Unit 4 HISTORY AND TRADITIONS 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）略 第二部分 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。 A Hands-on basketball The boy was only nine years old when he designed a “hands-on basketball”. Chris Haas had the idea when he saw his friends miss lots of baskets. His basketball has painted hands on it. The hands show you where to put your hands when you throw the ball. Today people use his invention around the world. Wristies At age 10, Kathryn Gregory was playing outside one day in the cold. Her wrists (手腕) began to hurt from the cold so she decided to find a way to keep both her hands and wrists warm during the winter. In 1994, she invented Wristies: fuzzy sleeves ( 毛绒袖子) that can be worn underneath gloves to protect your wrists from the cold. She worked with her mom to get the idea off the ground and now the product is sold worldwide. Makin’Bacon Abbey Fleck was 8 years old when she noticed how much time her parents spent soaking up bacon fat ( 吸干培根油脂) after cooking. She realized that it might be easier to hang bacon while it cooks. That way you wouldn't need paper towels and it would even make the bacon healthier. She then worked with her father to design a dish that hangs bacon while it cooks. Now people can see her invention in many supermarkets. Braille Louis Braille had an accident when he was three. The accident left him blind. At that time, it was hard for blind children to read. They had to touch raised letters. But it was difficult to tell a Q from an O, an R from a B, and so on. When he was fifteen, Louis invented an alphabet (字母表) that used raised dots. The Braille alphabet was a big success! 21. Whose invention is related to sports A. Chris Haas'. B. Kathryn Gregory's. C. Abbey Fleck's. D. Louis Braille's. 22. What can we learn about Makin' Bacon A. It was invented in 1994. B. It was named after its inventor. C. It helps people eat more healthily. D. It reduces the cases of cooking accidents. 23. What do the four inventions have in common A. They were invented by kids. B. They came into being by chance. C. They were designed to help others. D. They brought wealth to their inventors. B As a child, Rob Stewart loved the natural world. “He loved everything in the sea, but sharks the most,” said his mother, Sandy Stewart. Stewart spent his life studying and photographing sharks and other sea creatures, and creating films. Sadly, he died in 2017 at the age of 37 in a diving ( 潜水) accident. The accident happened while Stewart was filming Sharkwater Extinction, which members of his crew ( 工作人员) completed after his death. Knowing that about 25% of shark species were endangered and sharks might soon be extinct, Stewart worked hard to raise awareness ( 意识) of sharks and their key role in nature. Stewart believed that they should be protected against humans and other enemies. He studied how illegal shark finn ... ...
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