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Unit 4 素能测评
第二部分 笔试(共90分)
Ⅲ. 完形填空(共20小题,计20分)
第一节:阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案,使短文连贯完整。
Inventions can be either big or small. Big inventions like the TV and the computer make us 21 them all the time. There are also several small things around us. 22 , we are seldom aware of them. The following are two small inventions. They are as 23 as big inventions.
A paper clip helps hold pieces of paper together without 24 a hole. A big paper clip was put up in Norway 25 people remember the inventor of the paper clip, Johan Vaaler. He invented the paper clip when working in 26 . A paper clip is in fact a piece of wire. 27 can hold a few pieces of paper together. Now 28 paper clips are made and sold all over the world.
The ballpoint pen was invented 29 by a Hungarian called Biro. He had been trying to find another use for the quick-drying ink and designed this pen. Later, a Frenchman, Marcel Bich thought up the idea of making 30 use-and-throw pen and sold it cheap.
( A )21. A. feel B. to feel C. feeling D. felt
( D )22. A. So B. Therefore C. But D. However
( A )23. A. helpful B. more helpful
C. most helpful D. the most helpful
( C )24. A. make B. to make C. making D. makes
( B )25. A. help B. to help C. helping D. helped
( B )26. A. German B. Germany C. Germans D. Germanies
( A )27. A. It B. Its C. They D. Theirs
( D )28. A. million B. million of C. millions D. millions of
( D )29. A. at 1930s B. in 1930s C. in the 1930 D. in the 1930s
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第二节:(2023·西安市西光中学模拟)阅读下面短文,理解大意,然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案,使短文连贯完整。
I have invented robots which improve the work of cars. My love of making things began 31 I was a kid. I really became excited about inventing after I learned about Thomas Edison.
One day in the fourth grade, our 32 gave us a project in class. We had to write to a company and learn about the products. I thought about it for da