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Module 9 Great inventions
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一、单选题(本大题共5小题,共5.0分)
1. Itˈs important for us ________ a healthy lifestyle.
A. to keep B. keep C. keeping D. kept
2. Ms. Ling got a letter from her pen friend yesterday.
A. wrote to B. heard from C. waited for D. heard of
3. The villagers expect that the building of the bridge ________ before the rainy season comes.
A. is completed B. was completed
C. will be completed D. has been completed
4. —Why are these shoes so expensive, Madam?
—Because now things made ________ are much dearer than those made by machine.
A. at hand B. in hand C. by hand D. with hand
5. —Why not go out for dinner? My treat this time.
—________. But Iˈm busy preparing for an interview.
A. Not at all B. In your dreams
C. Sounds great D. Donˈt mention it
二、阅读填空(本大题共1小题,共10.0分)
6. 阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
About a hundred years ago, a man was both surprised and feared (1) his name in the obituary column(讣告栏)of the morning paper. The newspapers had reported the (2) (die) of the wrong person by mistake. His first response was shock. Am I (3) or there?
When he calmed down, his (4) thought was to find out what people had said about him. The obituary (5) , “Dynamite(炸药)King Dies.” And also “He was the merchant of death.” This man was the (6) (invent) of dynamite and when he read the words “merchant of death,” he asked (7) a question, “Is this how I am going to be remembered?” He got in touch with his feelings and decided that this (8) (be) the way he wanted to be remembered. From that day on, he started working for (9) . His name was Alfred Nobel and he is remembered today by the great Nobel Prize.
Just as Nobel (10) (understand) his own feelings and redefined his own values, we should step back and do the same.
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