Unit 6 When was it invented? 听力部分

一、听句子，选出句子中所包含的信息

下面你将听到五个句子，每个句子读两遍。请你听完句子的第二遍朗读后，从各小题所给出的A、B、C三个选项中，选出包含所听信息的选项。

No.1. This invention may change the world.

No.2. In England,tea didn’t appear until around 1660.

No.3. There is no doubt you will win the match.

No.4. The customers thought the potato chips were not thin enough.

No.5. Basketball has not only become a popular sport to play,but it has also become a popular sport to watch.

二、听句子，选出该句的最佳答语

下面你将听到五个句子，每个句子读两遍。请你听完句子的第二遍朗读后，从各小题所给出的A、B、C三个选项中，选出该句的最佳答语。

No.6. Can you help to think of an invention?

No.7. You do study really hard and you must do well in this exam.

No.8. What is the big room used for?

No.9. When was pencil invented?

No.10. How do you like fish and chips?

三、听对话和问题，选择正确答案

下面你将听到五组对话和八个问题，每组对话和问题读两遍。请你听完对话和问题的第二遍朗读后，从各小题所给出的A、B、C三个选项中选出正确答案。

请听第一组对话，回答第11题。

W: Ren Ziwei won the men’s 1，000meter short track speed skating at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

M: Congratulations. He is great.

W: Yes, we are very proud of him.

Question No.11. Which sport do the speakers talk about?

请听第二组对话，回答第12题。

M: Have you heard Sam’s got a new job?

W: Really? What’s his new job?

M: He’s going to be a math teacher in a primary school.

W:What a big change after his work in the library!

Question No.12. Where did Sam work before he got the new job?

请听第三组对话，回答第13题。

W: Basketball is popular around the world. It must have a long history.

M: I don’t think so. In fact, it was shorter than soccer and tennis.

W: Really? It’s a little surprising.

Question No.13. Which has the shortest history among the three sports?

请听第四组对话，回答第14、15题。

W: My favorite invention is the car and my sister Jenny’s is the plane. What’s yours, Henry?

M: Mine is the Internet.

W: Oh, I see. By the way, have you ever invented anything?

M: Yeah. In 2012,I invented a kind of machine to cut up meat. At that time, I was only eleven years old.

Question No.14. What’s Jenny’s favorite invention?

Question No.15. When did Henry invent a kind of machine?

请听第五组对话，回答第16至18题。

W: Look, it’s so interesting and strange!

M: Oh, it’s a great invention of ancient China.

W: Really? When was it invented?

M: It was invented in the Han Dynasty.

W: Whom was it invented by?

M: It was invented by the farmers at that time.

W: What was it used for?

M: Guess first!

W: Was it used for harvesting the crops?

M: No, it wasn’t. It was used for carrying water from low land to high land.

W: It’s quite special. How does it work?

M: Please read the instructions. And you will know how it works.

W: OK. Thank you so much for taking me to the museum. I can learn so much about Chinese culture here.

Question No.16. When was the invention invented?

Question No.17. What’s the invention used for?

Question No.18. Where are the two speakers?

四、听短文和问题，选择正确答案

下面你将听到两篇短文和七个问题，短文和问题读两遍。请你听完短文和问题的第二遍朗读后，根据所听内容，从各小题所给出的 A、B、C三个选项中，选出正确答案。

请听第一篇短文，回答第19至21题。

W:Papermaking is one of the four great inventions in China. It was invented in the Western Han Dynasty and improved in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

More than 3, 500 years ago,people wrote on the bones of animals and hundreds of years later on the silk.But the silk was very expensive. Common people didn’t have money to buy it. Cai Lun produced paper with high quality.Later he improved the way,and produced much more paper than before. Cai Lun’s papermaking way was taken to Korea and Japan in the 7th century.

Question No.19. Where did people write over 3, 500 years ago?

Question No.20. Why didn’t common people write on the silk?

Question No.21. When was the papermaking way taken to Korea and Japan?

请听第二篇短文，回答第22至25题。

M:Do you know when people began to fly in the air? Let me tell you about it. In 1903, the Wright brothers made the people’s dream of flying come true. The Wright brothers were from America. They made the world’s first plane. They became interested in flying when they were still children. They spent years studying how birds fly in the sky. On December 17th, 1903, they did their first flying test on their plane. It was the first successful flight with men in history. Now, the plane is kept in a museum in Washington D.C.

Question No.22. Where were the Wright brothers from?

Question No.23. How did the Wright brothers invent a plane?

Question No.24. When did the Wright brothers do their first flying test?

Question No.25. Where can you see the Wright brothers’ first plane?

五、听短文填空

下面你将听到一篇短文，短文读两遍。请你听完短文的第二遍朗读后，根据短文的内容和提示，在信息表中相应的横线上填入所缺信息。 

W:Hello, I’m watching a robot show in Japan. There are all kinds of robots. They are so cool and interesting.Look! The first robot named Jack was invented in 2006.He is cooking delicious meals. The second robot named Mary was invented in 2008. She is dancing. She dances so well that I want to learn to dance from her. The third robot named David was invented in 2012.He is riding a bike. Listen!Who is speaking English so well? It’s the fourth one named Jenny.She was invented in 2009.She is talking to a girl. Can you hear the nice music? Oh,the fifth robot named Linda is playing the violin. She was invented in 2010. How great they are!