高考英语二轮复习 专项训练 阅读理解十七.docx
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1、阅读理解请认真阅读以下短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最正确选项。AWe know the famous ones一the Thomas Edison and the Alexander Graham Bells 一but what about the less famous inventors? What about the people who invented the traffic light and the windshield wiper(雨舌U器)? Shouldn t we know who they are?Joan Me lean thinks so.
2、 In fact, Me lean, 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, Melean also likes her students to learn the answers to the why and how” questions. Accor
3、ding to Me lean, “ 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. ”So, just what is the story behind the windshield wiper? Well, Mary Ander.son came up with the idea in 1902 after a vis
4、it 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 snee through the snow covering the windshield, she found herself wondering why there couldn, t be a built-in device for cleaning
5、 the window. Still wondering about this when she returned home to Birmingham, Alabama, Anderson started drafting out solutions. One of her ideas, a lever (操作杆)on the inside of a vehicle that would control an arm on the outside, became the first windshield wiper.Today we benefit from countless invent
6、ions and innovations, Lt s hard toimagine driving without Garrett A Morgan?imagine driving without Garrett A Morgan?s traffic light. It s equally impossibleto picture a world without Katherine J.to picture a world without Katherine J.Blodgett, s innovation that makes glassinvisible, Can you picture
7、life withoutinvisible, Can you picture life withoutclear windows and eyeglasses?( )1. By mentioning utraffic light”and “windshield wiper” , the authorindicates that countless inventions areA. beneficial, because their inventors are famousB. beneficial, though their inventors are less famousC. not us
8、eful, because their inventors are less famousD. not useful, though their inventors are famous( )2. Professor Joan McLean? s course aims to.A. add color and variety to students campus lifeB. inform students of the windshield wiper s inventionC. carry out the requirements by Mountain UniversityD. prep
9、are students to try their own invention( )3. Tommy Lee s invention of the unbreakable umbrella was .A. not eventually accepted by the umbrella producerB. inspired by the story behind the windshield wiperC. due to his dream of being caught in a rain.stormD. not related to Professor Joan McLean? s lec
10、tures( )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 Uni
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