1．晚饭之后去散散步怎么样?

                                going out for a walk after supper?

3．第Ⅱ卷各题必须用黑色或蓝色钢笔、圆珠笔，在试卷上按要求作答。

根据中文意思完成句子。

2．第Ⅱ卷包括四道大题，共4页。

1．考生要认真填写密封线内的学校名、班级名、姓名、考号。

58．Which will be the best title for the passage?

A．Great Inventions Change Our Lives

B．The Most Important Inventions

C．New Inventions Become Faster

D．Different Kinds of Inventions

第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 共44分）

考生须知

57．All the inventions in this passage                        ．

A．solved some problems by accident

B．were invented by people in Europe

C．led to several other new inventions

D．were invented by people in teams

56．From the passage we can learn that                    ．

A．people can remember all the earliest inventors

B．new inventions come out faster than before

C．the internal engine resulted in the Industrial Revolution

D．the steam engine resulted in the invention of automobiles

55．The invention of          is very "important for daily transportation．

A．printing                                                    B．the steam engine

C．electricity                                             D．the internal engine

54．What does the writer try to tell us?

A．Most people's appetite is changing all the time．

B．Appetite could be changed by music．

C．Different people like different kinds of music．

D．The slower the music is, the less food．people want．

C

Try to imagine what life would be like if there were no electric lights, no television, or no cars．What if you had no running water to take a shower and no refrigerator to keep your food cold? Life would be hard without these great inventions．

Since ancient times, people have been inventing new machine, materials, and ways of doing things．The people who come up with new things are called inventors．Sometimes an inventor wakes an invention to solve a problem．Sometimes an inventor discovers something new by accident．

Everyone probably has his or her favorite inventions．One great invention was the printing press．A German named Johannes Gutenberg in the 1400s invented a press that made it easy to print books．Books became much more common after the invention of the printing press．The books helped other inventers make new things．

The invention of the steam engine around 1700 led to the Industrial Revolution(工业革命)．Inventors made many new machines that were powered by steam engines．They invented locomotives(机车), steamboats, and all kinds of factory machines．

Another great invention, the internal engine, led to the invention of automobiles in the late 1800s．Inventors made better and better internal engines．These are the engines we use today in cars, trucks, buses, and airplanes．

The discovery of electricity led to many wonderful inventions．Many scientists studied electricity．An American inventor named Thomas A．Edison invented the electric lamp, phonograph(留声机), and other things that ran on electricity in the late 1800s．

New things are invented today faster than ever before．Inventors are making new kitchen tools, toys, computers, video games, telephones, and all kinds of other things．

The ways people invent things have changed over time．No one knows the names of the earliest inventors．Until the 1900s, most inventors worked alone．Some of them became well-known for their inventions all around the world．Today, most inventions come from scientists and engineers who work in teams．The teams work in big research labs．Most of today's inventors work for universities, government agencies, or big companies．

53．In paragraph 1, the underlined phrase "finicky kids" can be replaced by "            "．

A．kids who are very naughty

B．kids who want to lose weight

C．kids who don't like music

D．kids who just eat things they like