We all love new inventions. 1 _________________________________________________. But have all these inventions really improved the quality of our lives? Picture this: You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings and a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen. 2 _______________________________________________. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How happy do you feel? Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, with no telephone, no car, not even any electricity often seem to be happier? 3 ________________________________________________________________.

   One family in the UK went “back in time” to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10and Thomas, 7. spent nine weeks in a house of the 1940s. 4 _________________________________________. The grandmother, Lyn, said, “5__________________________________________________”. The boys said they fought less. Probably, they said, because there was less to fight over. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a “trendy, beer-drinking granny to one who cooked things”.

In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business .But he was not a good artist .So he invented a very simple camera .He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden .That was the first photo.

 The next important date in the history of photography was in 1837.That year, Daguere, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room .He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.

 Soon, other people began to use Daguerre’s way .Travelers brought back wonderful photos from all around the world .people took picture of famous buildings, cities and mountains.

 In about 1840, photography was developed .Then photographers could take picture of people and moving things .That was not simple .The photographers had to carry a lot of film and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example, some in the United States worked so hard.

 Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many picture of great people .The picture were unusual because they were very lifelike.

 Photographers also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century .Some photos were nor just copies of the real world .They showed and feelings, like other kinds of art.

(  ) 1.The first photo taken by Niepce was a pictures of ____________

       A. his business　　　B. his house　　　      C. his garden　　　   D. his window

(  ) 2.The Daguerro type was____________.

       A. a Frenchman　                                          B. a kind of picture　 

C. a kind of camera　                                 D. a photographer

(  ) 3.If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840s, he    had to__________.

A. watch lots of films　　　　      B. buy an expensive camera

C. stop in most cities　　　　　D. take many films and something else with him.

(  ) 4. Mathew Brady_________.

A. was very lifelike　　　　　　　      B. was famous for his unusual pictures

C. was quite strong　　　　　　　      D. took many pictures of moving people

(  ) 5.This passage tells us_____________.

A. how photography was developed　

B. how to show your ideas and feelings in pictures

C. how to take pictures in the world　　

D. how to use different cameras

   People all over the world eat rice.  1  people, in Asia, Africa and South America  2  it every day of their lives. Some people almost do not eat  3  except rice. Rice is a kind of  4 . There are more than 7000 kinds of rice. Most kinds are water plants. Farmers  5  rice in many countries even in the southern part of Russia and in eastern Australia. No one really knows where rice  6 . Someone in China wrote about it almost 5000 years ago. Some scientists think that rice  7  in West Africa,  8  think it  9  from India and then  10  to other parts of the world.

(  ) 1. A. Thousand of             B. Hundreds of           C. Millions of              D. A million of

(  ) 2. A. eat                            B. eats                        C. eaten                            D. is eaten

(  ) 3. A. everything                B. something                      C. anything                 D. nothing

(  ) 4. A. grass                 B. fruit                        C. flower                    D. vegetable

(  ) 5. A. make                 B. run                         C. keep                             D. grow

(  ) 6. A. came from         B. came to                  C. went from                     D. went to

(  ) 7. A. grew                  B. grow                             C. is grown                 D. was grown

(  ) 8. A. another                     B. other                             C. the other                D. others

(  ) 9. A. came                 B. come                            C. was come                     D. was coming

(  )10. A. was planted             B. was taken                     C. was kept                D. was grown

Look! There _________ deer ________ with the tourists on Yinhe Square.

A. are a number of, playing            B. are a number of, play

C. is a number of, playing                 D. is a number of, play

Some gifts were ________ on her _________ birthday.

A. for her, ninth    B. to her, nineth     C. for her, nine         D. to her, ninth

---________ bad weather!　　

---Yes, and it will last ____.

A. What, two days 　　　　　　　　　　 B. What a, two days

C. How, for two days　　 　　　　　 D. How, two days long

I’m sorry I haven’t got any money. I’ve ______ my handbag at home.

A. missed                 B. put                      C. forgotten                      D. left

I still can’t believe it! My bicycle____ last night.

A. is stolen          B. was stolen             C. was stole                      D. stole

_____ the new China _____ on October 1, 1949 ?

A. Did, found    B Was, found           C. Was,  founded          D. Did, be founded

The room_____________ as a study.

A. used to being used             B. used to be used 

C. was used to be used            D. was used to being used