Unit 18 Inventions
一、单词拼写
1.The h_______ of this shoe is a machine that makes electricity when every step you take.
2.E________ chopsticks have five different f_________.
3.He applied for a p________ for his new invention.
4.Peter’s father is a police o________, who works in a local police station.
5.You have invented a car that uses water instead of _______ (汽油).
6.Tell me your b_________ now that you want to apply for the job.
7.It will take us an hour to get to the airport, ________ _______(顾及) traffic delays.
8.All these old customs should be r_______ as soon as possible.
9.When she was sent to boarding school, she felt as though her parents had _______ her.
10.The truck got s_______ in the mud and wouldn’t move.
11.My mother is p_______ to my little brother.
12.One of the provinces _______ ______ _____ the union and formed a new country.
13.There is no p________ that a boy of ten can swim across the river.
14.He’s naughty but o_________ a good student.
15.I lost your address, o________ I ______ _______ visited you long before.
16.Creative thinkers try to make c___________ that may seem strange at first.
17.This railway c_______ Beijing with Taiyuan.
18.I can’t accept your kind invitation because of a p__________ engagement.
19.It was several minutes before I _____ ________ _____（意识到） what was happening.
20.Only then _____ I _______ ______ my mistake.
Only then _____ I _______ _______ I was wrong.
21.In order to get the exact result, the scientists made ______ ____ ______（反复实验；不断摸索）.
22.We do cut and p______ , but we don’t use scissors or g_______.
23.This fish must be put into cold s__________ as soon as possible.
24.K______ _____ ____ your mistakes and try to learn from them.
25.In his a_______ to win an Olympic medal, Liu Xiang did better than expected.
26.If you try to look up every new word you come across in a reading passage, you will soon ____ _____ and it will slow down your reading.
27.I know she made you angry, but ______ _______（毕竟） she is your friend, isn’t she?
28.Mr. Stevens ________ ________ _____（保持联系） his business by telephone when he was in the hospital.
29._____ _______(正如……一样) the skill in playing the piano, learning English needs a lot of practice.
30.His success in the exam was _____ _______(绝非偶然).
二、选择题
( )1. I shall never forget the day ______ Shenzhou Ⅴwas launched, _____ has a great effect on my life.
A. when; which B. that; which C. which; that D. when; that
( )2. I think you’ve got to the point ______ a change is needed, or you would fail.
A. when B. where C. that D. which
( )3. The course normally attracts 20 students a year, _____ up to half will be from abroad.
A. in which B. for whom C. with which D. of whom
( )4. _____ is known to everybody, Taiwan is part of China.
A. It B. As C. That D. What
( )5. The operation turned out to be very successful, ____ was more than we could expected.
A. what B. which C. that D. it
( )6. The British are not so familiar with different cultures and other ways of doing things, ____ is often the case in other countries.
A. as B. that C. so D.it
( )7. It was in the street ___ I live ____ I met Mr. Green.
A. where; that B. where; which C./; where D. that; which
( )8. This is the boy _____ parents I met in the park yesterday.
A. who B. whom C. that D. whose
Key:
1.heel 2.Edible ; flavours 3.patent 4.officer 5. petrol
6.background 7.allowing for 8.rejected 9.rejected 10.stuck
11.partial 12.broke away from 13.possibility 14.otherwise
15.otherwise; would have 16.connections 17.connects
18.previous 19.was aware of 20.was aware of; was aware that
21.trial and error 22.paste; glue 23.storage 24.Keep track of
25.attempt 26.get stuck 27.after all;
28. kept track of 29.As with 30.no accident