资源简介 ★开封前注意保密揭阳市2023一2024学年度高中一年级教学质量测试英语本试题共10页,考试时间120分钟,满分120分注意事项:1.答题前,考生先将自己的信息填写清楚、准确,将条形码准确粘贴在条形码粘贴处。2.请按照题号顺序在答题卡各题目的答题区域内作答,超出答题区域书写的答案无效。3.答题时请按要求用笔,保持卡面清洁,不要折叠,不要弄破、弄皱,不得使用涂改液、修正带、刮纸刀。考试结束后,请将本试题及答题卡交回。第一部分阅读(共两节,满分50分)》第一节(共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AMany inventors have left their marks on history in their own ways.Although thereare inventors who you might not know,that doesn't mean their contributions to scienceare less significant.Keep reading to learn about some famous inventors.John DeereJohn Deere is best known for being an inventor in the agricultural space.When theblacksmith noticed he was often making the same repairs to wood and cast-iron plowsused by farmers,he began experimenting with more durable plow designs,which he thensold to local farmers.His steel plows exploded in popularity among many farmers,withDeere's company(also called John Deere)producing 1,600 plows in 1850.That sameyear,the company started producing other tools in addition to plows.Charles BabbageIf you're reading this on a computer,you have mathematician and inventor CharlesBabbage to thank.Although he didn't invent the computer as we know it today,his ideaslaid the groundwork for modern computers.Because of this,he's often referred to as“the father of computing"”.Steve JobsAlong with Steve Wozniak,Steve Jobs was an inventor behind Apple Computers.高一·英语第1页(共10页) 展开更多...... 收起↑ 资源预览