Cars were invented in the last century. Today they have ______ the lives of everyone in the United States. Most Americans feel that they are poor when they have _____ cars.

Why are cars ______ used in the United States？Here are three reasons.

First of all, the country is very large and Ame?ricans enjoy _____ trips here and there. With ______ they can go anywhere easily.

The second reason is ______ trains have never been as common in the United States as they are in other parts of the world. What’s ______， Americans have to spend a lot of money traveling by plane.

The third ______ is the most important one. Americans don't like to ______ buses or trains or even planes. They like cars ____ they want to travel fast at any time.

1.A. saved B. touched C. made D. done

2.A. no B. some C. many D. now

3.A. wide B. wider C. widest D. widely

4.A. to have B. making C. to make D. takes

5.A. cars B. buses C. trains D. planes

6.A. why B. where C. that D. there

7.A. more B. that C. so D. most

8.A. thing B. excuse C. matter D. reason

9.A. wait for B. work for C. work on D. wait on

10.A. because B. before C. after D. so

Are you still worried about how to get your phone charged(充電)? Now, a 19?year?old teenager can help you to solve this problem. He has invented a phone charger which uses energy from your own body to charge your phone.

Hand Energy, the wonderful invention of the inventor Michael Vaga, allows you to charge your phone simply by shaking your hand, which starts the charger's gyroscope(陀螺儀) to produce electricity. And the electricity can then either be stored or used to charge a mobile immediately(立即).

He said, “With each rotation(旋轉(zhuǎn)) of your hand, the gyroscope's speed increases quickly and produces more power. The average(平均的) speed of the gyroscope is about 5，000 rounds per minute. With this small charger, your physical energy can be turned into electrical energy and this means you can charge your phone. ”

Hand Energy can help you produce endless electricity. You can use it everywhere you want. It is especially useful for people who have to spend a long time in the wild. What's more, it's friendly to the environment and helps you to exercise your wrists. It takes between 40 minutes and one hour to fully charge the batteries(電池) in Hand Energy.

The invention took Vaga a year to develop. Now, the inventor from Minsk, Belarus, is ready to put it into production and send out the creative convenient chargers.

1.The energy of the new charger comes from ________.

A. the sun B. your body C. the batteries D. your phone

2.If we want to produce energy with the charger, we should ________.

A. shake our hands B. move quickly

C. go to the wild D. charge our phone

3.Who will be the most interested in the invention?

A. The teachers. B. The medical workers.

C. The drivers. D. The field workers.

4.It is not clear whether ________ or not, according to the passage.

A. the more you shake, the more power it produces

B. the charger helps to protect the environment

C. we can buy the charger online in China

D. it will produce endless electricity

5.Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?

A. A wonderful invention B. A great inventor

C. An interesting story D. A piece of exciting news

Many of humans' great achievements are in science and technology. The list is almost endless. The 26.1.(invent) of the airplane has changed our lives. The discovery of antibiotics(抗生素) has saved the lives of millions of people. Can you imagine 27.2.(live) without electricity? What about the printing press? Without the printing press, you wouldn't be reading this. In the last 50 years, there have been great achievements in 28.3.(communicate), such as radios, TVs, computers, the Internet, and smartphones(智能手機(jī)). We could probably live without them, but life wouldn't be as 29.4.(interest) as it is now.

What about the arts? The arts have brought 30.5.(please) to many people, but are the Beatles and Bach more important than antibiotics? And is Mickey Mouse as important an achievement as going to space? 31.6.(final), we must not forget humans' early achievements. They used fire for cooking and 32.7.(heat) and invented the wheel. We can't imagine modern life without 33.8.(cook) food and cars.

What are humans' greatest achievements? To answer the question, we need 34.9.(decide) what we mean by “great”. Is it something that 35.10.(make) us rich or happy or save lives? Or is it just something that makes us say “Wow，” like the Great Wall? What do you think?

書面表達(dá)

如今的交通已經(jīng)成了許多城市的主要困擾。假如你是一名工程師，請(qǐng)你設(shè)計(jì)一種交通工具，既可以解決部分交通運(yùn)行的問題，又有助于環(huán)保。

要求：

1. 要展開大膽的想象，可以假設(shè)為一種空中交通工具，也可以是地上交通工具。

2. 內(nèi)容要合理、完整、豐富與流暢。

3. 詞數(shù)：不少于80。開頭和結(jié)尾已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

An Important Vehicle

As an engineer, I try my best to invent an important vehicle. It's________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

I hope my idea can come true one day, and everyone can be interested in it.

Sun Yang is such an excellent swimmer that we all ________ him.

A. take after B. look up to C. think of D. come up with

（題文）—Have you finished your report on green life?

—Not yet. I'll make it if I ________ another two days.

A. give B. am given

C. will give D. will be given

（題文）—Thank you very much for giving me some advice on how to deal with stress.

—________．

A. That's true B. Don't mention it

C. OK. I'll try D. I don't think so

Not only his friends but also he ________ always interested in science fiction.

A. show B. shows C. are D. is

—Lucy is often heard ________ in her room.

—Yeah, she was born with musical talent.

A. sing B. sings C. sang D. to sing

You can't eat the bread, because it has gone bad and it smells ________.

A. salty B. sour C. sweet D. nice