Question

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. He created the Post-it Notes.

B. He offered the new adhesive to Art.

C. His adhesive made Art’s invention possible.

D. He often worked and discussed science with Art.

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

A. A note on a friend’s door

B. An ad in a newspaper.

C. A postcard from abroad.

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

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

A. Economy B. Recreation

C. Science D. Culture

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：文章主要介紹了便簽紙的發(fā)明過程。一些很有用但看似很簡單的發(fā)明讓人們不禁思考很早以前的人怎么就沒有想到這樣做呢？便簽紙是大約二十年前一個(gè)叫Art Fry的人發(fā)明的。

1.Fry heard about a new adhesive (粘合劑) that a colleague, Dr. Spence Silver, had created. ...it was strong enough to hold papers together, but not strong enough to tear the paper”可知，Dr. Spence發(fā)明的粘合劑幫助Fry發(fā)明了便簽紙，故選C。

2.Fry used pieces of paper as bookmarks to mark the places in his book of songs”和第三段“he wrote a note on one of his new “bookmarks” and attached it to a report”可知，Post-it Notes是一種邊緣帶有粘合劑的便簽，貼在其它物體上時(shí)，它不會(huì)掉下來，說明便簽紙是方便用來記東西的一種便條，故選A。

3.Fry heard about a new adhesive (粘合劑) that a colleague, Dr. Spence Silver, had created”和第三段“Fry realized that his new invention had even more uses than being a great bookmark...Soon, co-workers were asking Fry for more of his invention”可知，在Fry的同事發(fā)明了新型的粘合劑之后，F(xiàn)ry才發(fā)明了便簽紙，之后，這種發(fā)明在同事之間很受歡迎，順序應(yīng)該是b, d, e，故選D。

4.Some inventions are so useful...that we wonder why no one thought of them long ago.”可知，文章講的是一些看似簡單卻非常有用的發(fā)明，由此可知，文章應(yīng)該是刊登在報(bào)紙的科技專欄，故選C。

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