There have been many great inventions, things that changed the way we live. The first great invention was one that is still very important today- the wheel. This made it easier to carry heavy things and to travel long distances.
For hundreds of years after that there were few inventions that had as much effect(影响) as the wheel. Then in the early 1800’s the world started to change. There was little unknown land left in the world. People didn’t have to explore(探测) much anymore. They began to work instead to make life better.
In the second half of the 19th century many great inventions were made. Among them were the camera, the light and the radio. These all became a big part of our life today.
The first part of the 20th century saw more great inventions. The helicopter in 1909. Movies with sound in 1926. The computer in 1928. And jet planes in 1930. This was also a time when a new material was first made. Nylon came in 1935. It changed the kind of clothes people wear.
By this time most people had a very good life, Man has a desire to explore again, 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. Then the United States took a step. Since then other countries, including China and Japan, have made their steps into space.
In 1969 man took his biggest step from the earth. Americans first walked on the moon. This is certainly just a beginning thought. New inventions will someday allow us to do things we have never yet dreamed of.
【小题1】This passage talks mainly about________.
A. why cars were very important        
Ｂ. when light was invented
C. which country made the first step into space 
D. how inventions effect people’s life
【小题2】Nylon came out nearly at the same time as _______.

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         A funny thing happened to my sister Tina last month. She lives in Japan and teaches English. In Japan, people don’t usually wear their outdoor shoes in the house or in school, and a lot of buildings have places for shoes. So her school ahs a special place for shoes.     1.        

         Tina teaches English in the evening. One Friday, she went to school, and she put her shoes in the shoe box—as usual. Then she had an interesting spoken English class with her students.     2.      But to her surprise, her shoes weren’t in the box. There was only one pair of those there, and they weren’t her hoes! She had to get home in a hurry.    3.          

         On Monday, at her next English class, her shoes were in a shopping bag on her desk! There was a note that said, “I’m so sorry. I took your shoes by mistake!”    4.       Somebody felt a lot of shame!

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　　 A father was really worried about his son, who was sixteen years old but had no _▲86_ at all. So the father decided to call on a monk (修道士)to train ▲87_child.
　　The monk said to the boy's father, "You should leave your son alone here, I'll make him into a _▲88_man within three months. However, you can't come to see him during this period."
　　Three months_▲89_, the boy's father came. The monk arranged a box match _▲90__the child and an experienced boxer. Each time the fighter struck the boy, he fell down, but __▲91_the boy stood up, and each time he was knocked down again, then the boy stood up again. After several times, the monk asked, "What do you think of your child?"
　　"▲92_ a shame (羞愧)!"  the boy's father said. "I never thought he would be so easily knocked down. I needn't have him__▲93_here any longer."
　　"I am sorry ▲94_that's all you see. Don't you see that each time he falls down, he stands up again instead of ▲95__? That's the kind of courage you wanted him to have."