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第四单元
第1课
1、 基础巩固
Ⅰ.单项选择。
1.The laptop _____ in Japan in 1985. It is used for studying.
A.is developed
B.was developed
C.developed
D.develops
2.Now more and more man-made satellites are _____ by humans.
A.sent for
B.send up
C.sent up
D.sent into
3.I was made _____ this or that while working as a waiter in this hotel.
A.do
B. doing
C.to do
D.did
4.After hearing the funny joke, my father can’t help _____.
A.laugh
B.laughing
C.to laugh
D.laughs
5.—My parents don’t allow me _____ computer games at school.
—That’s right. They are bad for your study.
A.play
B.plays
C.playing
D.to play
6.We find it _____ to do some reading every day.
A.easily
B.enjoy
C.helpful
D.interested
7.—When will his new novel _____?
—Sorry. I don’t know.
A.come in
B.come from
C.come out
D.come back
8.The report shows we have dreamed _____ exploring space for thousands of years.
A.in
B.on
C.of
D.to
9. He didn’t pass the exam because he _____by his teacher at all in the past.
A.encouraged
B.wasn’t encouraged
C.isn’t encouraged
D.weren’t encouraged
10.It’s _____ that Edison invented more than two thousand things in his life.
A.said
B.marked
C.listed
D.told
2、 拓展提升
Ⅱ.补全对话。
从下面方框中选择正确的选项补全对话,其中有两项是多余的。
A: What a nice camera! 11
B: It was invented by Joseph Nicephore Niepee.
A: Oh, I see. 12
B: In 1827.
A: What’s this in English? 13
B: It’s called an English Learning Machine.
A: 14
B: It may be made of steel.
A: 15
B: It is used for helping us to improve our English.
A.What did it look like?
B.Who invented it?
C.It looks like a recorder.
D.Where was it made?
E.When was it invented?
F.What is it used for?
G.What is it made of ?
11._____ 12._____ 13._____ 14._____ 15._____
Ⅲ.完形填空。
根据短文内容,从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能填入相应空格内的最佳答案。
The computer is a very wonderful machine today, and it’s so 16 that it seems that we 17 live or work without it. Computers are used in many 18 , such as offices, factories, big shops, schools and even homes. With the computer people are living a