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Unit 9 When was it invented?一、完形填空根据短文内容,从方框中选出合适的单词填在短文中空缺处。

Did you know that tea, the most popular 1.________in the world, was invented by accident? Although tea wasn' t brought to the Western world 2.________ 1610, this beverage was discovered over three thousand years 3.________ that. According to an ancient 4.________ legend, the emperor Shen Nung discovered tea 5.________ he was boiling drinking water over an open fire. Some leaves from a nearby bush fell into the water and 6.________there for some time. The emperor noticed that the leaves in the water produced a pleasant 7.________. Later he decided to 8.________ the hot mixture. It was quite 9.________. And in this way, one of the world' s favorite drinks was 10.________.(B)It was a dark, cloudy evening when Father told us the news. Our family was gathered around the worn dinner table. 1 father was sitting in his usual seat at the head of the table. He 2 from me to my eleven-year-old brother, James, and finally to my mother. Her eyes looked 3 as she met his nervous face. They had been strangely quiet all through dinner. My brother and I never 4 at the table unless we were spoken to.Mother took a deep breath. “Jack,” she said quietly. “What' s done is done. We must tell the children.”“These past few years have been 5 on all the farmers around here.” father said slowly.I knew this was true. 6 my parents didn't talk to my brother and me about it, we had heard our parents talking. Our crops had been doing badly for the past two years, and we had been able to 7 very little of our harvest.“We' ve lost the farm,” he finally said. There was a long silence.“Where will we go?” James asked, his voice shaking. I looked at Father, wondering 8 would become of us.“West Virginia,” Father replied quietly. “We' re going to West Virginia. There was a man in town last week from a coal mine(煤矿)down there. He says they have 9 , and the coal company will 10 our train tickets and give us a house when we get there. If I do good work, I' ll be well paid. We'll leave on a train next Wednesday.”James and I silently got up from the table and cleared and washed the dishes, 11 we did every night. Then we went upstairs. We stood at the top of the stairs, not knowing what to say. James said in a low voice, “Anna, I don't want to move.”I replied, “Neither do I.But there's nothing we can do about it.At least we' ll all be12 ”()1.A.Your B.Her C.His D.My()2.A.learned B.looked C.heard D.kept()3.A.pretty B.happy C.sad D.angry()4.A.asked B.had C.spoke D.saw()5.A.good B.little C.easy D.hard()6.A.Although B.Because C.Whatever D.However ()7.A.take B.give C.buy D.sell()8.A.What B.How C.When D.Why()9.A.tickets B.farms C.jobs D.houses()10.A.pay for B.put up C.ask for D.pick up()11.A.if B.as C.since D.when()12.A.there B.together C.poor D.rich二、阅读理解(A)Englishmen are well known all over the world for their love of tea, especially the traditional Afternoon Tea. About 175 million cups of tea are drunk in Britain every day.Afternoon tea was introduced to England by Anna, the seventh Duchess(公爵夫人)of Bedford, in the year 1840. The Duchess would become hungry around four o'clock in the afternoon. The evening meal was served usually late at eight o' clock. The Duchess asked her men to bring a cup of tea, bread and butter and cakes to her room during the late afternoon. Little by little, this became a habit of hers and she began inviting friends to join her.During the 1880' s upper - class would change into long gown, gloves and hats for their afternoon tea which was usually served in the drawing room between four and five o' clock. 1.Who is Anna?_________________________________________________________________ 2.What time did the Duchess usually have her evening meal?____________________________________________________________________________ 3.In your own words, what is the main idea of the text?____________________________________________________________________________(B)Paper is one of the most important inventions of all time. The word paper comes from the word papyrus —— a grass—like plant. The Egyptians first used papyrus around the year 3000 B. C. to make a kind of paper. In A. D. 105, a Chinese man named Ts' ai - Lun created a new type of paper using pieces of old cloth. For centuries, people all over the world used this Chinese method to make paper. In 1838, Charles Fenerty, a Canadian man, invented a new method of papermaking using wood. Today, most of the paper we use is made from wood.Today, it' s hard to imagine life without paper. We use it to communicate in many different ways. We also use many important products that are made of paper. Take, for example, toilet paper. Many believe that an American, Joseph Gayetty, invented it in 1857.Walter Alcock, an Englishman, later had the idea to put the paper on rolls. By 1907, using toilet paper was common in the United States and England. Imagine what life today would be like without this important invention!根据短文内容,判断下列句子正误。