Question

【題目】Some inventions are so useful, but seem so simple, that we wonder why no one thought of them long ago.

Post-it Notes were invented about twenty years ago by Art Fry, a scientist at 3M Company. The idea for the product came from an awful experience he often had while singing in his church choir. Fry used pieces of paper as bookmarks to mark the places in his book of songs, but these bookmarks were always falling out. Around that time, Fry heard about a new adhesive (粘合劑) that a colleague, Dr. Spence Silver, had created. This adhesive was special because it was strong enough to hold papers together, but not strong enough to tear the paper when it was removed.

A short time later, Fry realized that his new invention had even more uses than being a great bookmark. He came to this realization when he wrote a note on one of his new “bookmarks” and attached it to a report he was going to give to a colleague. Soon, co-workers were asking Fry for more of his invention so that they could use the new type of notes themselves.

Fry and some other people at 3M believed so much in the new product that they asked the company to give away thousands of the “sticky pieces of paper” for trial use. When some salespeople at 3M went to offices and showed workers just how helpful the new type of notes could be, they immediately received many orders. As more and more people discovered how useful Post-it Notes could be, the product took off.

【1】How did Dr. Spence help Art Fry?

A. His adhesive made Arts invention possible.

B. He offered the new adhesive to Art.

C. He created the Post-it Notes.

D. He often worked and discussed science with Art.

【2】Which of the following is a possible use of Post-it Notes?

A. A postcard from abroad.

B. An ad in a newspaper.

C. A note on a friends door.

D. An e-mail to a friend.

【3】Which of the following shows the proper order of the events?

a. The company gave away many sticky pieces of paper for people to try.

b. Dr. Spence created a new adhesive.

c. Many orders were received and the Post-it Notes became successful.

d. Fry invented Post-it Notes.

e. His colleagues began to use the new types of notes themselves.

A. d b a e c B. b a e d c

C. b d e a c D. d e a b c

【4】In which column of a newspaper can we read this passage?

A. Economy B. Recreation C. Culture D. Science

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇記敘文，講述了便利貼大約20年前由阿特.弗萊發(fā)明的，3M公司的一個(gè)科學(xué)家。弗萊聽(tīng)說(shuō)一種他的同事斯朋斯.西爾佛發(fā)明的一種新粘合劑， 夠強(qiáng)把紙粘在一起，但當(dāng)把它使掉時(shí)又夠弱不會(huì)把紙撕壞。后來(lái)弗萊把一些粘合劑放在一張紙的邊上，正如他希望的，做成 了一個(gè)完美的書(shū)簽。

【1】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由 Fry heard about a new adhesive (粘合劑) that a colleague, Dr. Spence Silver, had created可知，他聽(tīng)說(shuō)斯朋斯.西爾佛發(fā)明了粘合劑，他才發(fā)明了便利貼，所以斯朋斯.西爾佛發(fā)明的粘合劑才導(dǎo)致了他的便利貼，所以選A。

【2】C推理判斷題。有文章可知，便利貼是可以隨意貼在哪里，所以C選項(xiàng)符合題意。

【3】C順序梳理題。b是最開(kāi)始的斯朋斯.西爾佛發(fā)明了粘合劑，然后費(fèi)爾發(fā)明了便利貼，然后便利貼變得流行，然后公司分發(fā)給大家讓人們嘗試，最后便利貼變得流行和成功了。按照以上順序，應(yīng)選C。

【4】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。本文介紹了便利貼的起源，發(fā)展等，可知便利貼是一個(gè)科學(xué)發(fā)明，所以應(yīng)該屬于科學(xué)類(lèi)，所以選D。