

(    )56．This passage mainly talks about         

A．why cars were very important

B．when light was invented

C．which country made the first step into space

D．the process(进程)of inventions

    In the l9th century，many great inventions were made．Among them were the camera and the light．There were more great inventons in the first part of the 20th century，such as the helicoper in l907，movies with sound in 1910 and jet planes in the l930s．This was also a time when a new material was first made．Nylon came in l935．It changed the kind of clothes people wear．

    By this time most people had a very good life．Man has a desire to explore more．The world was known to man but the stars were not．Man began looking for ways to go into space．Russia made the first step．Since then have made their steps into space．

    In l 969 man took his biggest step．An American first walked on the moon．This is certainly just a beginning．New invention will some day allow us to do things we have never yet dreamed of．

(    )55．What is the main idea of the selection?

A．School boys and girls should take care of books

B．People can get enough to read

C．To take care of books is a duty for everyone

    D．Books are worth reading

C

    There have been many great inventions that changed the way we live．The first great invention was one that is still very important today-the wheel．This invention made it easier to carry heavy things and to travel long distances．

    In the early 1800s the world started to change．There was little unknown land in the world．People began to work to make life better．