()all the inventions have in common is ()they have succeeded.
A.That, what
B.What, that
C.That, that
D.What, what
B、What, that
A.That, what
B.What, that
C.That, that
D.What, what
B、What, that
It must have taken a great prehistoric thinker to imagine two thin slices of log connected, at their centers by a string stick, this would roll along just as the logs did, yet be much lighter and easier to handle, thus the wheel and axle came into being and with them the first cart.
The wheel is important because ______ .
A.it was man' s first real invention
B.all transportation depends on it
C.every machine depends on it
D.both B and C
A.it was man’s first real invention
B.all transportation depends on it
C.every machine depends on it
D.both B and C
In the early 1800s the world【23】to change. There was little unknown land left in the world. People did not have to explore much any more. They began to work instead to make life belier.
In the second half of the 19th century many great inventions were made. Among them were the camera, the electric light and the radio. These all became a big part【24】our life today.
The first part of the 20th century saw more great inventions: the helicopter in 1909, movies with sound in 1926, the computer in 1928, and jet planes in 1930. This was also a time【25】a new material was first made. Nylon came out in 1935. It changed the kind of clothes people wore.
The middle part of the 20th century brought new ways to help people【26】disease. They worked very well. They made people healthier and let them live【27】lives. By the 1960's most people could expect to live to be at least 60.
By this time most people had a very good life.' Of course new inventions continued to be made. Man began【28】ways to go into space. Russia made the first step. Then the United States took a step. Since then other countries, including China and Japan, have made their steps into space.
In 1969 man took his biggest step away from earth. Americans first walked on the moon. This is certainly just a【29】though. New inventions will someday allow us to do things we have never yet【30】.
(56)
A.discoveries
B.creations
C.invention
D.inventions
What is the main topic of the passage? ()
A.The need for agricultural advances to help feed a growing population.
B.The development of safer machines demanded by the labor movement.
C.Machinery that contributed to the agricultural revolution.
D.New Jersey as a leader in the agricultural revolution.
Henry Ford changed the American society ______. ()
A.through great social revolution
B.through automotive technological revolution
C.through numerous mechanical inventions
D.through radical political reforms
A.invents
B.inventions
C.inventors
D.invests
(76) In the ancient world, as is today, most boys played with some kinds of toys and most girls with another. In societies where social roles are rigidly determined, boys pattern their play after the activities of their fathers and girls after the tasks of their mothers. This is true because boys and girls are being prepared, even in play, to step into the roles and responsibilities of the adult world.
(77) What is remarkable about the history of toys is not so much how they changed over the centuries but how much they have remained the same. The changes have been mostly in terms of craftsmanship, mechanics, and technology. It is the universality of toys with regard to their development in all parts of the world and their persistence to the present that is amazing. In Egypt, the Americas, China, Japan and among the Arctic (北极的) peoples, generally the same kinds of toys appeared. Variations depended on local customs and ways of life because toys imitate their surroundings. Nearly every civilization had dolls, little weapons, toy soldiers, tiny animals and vehicles.
Because toys can be generally regarded as a kind of art form, they have not been subject to technological leaps that characterize inventions for adult use. The progress from the wheel to the oxcart to the automobile is a direct line of ascent (进步). The progress from a rattle (拨浪鼓) used by a baby in 3,000 BC to one used by an infant today, however, is not characterized by inventiveness. Each rattle is the product of the artistic tastes of the times and subject to the limitations of available materials.
The toys most boys play with are different from those that girls play with because ______.
A.their social roles are rigidly determined
B.most boys would like to follow their fathers' professions
C.boys like to play with their fathers while girls with their mothers
D.they like challenging activities
A.little
B.much
C.some
D.any
Americans fully realized what Edison's inventions meant when they________.
A.heard of his death
B.heard of the plan to honor him
C.first used electric power
D.tried to carry out the plan
A、clearly
B、obviously
C、definitely
D、friendly
It was remarkable of man to invent the wheel because ______ .
A.it led to many other inventions
B.man had no use for it then
C.there were no wheels in nature
D.all of the above