任务型阅读 What makes the world become smaller? Some inventions. It began in the 11th century , but it has developed greatly in the last century . Let’s take a look at the five top inventions . Movable Type(活字印刷):By using Movable Type , books could be printed cheaply and easily . Bi Sheng invented Movable Type in China in the 11th century . Telephone : The inventor Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call in 1876 . “Mr Watson , come here . I want you ,” he said to his assistant over the phone line . And with those famous words , the world was about to get much smaller . Airplane : The Wright brothers made the first powered flight in 1903 . Air travel has made the faraway places suddenly become a lot closer . Satellites(卫星): The Soviet Union sent up the world’s first satellite in 1957 . This began the Space Age . Satellites have helped scientists study the earth . Much of our knowledge of the world has come from the information recorded by satellites . Internet : When the Internet was created in 1969 , only a few people knew about it . But more than 650 million people in the world use it now . The Internet has made information about anything easy to get .
Title : ________that make the world smaller
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When
How
Movable Type
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In the _____ century
Books printed cheaply and .
Telephone
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In 1876
The world got a lot smaller
Airplane
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In _______
Making the faraway places ________
Satellites
The Soviet Union
In1957
Helping scientists get the information recorded by satellites .