2021 年中考英语选词填空专项练习 A see one that cook year safe of they man change From fire and the wheel to supercomputers and spacecraft – humans are natural inventors. The things we’ve invented have made our lives 1_________, smarter and easier. Our inspirations for these inventions are often practical. We used fire 2________ meat. The horse and buggy (马车) were used to move people and goods. But some 3______ our most radical (激进的) inventions were inspired not out of necessity, but out of fantasy and imagination. One of the best examples of this can 4______ in From the Earth to the Moon, a novel written by famous writer Jules Verne. The novel, published in 1867, describes 5______ traveling from our planet to the moon. Just over 100 6_______ later, we would put a man on the moon for real. But it is perhaps the worlds of film and television 7______ inspire some of the most amazing future technologies. We can see technology in many films and TV shows that is beyond our ability to create – so far. But some of 8______ have already come to life. In fact, it is something like a two-way street – movie and TV show producers are inspired by the tech we already have and create fictional (虚构的) technology that is based upon it, while real-life inventors are inspired by the fantastic creations they see in films and on television. These two different worlds share a common purpose – to allow us to express and realize our desire (渴望) to create. To give life to things we 9______ see only in our imaginations. As we learn about some of these creations in the following pages, we’ll come to see how they 10_______ our lives and given us the freedom to unleash (释放) our creativ...
