《2025年基础训练大象出版社九年级英语全一册人教版》

三、语篇填空。
阅读短文,根据语篇要求填空,使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。
Do you know Bette Nesmith Graham? Maybe you do not, but you probably use her invention every day. It’s 1. as extremely useful as a pen to you.
Bette was the inventor of the liquid paper (涂改液). She was born on March 23, 1924 in Dallas, Texas. Unluckily, her husband left their home in 1946. Bette had to depend 2. on herself by working as a typist (打字员) to support the family. When there was a mistake, she needed to type again. That was such a lot of work. So she kept finding a better way 3. to correct typing mistakes.
One day, when she saw some workers painting over their mistakes on canvas (画布), she came up 4. with an idea. “Why can’t typists simply paint over their mistakes?”
Bette put some special paint into a bottle and took her watercolor brush to the office. She used this to correct her typing mistakes and it worked. Soon, this invention became popular.
In 1956, Bette started a company and the liquid paper was 5. a great success. Many people began to use it all over the world.

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四、书面表达。
人类历史上有许多伟大的发明,你最喜爱的发明是什么？请你根据下面的提示和要求写一篇英语短文,向大家介绍一项你最喜爱的发明。
提示：
1. 你最喜爱的发明的名字、发明家及发明时间；
2. 它是怎样发明的；
3. 你为什么喜欢它。
要求：
1. 文中须包含以上提示的所有信息,可适当发挥；
2. 文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称；
3. 词数100左右。
One possible version: Of all the inventions, I like potato chips best. It is said that they were invented by a cook called George Crum in 1853 by mistake. One day, a customer ordered a plate of fried potatoes and said they were cut too thick. George was angry, so he cut the potatoes really thin and cooked them for a long time until they were crispy. He then put a lot of salt on them. He thought the customer would hate them. But to his surprise, the customer loved them. Soon the kind of potato chips became popular among people. I love eating potato chips because they taste really delicious.

答案： One possible version: Of all the inventions, I like potato chips best. It is said that they were invented by a cook called George Crum in 1853 by mistake. One day, a customer ordered a plate of fried potatoes and said they were cut too thick. George was angry, so he cut the potatoes really thin and cooked them for a long time until they were crispy. He then put a lot of salt on them. He thought the customer would hate them. But to his surprise, the customer loved them. Soon the kind of potato chips became popular among people. I love eating potato chips because they taste really delicious.