clock and could measure(测量) the time for half a day.On 4.__cloudy__(cloud) days or at night it was impossible to tell the time with a sun clock or a sundial.
Water clocks were the 5.__first__(one) clocks not to use the sun.The idea is simple.Water flows(流动) from one container(容器)to 6.__another__(另一个).When the water reaches a certain level it moves a lever(控制杆) and this shows the hours.The Egyptians used water clocks about 3,400 years ago.These clocks were 7.
__popular__(流行的) in the Middle East and China but they failed to keep accurate(精确的) time.
In the 13th century,the mechanical clock was invented.This was more accurate,8.__but__ was expensive to make.Over the next few centuries it was developed.For example,springs(发条)were added around 1,500.This improved accuracy and allowed clocks to be 9.__smaller__(small) than before.
In 1927,the first quartz clock was developed.Clocks became cheaper to build and own.People began depending on them more and more to run businesses,markets and so on.
More recently,in 1956,came the digital clock.And nowadays satellites(人造卫星)send our cell phones the time to the exact second.There has been a lot of progress in timekeeping but some things never 10.change__.Many of us still have trouble getting out of bed on time and not missing appointments.
五、(2018重庆中考B卷改编)完成句子。 阅读下面短文,根据题后要求完成句子。
Reading is fun.When you read,would you like a paper book or an e-book(电子书)? Some people choose e-books,some love paper books,and others prefer reading both.
(B)Li Ming,a university professor(教授),is busy doing__some__research.So he is often on
business.(A)When__he__is__at__the__airport__or__on__the__train,he__especially__loves__reading__e-books. He also likes reading paper books in the library for the research work.Besides,he enjoys the smell of the paper books.
What's more,Li Ming would like to read with his family.There is a reading time from 8：00 to 9：00 each Friday evening at home.Everyone reads and shares what they
learn from the books.One Friday evening,Grandma took out an old paper book and said to her grandson,“Li Lei,this is the first book your grandpa gave
me.(C)front,there,is,name,__his,__on,__the,__page. Whenever I read it,I can get something new from his notes.And I can still remember the happy life we lived together.” Li Lei said,“But I enjoy reading e-books.E-books need no paper.Many forests will be saved.” Grandma advised,“Don't read for a long time,or your eyes will get sore.”
Different people have different ideas about e-books and paper books.No one knows whether e-books can replace(代替) paper books or not.Somehow,books are our friends.(D)无论你选择读哪种书,你能通过它们更多地了解这个世界。
1.英译汉。请将(A)句译成中文。
__当他在机场或火车上,他特别喜欢阅读电子书。__ 2.句子提问。请就(B)句的画线部分提问。 __What__ __is__ Li Ming busy doing?
3.连词成句。请将(C)处的单词连成意义完整的句子。 __There__is__his__name__on__the__front__page.__ 4.汉译英。请根据(D)处中文提示写出英语句子。(每空一词)
__No__ __matter__ which kind of books you choose to read,you can learn more about the world through them.
5.根据文章内容,回答下面问题。
Do all the people prefer reading e-books? __No,they__don't.__
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