七、阅读短文,选择正确的选项。
Inventors are very clever and they work really hard. Their clever ideas make our whole world different and improve our daily lives greatly.
Zhang Heng
Long long ago, people could not get news about earthquakes (地震) quickly. About 1,900 years ago, Zhang Heng invented the seismograph (地动仪). People could get important information about earthquakes. In this way, people could be in time for rescue (救援) work.
Bi Sheng
About 1,000 years ago, people's printing (印刷) method was slow and expensive (昂贵的). After trying many times, Bi Sheng finally invented movable-type printing (活字印刷). This new printing method was easy and fast. People could buy books at a low price and get new knowledge (知识).
It also got to other countries and helped the whole world.
Tim Berners-Lee
Do you like reading news and chatting online every day? If you do, then you should thank Tim Berners-Lee. In the late 1980s, Tim worked at a famous science lab (实验室) and found it hard to share information quickly. To deal with (解决) this problem, Tim built a simple and global (全球的) information system (系统) for everyone. After a lot of hard work, Tim invented the World Wide Web in 1989.
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C
) 1. What did Zhang Heng invent about 1,900 years ago?
A. A printing machine. B. The World Wide Web.
C. The seismograph. D. A news-sharing system.
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A
) 2. Why did Bi Sheng want to invent movable-type printing?
A. Because people printed books slowly and expensively.
B. Because people did not like reading books.
C. Because people had no books to read at all.
D. Because he wanted to become rich and famous.
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B
) 3. Which of the following sentences can we put in the blank?
A. This old printing method had many big problems.
B. This technology (技术) helped Chinese culture develop quickly.
C. This technology saved lots of time and materials (材料).
D. Most people did not have enough money to buy books.
(
C
) 4. What problem did Tim Berners-Lee want to solve?
A. People could not read books easily.
B. People could not know about earthquakes quickly.
C. People could not share information quickly.
D. People could not work in science labs.
(
C
) 5. What did Tim Berners-Lee invent?
A. Computers. B. Paper. C. The World Wide Web. D. Smartphones.
