Today, roller skating is easy and fun．But many years ago,it wasn’t

easy at all．Before 1750, people never tried skating on wheels.That changed 

because of a man named Joseph Merlin．Merlin’s work was making instruments．

In his spare time he liked to play the violin．Merlin was a man with many ideas

and dreams．People called him a dreamer．

　　One day Merlin received an invitation to qo to an important party．

He was very pleased and a little excited．As the day of the party came near,

Merlin began to think .He wanted to find a way to make a wonderful entrance at 

the party .Merlin had an idea．He thought he would attract a lot of attention 

if he could skate into the room．

　　Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll．Finally, he decided to

 put two wheels under each shoe．These were the first roller skate shoes．Merlin 

was very proud of them. He dreamed of arriving at the party and skating into the 

room while playing the violin．He was sure that everyone would be very surprised.

　　On the night of the party, Merlin rolled into the room ,playing his violin．

Everyone was really surprised to see him．There was just one problem．Merlin had no

 way to stop his roller-skating．He rolled on ,playing the violin.Then,with all eyes

on him, Merlin hit into a huge mirror on the wall.The mirror broke into many pieces 

with a very loud noise.

     Nobody forgot Merlin’s wonderful entrance after that.

(    )1.People called Merlin a dreamer because ___________.

      A．he slept and dreamed a lot

      B．he was full of different ideas

      C．he invented the first roller skates shoes

      D．it was dangerous

(    )2.What was Merlin’s problem after he rolled into the room?

      A．He couldn’t stop his roller-skating.

      B．He couldn’t attract a lot of attention.

      C．Everyone was surprised at him.

      D．He couldn’t play the violin while rolling.

(    )3.Merlin’s entrance to the party was _______.

      A.safe                        B.surprising

      C.impossible                  D.thankful

1.Who was TV __________ by?

2.The watch  __________ Korea.

3.These objects of beauty _________ Chinese.

4.The products _________ washing your hair.

5.Many different kinds of vegetables _________ in my garden.

6.A knife _________ metal.

7.Do you know what ________ in this factory?

8.I think this cloth ________ plastic（塑料）.

When I got to the shop ,I found it was ________,

A.close        B.closed         C.closing

将下列短语与其汉语意思配对

1.be made of                     A.被用来......

2.be made by                     B.半夜

3.be used for                    C.经典影片

4.at midnight                    D.关于......的大量研究

5.classic films                  E.由......制成

6.a lot of research on           F.被......制造

    These days, cars are designed using computers. Let's look at how a new car is created. 

     First, several ____1____ talk about the new car and any good ideas that they have. Then they sit down at their computers and _____2_____  many sketches. The best two or three drawings are chosen and then more detailed drawings of _____3_____ are developed on the computer. You can change the size, shape or color of any part on the computer to see ____4______ the car would look and then you can choose the best design. 

     Both the inside and the outside of the car have to be designed. Part of the inside of the car is ___5___  so that the designers can sit in it. They can feel if there is enough ____6____inside and if they can reach ___7____ . Then some cars are built-there are more than 15, 000 parts of a car to ____8____. 

     When everything is known to be ____9____. the cars are made in the factory. Again, computers are used to make sure that all the parts are ___10____ as they are needed. The factory usually stays open all through the night so that the car production never stops.

5.The lovely lantern is rising like a small hot-air b________ in the sky.

4.Paris is one of the ________ (生气勃勃的) cities in Europe.

3.I like Chinese ________(黏土) art best.

2.The ________(比赛者) come from different countries.

1.The i________ kite festival was held in Weifang,China.