4．Maurice Mountain is a retired lawyer in Washington，D．C．He developed a prototype（原型機） for a device he calls the Presto Emergency Boat Ladder．His invention is a small folding ladder that attaches to the side of a boat to help people who fall into the water．Mr．Mountain plans to mass-produce his boat ladder．
He created his invention at a workshop called TechShop．Mr．Mountain says，"I think it encourages innovation．I think people who probably have had ideas rolling around in the back of their minds for years but have never had the opportunity to actually put them into production or even experiment with them would find this place wonderful．Members of TechShop use high-tech equipment to develop and produce ideas they have for inventions．"Isabella Musachio manages a TechShop in Arlington，Virginia．She says the shop has many different kinds of equipment．
"TechShop is a do-it-yourself maker space．So when you come in we have all these different areas of the shop，and we have a metal shop，wood shop，lasers，3D printers，electronics．I mean，we have so many different areas and we have all the equipment that is availahle to anybody above the age of 12．"
Membership costs for TechShop start at just over $ 100 per month．Members are able to use costly machines including 3D modeling tools and laser cutters．Isabella Musachio says TechShop helps its members build their dreams．
"Our motto is‘build your dreams here'because you can really come in with just an idea，and then with the help of TechShop make that leap from an idea to building your project o，your prototype or even your business．"
Jim Newton is the founder of TechShop．He first introduced the idea for the technology workshops at an arts and sciences event called Maker Faire in San Mateo，California in 2006．His idea attracted hundreds of members during that event，Now，there are eight TechShop locations in the U．S．In all，there are more than 6，000 members．Two more-TechShop locations in the cities of St．Louis and Look Angeles will be set up．
28．The invention Mr．Mountain invented will be used toA．
A save the drowning people
B．help people climb the ladder
C．make the boat safer
D．let the boat float safely
29．What can be inferred from what Mr．Mountain says in Paragraph 2？．B
A．People with imagination can achieve their dreams．
B．TechShop can help turn some people's ideas into reality．
C．TechShop is a place where people can put forward their new ideas．
D．It's hard for people to put their ideas into practice．
30．From the last paragraph，we can knowC．
A．Jim Newton is a very great invention
B．people didn't like TechShop at first
C．TechShop will become more and more popular
D．TechShop greeted with bad reviews in 2006
31．What can we know about TechShop from the passage？B
A．TechShop is founded by Maurice Mountain．
B．TechShop puts high-tech dreams within reach．
C．TechShop is a non-profit organization．
D．TechShop offers its members more ideas．
分析 本文是一篇科普類閱讀．文章主要介紹了 TechShop是如何讓高科技夢想觸手可及的．TechShop能幫助將人們的觀點轉(zhuǎn)化成現(xiàn)實，而現(xiàn)在TechShop發(fā)展越來越快，越來越受歡迎．
解答 28．A細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段His invention is a small folding ladder that attaches to the side of a boat to help people who fall into the water．可知他的發(fā)明就是一個小型折疊梯子，用來放在船上救助落水的人．故選A．
29．B細(xì)節(jié)推斷題．根據(jù)第二段Members of TechShop use high-tech equipment to develop and produce ideas they have for inventions．可知TechShop的成員利用高科技設(shè)備，并根據(jù)他們的觀點來研究和開發(fā)．由此推斷，TechShop能幫助將人們的觀點轉(zhuǎn)化成現(xiàn)實．故選B．
30．C細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)最后一段Now，there are eight TechShop locations in the U．S．In all，there are more than 6，000 members．可知TechShop發(fā)展越來越快，越來越受歡迎．故選C．
31．B細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段"Our motto is‘build your dreams here'because you can really come in with just an idea，and then with the help of TechShop make that leap from an idea to building your project o，your prototype or even your business．"可知TechShop可以讓夢想變?yōu)楝F(xiàn)實．由此可知，TechShop可以讓高科技夢想觸手可及．故選B．
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