[试题]英语复习材料.doc
Passage One
Do you have bright ideas? Ideas for inventions that change society or, at least, make life easier for somebody? Perhaps we all do sometimes, but we don't often make the idea a reality. Recently, in Britain, there was a competition called "British Designers for Tomorrow'5. The competition encouraged young people to carry out their bright ideas吉他和弦练习方法
. There were two groups in the contest: Group One was for schoolchildren under 16; Group Two was for schoolchildren over 16. And there were eleven prizewinners altogether.
Neil Hunt, one of the prizewinners, was called "Sunshine Superman^ by one newspaper writing about his design. It's important, when people study the weather, to be able to record sunshine accurately? We need to know how many hours of sunshine we have and how strong it is. Most sunshine recorders only record direct sunlight. NeiTs is more accurate and this is very important for rearch into ways of using solar power With his prize of ￡ 100, Neil plans to carry on inventing.
You can do so much with animation (动画片).Look at Simon West^s idea for animated road signs. He us pictures which appear to move as you go nearer to or farther from them. This isrft a new idea? But it is new to u the pictures on road signs. u We found that people were more likely to e moving signs J said Simon. So now, you can really e rocks falling, trains moving, hors galloping or a car falling over the edge of a cliff. Quite a warning!
The ideas in the competition were so inventive that we are surprid that British industry doesn^t ask more schoolchildren for suggestions. Perhaps this will be the start of “pupil power"!
1._______ was carried out recently in Britain.
A)A competition among schoolchildren
B)A competition in industry
C)A competition called "British Designers for Tomorrow"
D)A competition for 11 prizewinners
2.The aim of the competition was _______ ?
A)to ask schoolchildren for suggestions
B)to encourage young people to carry out their bright ideas
C)to start "pupil power"
D)to ask British industry for ideas
3.What is Neil Hunt?
A)A schoolboy.
B)A teacher?
C)A schoolgirl.
D)A designer.
4.Neil Hunt was called "Sunshine Superman'5 becau ________ .
A)he suggested the ways of using solar power
B)he designed a more accurate sunshine recorder
C)he was able to record direct sunshine accurately
D)he invented the way of using solar energy
5.Who invented animated road signs?
A)Neil Hunt.
B)Simon West.
C)A driver.
D)A schoolchild?
Passage Two
Elizabeth was 12 when her father gave her an Eastman Kodak Br雨水简笔画
ownie. "It just amazed me that I could point this box at something and record what was before me on film. I was captivated,n she says. “I carried my camera everywhere： Unfortunately, she didn't hold on to that Brownie —^It^s a collectors item now! “ she says, but her fascination with photography continued.
Elizabeth，s skills were lf-taught for most of her life. A desire for a deeper understanding of the craft came quite late, at age 78. She attended a meeting of a local photography club, and the photos displayed there provided the inspiration? "They emed to posss a certain sparkle, a little something extra, that mine lacked/5 she says. She joined the club to learn all she could about cameras, film and light. "I was the oldest one there/' she remembers with a laugh, "but youre never too old to learn/5 So Elizabeth began studying books, subscribing to magazines, and attending lectures and workshops. "I don^t ever want to become complacent/^ she says. "Learning is an ongoing process. Everything^ going digital now, and Pm constantly finding out more about the new technology. I love the challenge.^
As splendid as Elizabeth，s photographs are, she does not offer them for sale. She would never allow financial profit to overshadow her enjoyment of the art. “The real reward is being able to communicate with nature and capture its beauty in a way that allows me to enjoy it later and share with others/9 she says. So at 91, even with the painful reminders of knee and hip replacements, Elizabeth travells the world — down rivers, along mountain ranges, and through snow and ice —and clicks away.
1.The camera nt by Elizabeth's father ____ ?
A)was still kept by her
B)was well kept by her father
C)was pasd on to her son
D)was no longer ud by her
2.Elizabeth ___ about photography.
A)didift receive any formal training
B)started to learn photography when she was old
C)mainly taught herlf
D)learned from her father
