题型:阅读选择 题类: 难易度:普通
广东省广州市海珠区2024年中考一模英语试题
Brian looked at the ugly gray walls of his bedroom. Soon the hated walls would be covered, but not with paint as he had first planned. Brian had been disappointed to learn that the house owner would not allow painting. For weeks he was unable to understand: without using paint, how could he cover the walls? But, as Grandmother always said, "Necessity is the mother of invention." So Brian did some thinking, and with a little help from his mother, he came up with a great plan.
This morning, Mom had needed to stop at the mall to buy a book and Brian went along. There, Brian noticed a large poster of Harry Potter and the Hogwarts School on the wall. Next to it was a poster showing the cover of No Arm in Left Field, a baseball novel that Brian had read several times. "This is it," Brian thought excitedly. "I'll cover the walls with posters!"
When he left the mall, Brian had an armful of posters and a box of tacks (大头钉). At home, he headed straight to his room. First he took out the posters and spread them out on his bed, his desk, and most of the floor. Next he found out the size of each poster, and then the walls. He wanted to cover as much of those ugly walls as possible! It took all afternoon to work out the best preparation. He drew it on paper, making changes until it was just right. When Dad came home at dinnertime, Brian was ready to tack up the posters.
"Come see my room, Dad," called Brian. "It's going to be great!" But when Dad came into the bedroom, he looked worried. "The house owner said we could not put any holes in the walls. You can't use tacks, Brian. I am sorry."
Brian's joy slowly disappeared. He would stay with the boring gray walls forever. Maybe there was no way to solve this problem after all. How could you hang posters without using tacks? After all, posters would not stick to the walls by themselves!
"What would stick to the walls?" Brian wondered. Then he smiled. Tape, that's what! Brian took a piece of tape and made it into a circle. He made sure the sticky part of the tape was on the outside. This would work, for sure!
a. Dad came back and warned Brain not to use tacks.
b. Brian spent a whole afternoon getting ready.
c. The room took a completely new look.
d. Brian bought lots of posters and tacks.
e. Brian was not allowed to paint the walls.
This week, we are going to learn about great inventions in the world. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} The inventions were trying to make something completely different. Here is one story.
In 1945, at the end of the Second World War, Percy LeBaron Spencer, an American scientist, was working on a machine to produce powerful radio waves. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} The machine was able to cook things! Percy called it a microwave. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}However, the first microwave weighed around 350 kilograms and was as big as a fridge! {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Now millions of homes have microwaves. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. So we can say that the microwave has changed the way we live.
A. And many people can't imagine living without one. B. When he was standing next to the new machine, a bar of chocolate in his pocket became soft. C. Many inventions were created by accident. D. In time, microwaves became smaller. E. And soon many homes began to use it. |
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