We know the famous ones — the Thomas Edisons and the Alexander Graham Bells— but what about the less famous inventors? What about the people who invented the traffic light and the windshield wiper(雨刮器)?Shouldn’ t we know who they are?
Joan McLean thinks so. In fact, McLean, a professor of physics at Mountain University in Range, feels so strongly about this matter that she’ s developed a course on the topic. In addition to learning “who” invented “what”, however, McLean also likes her students to learn the answers to the “why”and“how”questions. According to McLean,“When students learn the answers to these questions, they are better prepared to recognize opportunities for inventing and more motivated to give inventing a try.”
Her students agree. One young man with a patent for an unbreakable umbrella is walking proof of McLean’ s statement.“If I had not heard the story of the windshield wiper’ s invention,”said Tommy Lee, a senior physics major,“I never would have dreamed of turning my bad experience during a rainstorm into something so constructive.” Lee is currently negotiating to sell his patent to an umbrella producer.
So, just what is the story behind the windshield wiper? Well, Mary Anderson came up with the idea in 1902 after a visit to New York City. The day was cold and stormy,but Anderson still wanted to see the sights, so she jumped aboard a streetcar. Noticing that the driver was struggling to see through the snow covering the windshield, she found herself wondering why there couldn’ t be a built-in device for cleaning the window. Still wondering about this when she returned home to Birmingham,Alabama. Anderson started drafting out solutions. One of her ideas, a lever(操作桿) on the inside of a vehicle that would control an arm on the outside, became the first windshield wiper.
Today we benefit from countless inventions and innovations. It’ s hard to imagine driving without Garrett A. Morgan’ s traffic light. It’ s equally impossible to picture a world without Katherine J. Blodgett’ s innovation that makes glass invisible. Can you picture life without clear windows and eyeglasses?
1.By mentioning “traffic light”and “windshield wiper”, the author indicates that countless inventions are________.
A.beneficial, because their inventors are famous
B.beneficial, though their inventors are less famous
C.not useful, because their inventors are less famous
D.not useful, though their inventors are famous
2.Professor Joan McLean’ s course aims to________.
A.a(chǎn)dd colour and variety to students’ campus life
B.inform students of the windshield wiper’ s invention
C.carry out the requirements by Mountain University
D.prepare students to try their own inventions
3. Tommy Lee’ s invention of the unbreakable umbrella was________.
A.not eventually accepted by the umbrella producer
B.inspired by the story behind the windshield wiper
C.due to his dream of being caught in a rainstorm
D.not related to Professor Joan McLean’ s lectures
4.Which of the following can best serve as the title of this passage?
A.How to Help Students to Sell Their Inventions to Producers?
B.How to Design a Built-in Device for Cleaning the Window?
C.Shouldn’ t We Know Who Invented the Windshield Wiper?
D.Shouldn’ t We Develop Invention Courses in Universities?
1.B
2.D
3.B
4.C
【解析】【要點(diǎn)綜述】我們了解著名人物及發(fā)明,如愛(ài)迪生的電燈和留聲機(jī),貝爾的電話等,但是又有多少人知道紅綠燈和雨刮器的發(fā)明者呢?
1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段提到的“…the less famous inventors…the traffic light and the windshield wiper?”可知選項(xiàng)B正確。
2.信息理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段最后一句“…students learn the answers to these questions, they are better prepared to recognize opportunities for inventing and more motivated to give inventing a try.”可知教授的目的,所以選擇D項(xiàng)。
3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段“If I had not heard the story of the windshield wiper’ s invention…I never would have dreamed of turning my bad experience during a rainstorm into something so constructive.”可知Tommy Lee的發(fā)明是在雨刮器故事的啟迪下成功的,所以選擇B項(xiàng)。
4.標(biāo)題歸納題?v觀全文,特別是第一段指明了文章的主題,即我們應(yīng)該了解雨刮器和紅綠燈背后的發(fā)明者的故事,故選C項(xiàng)。
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Charlotte was born in 1816. Emily was born in 1818 and Anne in 1820. Their brother Branwell was born in 1817. Left to themselves, the children wrote and told stories and walked over the hills. They grew up largely self-educated. Branwell showed a great interest in drawing. The girls were determined to earn money for his art education. They took positions as teachers or taught children in their homes.
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B. None of them had more than two books published.
C. None of them lived longer than 40 years old.
D. Emily was the least successful of the three.
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A.Obama |
B.tobacco industry |
C.White House |
D.US Food and Drug Administration |
A.He no longer smokes. |
B.He still smokes as usual. |
C.He began to smoke at eighteen. |
D.He is trying hard to give up smoking. |
A.children | B.officials | C.his family | D.Businessmen |
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“As a former smoker I struggle with it all the time.Do I still smoke sometimes? Yes.Am I a daily smoker, a constant smoker? No.” Obama said at a news conference.
“I don' t do it in front of my lads.I don’t do it in front of my family.I would say that I am 95% cured, but there are times when I mess up, " he said.
"Once you go down this path, it' s something you continually struggle with, which is exactly why the law is so important.The new law is not about me, it' s about the next generation of kids coming up.What we don ' t want is kids going down that path," he said.
Nearly 20% of Americans smoke and tobacco use kills about 440,000 people a year in the United States due to cancer, heart disease, and other serious diseases.
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A.Obama | B.tobacco industry |
C.White House | D.US Food and Drug Administration |
A.He no longer smokes. |
B.He still smokes as usual. |
C.He began to smoke at eighteen. |
D.He is trying hard to give up smoking. |
A.children | B.officials | C.his family | D.businessmen |
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At a White House signing ceremony Monday, Obama said that he was among the nearly 90% of smokers who took up the habit before their 18 th birthday.
Obama, who has publicly struggled to give up smoking, said he still hadn’t completely kicked the habit. Every now and then he still smokes in secret.
“As a former smoker I struggle with it all the time. Do I still smoke sometimes? Yes. Am I a daily smoker, a constant smoker? No.” Obama said at a news conference.
“I don' t do it in front of my lads.I don ?t do it in front of my family.I would say that I am 95% cured, but there are times when I mess up, " he said.
"Once you go down this path, it' s something you continually struggle with, which is exactly why the law is so important.The new law is not about me, it' s about the next generation of kids coming up.What we don ' t want is kids going down that path," he said.
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1.The new law makes life difficult for .
A.Obama
B.tobacco industry
C.White House
D.US Food and Drug Administration
2.What do we know about Obama?
A.He no longer smokes
B.He still smokes as usual
C.He began to smoke at eighteen
D.He is trying hard to give up smoking
3.According to the passage, Obama is most concerned about .
A.children B.officials
C.his family D.businessmen
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At a White House signing ceremony Monday, Obama said that he was among the nearly 90% of smokers who took up the habit before their 18 th birthday.
Obama, who has publicly struggled to give up smoking, said he still hadn’t completely kicked the habit.Every now and then he still smokes in secret.
“As a former smoker I struggle with it all the time.Do I still smoke sometimes? Yes.Am I a daily smoker, a constant smoker? No.” Obama said at a news conference.
“I don' t do it in front of my lads.I don 't do it in front of my family.I would say that I am 95% cured, but there are times when I mess up, " he said.
"Once you go down this path, it' s something you continually struggle with, which is exactly why the law is so important.The new law is not about me, it' s about the next generation of kids coming up.What we don ' t want is kids going down that path," he said.
Nearly 20% of Americans smoke and tobacco use kills about 440,000 people a year in the United States due to cancer, heart disease, and other serious diseases.
1.The new law makes life difficult for .
A.Obama |
B.tobacco industry |
C.White House |
D.US Food and Drug Administration |
2.What do we know about Obama?
A.He no longer smokes. |
B.He still smokes as usual. |
C.He began to smoke at eighteen. |
D.He is trying hard to give up smoking. |
3.According to the passage, Obama is most concerned about .
A.children |
B.officials |
C.his family |
D.businessmen |
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