In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business .But he was not a good artist .So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden .That was the first photo.
The next important date in the history of photography was in 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room .He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.
Soon, other people began to use Daguerre’s way. Travelers brought back wonderful photos from all around the world .people took picture of famous buildings, cities and mountains.
In about 1840, photography was improved .Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things .That was not simple .The photographers had to carry a lot of films and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example, some in the United States worked so hard. Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many pictures of great people .The pictures were unusual because they were very lifelike.
Photographers also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were not just copies of the real world .They showed feelings like other kinds of art.The first photo taken by Niepce was a picture of ________
| A．his business | B．his house | C．his garden | D．his window |
The Daguerreotype was_______.
| A．a Frenchman | B．a kind of picture |
| C．a kind of camera | D．a photographer |
If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840, he
had to_____.
| A．watch lots of films | B．buy an expensive camera |
| C．stop in most cities | D．take many films and something else. |
This passage tells us_____________.
| A．how photography was developed | B．how to show feelings in pictures |
| C．how to take pictures in the world | D．how to use different cameras |
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Thomas Edison made more than 1,000 inventions in his life. (A)他的许多发明已经改变了世界。His first invention was a vote recorder (投票记录器) in 1869. This machine allowed people to place a vote by pressing a button instead of saying “Yes” or “No”. (B)H_________, American government officials did not like Edison’s invention because they preferred to call out their votes.
Then Edison started a company with his friend, Franklin Pope. (C) was, morning, night, busy, until, Edison, from, early, late. As a result of hard work, he invented telegraph to print the price of gold and silver. He sold it to Western Union Company for $15,000.
With some of the money Edison started his own company. Next he invented a stock ticker. (D)This machine was used to record the price of stocks (股票) in New York. Western Union paid
Edison $ 40,000 for this invention.
Edison used this money to open a shop in Newark in the state of New Jersey. In 1875, Edison and his family moved to Menlo Park in the same state. There he built his own laboratory. 将(A)处画线部分译成英语：
_________________________________________根据首字母提示，在(B)处填写一个适当的单词：
_________________________________________将(C)处画线部分连词成句：
_________________________________________将(D)处画线部分译成汉语：
_________________________________________回答问题：Which state of America does Menlo Park belong to?
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Soon computers and other machines will be able to remember you by looking at your eyes! The programme works because everyone’s eyes are different. So in the future you won’t have to remember a number when you want to use a machine or take money out of a bank. You’ll just have to look at the machine and it will be able to tell who you are. The eye-recognition(眼睛识别) programme is tested in shops and banks in the USA, Britain and Italy.
Scientists are working on other systems, such as knowing you from the shape of your face or hand or even your smell! And machines can already tell who you are from your voice or your fingerprint(指纹). But eye-recognition will replace other ways of finding out who you are. It is better, because your eyes don’t change as you get older, or get dirty like hands or fingers. And even twins have different eyes, so the programme can be up to 94% correct, depending on how good the technology is. In Britain, it was found that 91% of people said that they liked the idea of eye-recognition.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。Where has the programme for remembering eyes been tested?
| A．Banks and factories. | B．Banks and shops. |
| C．Schools and computers. | D．Schools and shops. |
How does the eye-recognition programme work?
| A．You look at the machine and type a number. | B．You need to speak and then look. |
| C．The machine looks at your face. | D．You look at the machine. |
Which recognition technology is already in use?
| A．Remembering eyes or smell. | B．Remembering fingerprints or voices. |
| C．Remembering faces or voices. | D．Remembering hands or faces. |
What problems could there be with the eye-recognition programme?
| A．Some eyes are the same. | B．Eyes can change. |
| C．It is not always correct. | D．Eyes can get dirty. |
What is the advantage of the eye-recognition programme?
| A．You needn’t remember a number. | B．You needn’t take money with you. |
| C．You don’t need to look at the machine. | D．People think it’s interesting. |
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| Guide to the best hotels in Boswell |
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| Numbers of rooms |
Price |
Things provided |
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| Single |
Double |
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| First Hotel 222 Edward Road Tel. 414-6433 |
120 |
$25 |
$35 |
Air-conditioned (有空调的) rooms with phone, TV and radio. There is a French restaurant, a nightclub, a swimming pool. Close to the city centre. |
| Fairview Hotel 129 North Road Tel. 591-5620 |
50 |
$12 |
$18 |
Close to the airport. Telephones in each room. There is a bar, a restaurant and a swimming pool. |
| Orchard Hotel 233 Edward Road Tel. 641.-6646 |
120 |
$15 |
$20 |
Face First Hotel with a European restaurant, a coffee shop and a nightclub. TV in each room with dry-cleaning service. |
| Osaka Hotel 126 Winning Road Tel. 643.-6646 |
180 |
$30 |
$50 |
Air-conditioned rooms with Japanese and Chinese restaurants, shops, a swimming pool and a big garden. |
根据所给信息提示，选择正确答案。The cheapest room for a couple is _____ in _____.
| A．$35; First Hotel | B．$30; Osaka Hotel |
| C．$18; Fairview Hotel | D．$15; Orchard Hotel |
The number of rooms in Osaka Hotel is _____.
| A．120 | B．50 | C．180 | D．240 |
If a traveller likes to eat French food, the hotel at _____ is the right place for him.
| A．222 Edward Road | B．126 Wining Road | C．233 Edward Road | D．129 North Road |
Which hotel faces Orchard Hotel?
| A．First Hotel. | B．Osaka Hotel. | C．Fairview Hotel. | D．None of the above. |
You’d better call _____ to book a room if you hope to live near the airport.
| A．641-6646 | B．414-6433 | C．643-6646 | D．591-5620 |
阅读理解
“Life is speeding up(加快速度). Everyone is getting unwell.” This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown person wrote it.
Inventions can change our lives. But have all these things really improved our lives? Imagine this. You’re doing your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings and the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer is turned off and you lose all your work. How do you feel? Inventions have speeded up our lives, but they often leave us feeling tired.
One family in England went “back in time” to see what life was like without these inventions. The grandparents, with their daughter and grandsons Ben 10 and Tom 7, spent nine weeks in an old house. They had no computers or mobile phones. The grandmother, Linda, said, “The more things you have, the harder life becomes.” And Ben also noticed that his grandmother had changed. She cooked delicious food for them!
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。The writer uses the quotation(引语) at the beginning to _____.
| A．tell us a truth about our lives | B．tell us what life was like before |
| C．show why such a thing happened | D．show that we face big problems |
In the passage the writer describes a picture to show that new inventions _____.
| A．have speeded up our lives | B．have improved our lives |
| C．may make people feel happy | D．may bring people some trouble |
The family chose to spend some time in an old house because _____.
| A．they loved to live simple lives |
| B．they wanted to know how people lived without modern inventions |
| C．they were troubled by modern inventions |
| D．living in a different way would be fun for them |
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
| A．With the improvement of our lives, we often feel tired. |
| B．An unknown man was sure that life would get better. |
| C．The family had some changes when they lived in an old house. |
| D．The grandson Ben was ten when the family went “back in time”. |
The passage is mainly about _____.
| A．problems with technology | B．improvements of our lives with technology |
| C．changes happening to technology | D．the importance of technology |
It is eight o’clock. The children go to school by car every day, they are going to school on foot. It is ten o’clock. Mrs. Sawyer usually stays at home in the morning, but this morning, she is going to the shops. It is four o’clock in the afternoon, Mrs. Sawyer usually drinks tea in the living room. But this afternoon, she is drinking tea in the garden. It is six o’clock, In the evening, the children usually do their homework, but this evening, they are not doing their homework. At the moment, they are playing in the garden. It is nine o’clock. Mr. Sawyer usually reads his newspaper at night. But he’s not reading his newspaper tonight. At the moment, he’s reading an interesting book.The children go to school ______ every day.
| A．by car | B．on foot | C．by bike | D．by bus |
Mrs. Sawyer is going to ___ this morning。
| A．staying at home | B．go shopping | C．drinking tea | D．watching TV |
Mrs. Sawyer usually drinks tea in the evening at ______in the living room.
| A．8:00 | B．16:00 | C．18:00 | D．21:00 |
Are the children doing their homework at the moment?
| A．Yes, they do. | B．No, they don’t. | C．Yes, they are. | D．No, they aren’t |