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1、高考题型拆分组合练(七) 阅读理解提速练Ⅰ.阅读理解ATheRenaissancemarksaperiodofhumanawakening.Inthisarticlewearegoingtoexploretheinventionsduringthisperiodwhichhavehelpedchangethelifeandprogressofmankind.ClockThefirstmechanical(机械的)clockwasinventedintheearly1300's.Galileo,anItalianscientist,discoveredth
2、ependulum(钟摆)around1602.Thependulumgreatlyimprovedthemovementofthehandsofaclock.Theaverageerror(误差)withthependulumvariedonlybysecondseachday.Beforethistheerrorwasfrom10to15minutesaday.EyeglassesInthelatethirteenthcenturypaintingsfirstappearedwithpeoplewearingorholdingeyeglasses.F
3、romthesepaintingsweknowthateyeglasseswereinventedinItaly.Around1300theVenetianGlassmaker'sGuildmadeitillegalforcheapglassestobemade.By1352eyeglasseswereonlywornbywell-educated,richmen.In1456theinventionoftheprintingpressallowedbookstobecomewidespread.Oncepeopleownedbooksreadinggl
4、assesbegantobeseeninthehandsofcommonpeople.In1623theSpanishinventedthefirstgradedeyeglasses.Flushtoilet(抽水马桶)SirJohnHarrington,godsontoQueenElizabeth,madethefirstflushtoiletforhimselfandhisgodmotherin1596.Hewasteasedbyhisfriendsandnevermadeanotherone.In1775,AlexanderCummingsreinv
5、entedtheflushtoiletmorecommonlycalledthewatercloset.Twoyearslaterin1777SamuelProsserappliedforandreceivedapatent(专利)forit.WallpaperIn1496thefirstpaperfactorycameintooperationinEngland.Englishartistssoonmakewallpaperfordecoration.Forthenext200yearsEnglandwasalargeproducerofwallpap
6、erforEurope.Beforewallpaperwasinventedonlywealthypeoplecouldaffordtodecoratethewallsoftheirhouses.1.Whatdoweknowaboutthefirstclock?A.Itmeasured23hoursaday.B.ItwasdesignedbyGalileo.C.Itwasmadeinthe1300's.D.Ithadapendulum.2.Whathappenedtoeyeglasseswhentheywerefirstinvented?A.Theywe
7、rewornbytherich.B.TheywerespreadbytheSpanish.C.Theyweremadeindifferentgrades.D.Theywereusedtoappreciatepaintings.3.WhatdidJohnHarringtondotohisinvention?A.Heimprovedit2yearslater.B.Heappliedforapatentforit.C.Hedesigneditforhisfriends.D.HeshareditwithQueenElizabeth.B(2018·安徽省知名示范高
8、中质检)“BANG!”thedoorcausedareverberation(回
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