三、綜合測驗
      Many modern inventions have had a big impacton the way people live their lives. Airplanes, telephones, and computers haveall made the world seem a little smaller. But, we often forget about the simpleinventions we use everyday, such as shoes and eyeglasses. Many of these __1__,although man-made, have ended up making man.

    Shoes are a great example ofan invention that has changed human behavior. You probably can’t imagineclimbing over rocks or walking on hot, desert sand without __2__ shoes.However, this is exactly what people did before the __3__ of shoes. Nowadays,we think our feet would be too easily injured, but the weakness of our feet isactually caused by wearing shoes!

    In ancient times, peopleleaned forward and walked at a slower pace. With the invention of sandals (涼鞋), however, people began to walk more and more quickly. Closed shoesallowed people to keep their back straight and take longer steps __4__increased the speed of walking even more.

    Other inventions have alsomade changes to the human body. Eyeglasses were invented so that scholars withpoor eyesight could read and write. __5__, millions of people have seen betterand read more. The unexpected result of this increase in reading is that peoplehave become dependent upon glasses. Over time, more people have developed pooreyesight than before eyeglasses were invented.

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(A) devices
(B) exhibitions
(C) sayings
(D) chemicals