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[单项选择]Man’s first real invention, and one of the most important inventions in history, was the wheel. All transportation and every machine in the world depend on it.
The wheel is the simplest yet the most remarkable of all inventions, because there are no wheels in nature—no living thing was ever created with wheels. How, then did Man come to invent the wheel Perhaps some early hunters found that they could roll the dead body of a heavy animal through the forest on logs more easily than they could carry it. However, the logs themselves weighed a lot.
It must have taken a great prehistoric thinker a long time to imagine two thin pieces of log collected at their centers by a strong stick. This would roll along just as the logs did, yet it would be much lighter and easier to handle. Thus the wheel and the axle came into being, and with them the first carts were invented.
The wheel was probably invented by ______.
A. a group of modem hunters
B. a great prehistoric thinker
C. the first man on earth
[简答题]Man bat im Interview den Politiker um eine klare Antwort.
[单项选择]Task 6
The sense of sound is one of our most important means of knowing what is going on around us. Sound has a wasted product, too, in the form of noise. Noise has been called unwanted sound. Noise is growing and it may get much worse before it gets any better.
Scientists, for several years, have been studying how noise affects people and animals. They are surprised by what they have learned. Peace and quiet are becoming harder to find. Noise pollution is a threat that should be looked at carefully.
There is a saying about it being so noisy that you can’t hear yourself think. Doctors who study noise believe that we must sometimes hear ourselves think. If we don’t, we may have headaches, other aches and pains, or even worse mental problems.
Noise adds more tension (紧张) to a society that already faces enough stress.
But noise is not a new problem. In ancient Rome, people complained so much about noise that the government stopped chariots (四轮马车) from mo
A. Because the world is becoming more and more noisy.
B. Because they have learned that noise is also a kind of pollution.
C. Because noise is an unwanted waste for human beings.
D. Because people knew little about the danger of noise before.
[单项选择]According to Dr. Smith, what is one of the most important points in learning a foreign language
A. Exposing oneself to the target culture.
B. Attending regularly a good language program.
C. Developing good note -taking skills.
D. Coming up with a study plan.
[单项选择]She eventually married the most persistent one of her admirers.（ ）
A. in a way
B. in due course
C. in the end
D. in any case
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One day a man gave an ad. in most of the newspapers in England, saying that he himself was a young man of millions of pounds and of great knowledge. He’s like to choose a girl to be his wife, and the girl must be like the one in the books written by Somerest Maugham.
This ad. was at once known by thousands of parents and young girls. Parents went to bookstores to look for the book written by Somerest Maugham. They bought those books for their daughters as presents. Girls tried to get those books to read. They wanted to know what kind of person the rich man wished for.
Before long all the books written by Somerest Maugham were sold out and the writer was known all over the country.
Who was the richest man It was Somerest Maugham himself. The ad. saved his books, and it also made him famous.
Which of the following is NOT true（ ）.
A. Many parents bought Maugham’s books for their daughters.
B. Girls had to read those books if they hoped to be the man’s wife.
C. Maugham gave an ad. in the newspapers for one of his friends.
D. Thanks to the ad. , Maugham’s books sold well.
