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Inventors are always looking for ways to make our lives easier, greener and more fun. Here are just a few examples of inventions.

                                                 Crayons were invented by Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith. They had a paint company in New York City. The new crayons were made of wax（蜡）and different pigments（颜料）. In 1903,Binney and Smith put the first box of eight“Crayola Crayons”on the market. These new crayons were a great success. 

                                Remote control technology(遥控技术)has been used since the early 1930s. During World War1, Germans used remote control boats. The TV remote control was first put on the market in 1950. Zenith Radio Company created the first TV remote control, called the “lazy Bone”. It could turn the TV on and off and could change programs.

       Bow Lingual（犬语翻译机），named by the US

Time Magazine as a “BEST invention of 2002”，

has two parts. A microphone is tied to the dog’s neck and sends out sound information to the gadget（小挂件）held by the owner. Then the translation is done in the gadget with kinds of dog barks.

          Some students in South Korea have a new language teacher :an robot of English-teaching ：The robot is 157cm tall and speaks both Korea and English .It can make16 kinds of faces .The robot-teachers are helping to solve a shortage of English teachers there. Could robots replace human teachers one day?

1. The first box of crayons was put on the market ________ .

A. in 1900  B. in 1903  C. in 1950   D. in 2002

2.During World War1, Germans used remote control to control _________ .

A. trains    B. planes   C. boats    D. TVs

3._________ is one of the greatest inventions of 2002 according to the US Time Magazine.

A. The crayon                B. Bow Lingual

C. The TV remote control   D. The English- teaching robot

4. The English- teaching robot can speak ________ .

A. English and Chinese     B. English and French

C. Korean and Japanese    D. English and Korean

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.Bow Lingual’s microphone is tied to the dog’s neck.

B. The English-teaching robot can make six faces in class.

C. Remote control technology has been used since early 1930.

D. The robot- teachers can help provide the USA with more English teachers.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章为我们介绍的是一些有趣的发明。这些发明可以使我们的生活变得更方便，更环保，也更有趣。这其中有蜡笔、遥控器、犬语翻译机和教英语的机器人。

1.细节理解题。根据文章中第一个发明，In 1903,Binney and Smith put the first box of eight“Crayola Crayons”on the market. 在1903年，Binney 和Smith 把第一盒蜡笔推向了市场。故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据第二个发明里During World War1, Germans used remote control boats 在一战期间，德国人用遥控器来控制船。故选C。

3.细节理解题。根据文章中第三个发明Bow Lingual（犬语翻译机），named by the US Time Magazine as a “BEST invention of 2002”，被美国时代杂志命名为犬语翻译机被认为是2002年最好的发明。故选B。

4.细节理解题。根据文章中第四个发明，The robot is 157cm tall and speaks both Korea and English 这个机器人有157厘米高，会说韩语和英语，故选D。

5.推理判断题。根据第三个发明A microphone is tied to the dog’s neck可知这种机器是系到狗的脖子上，故A正确；根据第四个发明It can make16 kinds of faces我们可以排除B；根据第二个发明里Remote control technology(遥控技术)has been used since the early 1930s. 我们可以排除C；机器人英语老师可以帮助韩国人学习英语，而不是美国，故D不对。故选A。

考点：科普类短文阅读。