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Unit5 Power of ideas 全单元大课文高频考点挖空练习题
2026-2027学年人教版九年级英语上册
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Fu Xing: What do you think is the_______ ________ ________(最有用的发明)of all time, Peter?
Peter: It has to be the radio.
Fu Xing: The radio? Why?
Peter: Before the radio___________(invent), information travelled very slowly. The world__________(make)much smaller by the radio. Suddenly, news could_________(spread)around the world_______ ________(在几秒钟之内).
Fu Xing: Right. Who was the__________(invent)?
Peter: An Italian inventor__________(call)Guglielmo Marconi. He developed the idea _______the 1890s. In 1901, a radio message__________(send)across the Atlantic Ocean_________the first time.
Fu Xing: Wow! That was quite a____________(距离)at that time.
Peter: Yeah. And because of the radio, some other important inventions_________________(develop)as well.
Fu Xing: Like the television?
Peter: That's right. It also_______ _______ _______ _______ _______(对...有一个很大的影响)music. The radio made it much easier for people to enjoy music from_________ ________ _________ _________(全世界的艺术家们).
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The Qinghai-Xizang Railway_________________(complete) in 2006. It____________(connect) Xining to Lhasa, a huge distance of 1,956kilometres, and it is the________(high) railway in the world,_________(reach) 5,072 metres above sea level at Tanggula Pass.
The building of the railway was a great__________(挑战). Creative ideas_________(need) to solve different problems. In summer, the top layer of the_________(freeze)ground would melt and become too soft__________(build)on, so pipes___________(use) to keep the ground hard. However, in some places, it was_________________(possible)to build the railway_______the frozen ground, so tunnels had to__________(create) instead. In some other places, bridges__________(build) to keep the railway up above the ground. These bridges are___________________(动物友好的) and_________(allow) animals to pass under the tracks.
As an important and successful project, the railway has increased ________(tour)and ____________(economy)development in the area. The lessons________(learn)and experience_________(gain)from building this railway will help_________ __________(提升交通) in other similar places in the world.
1b How do we_______ _______ ________ _________(把主意变成现实)?
An Invention That Changed the World
Can you imagine a world___________(没有)books, newspapers, or magazines? All of these things________ _________(依赖于)one invention— ____________(造纸术). It, _______ _______(超过)any other invention, was responsible_______the_______ ________(快速传播)of information that________(shape)our modern world.
In ancient China, many different materials__________(use)to write______, such as animal bones, bronze wares(青铜器), stones, wood, bamboo, and even silk. In the Western Han Dynasty, there________(be)also a very early________(形式)of paper________(make)from jute—a_________(纤维)that comes from plants. However, all of these materials were________(要么)difficult to use and store__________(要么)very expensive.
As the head_________(office)of the palace workshop for the emperor in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cai Lun________ __________ _________(变得对...感兴趣)trying to solve the problem. Different methods for__________(create)something to write on___________(try), but none were___________(理想的). In his times, some kinds of bark— the outside part of trees— ____________(use)to make clothes. ______ past experiences, Cai Lun got the idea that bark, __________(特定的)plants, and old clothes could__________(use)to make a special material________(suit)to write on.
In the first step of Cai Lun's experiment, all the ingredients____________(mix)and___________(boil)in water. Then, this material _________(beat), cut up, and mixed with water again. Next, the liquid____________(pour)over a bamboo screen, leaving just the fibre. Finally, this fibre____________(dry)and__________(press)to form paper._______everyone's surprise, this paper was soft, light, easy to make and use, and_________ ___________(最重要的是), cheap. In 105 CE, Cai Lun showed his___________(create)to the emperor. The emperor was very_________(please)and __________Cai Lun_________his great work(由于...表扬某人).
Later on, the __________ ___________(造纸术)did not only_______ ________(加速了)the development of Chinese culture, but also changed___________(文明). It first spread to China's _____________(neighbour) countries and finally reached Europe through Arab countries________the 12th century. When the use of paper and printing came together in later centuries, it________(lead)to a rapid increase in________ ________ _______(...的数量)books. This resulted_______a new birth of knowledge,____________(create)the world we have today.
3a
The________(invent)of the plane has greatly changed the world. However, it seems that its__________(invent), Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright, were not _______ ________ ________ ________ ________(试图改变世界)at all. Rather, they just wanted to fly_______birds.
To solve the problem of heavier-than-air_________(fly), the Wright brothers began working with gliders. There were two main_________(挑战). The first was how to get the glider_______the air. The second was_______ _______ _______(如何控制)it once it was flying. For both problems, they found their_________(solve)by looking at________birds flew. After they solved these problems, they added an engine_______the glider. Then, in December 1903, the world's first plane flights___________(make).
The invention of the plane has made our travels around the world much________(easy) and________(fast). Journeys that once took days, weeks, or even months, can now be made in only a few hours._______a result, ___________(communicate)among people in different countries is now much easier, and the world has become a much_________(small)place.
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