题目内容
1.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 rain storm into something so meaningful."Lee is currently negotiating(商谈) 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 1902after 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 working 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 inventions and innovations(创新).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.
32.By mentioning"traffic light"and"windshield wiper",the author indicates that countless inventions areA.
A.beneficial,though their inventors are less famous
B.beneficial,because their inventors are famous
C.not useful,because their inventors are less famous
D.not useful,though their inventors are famous
33.Professor Joan McLean's course aims toB.
A.add color and variety to students'campus life
B.prepare students to try their own invention
C.carry out the requirements by Mountain University
D.inform students of the windshield wiper's invention
34.Tommy Lee's invention of the unbreakable umbrella wasD.
A.not eventually accepted by the umbrella producer
B.not related to Professor Joan McLean's lectures
C.due to his dream of being caught in a rainstorm
D.inspired by the story behind the windshield wiper
35.Which of the following can best serve as the title of this passage?D
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 Develop Invention Courses in Universities?
D.Shouldn't We Know Who Invented the Windshield Wiper?
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了交通灯和雨刮器这样对我们的生活是非常有益的发明我们应把握发明的契机、去创造.
解答 32.A.推理判断题.根据文中所举的事例和最后一段Today we benefit from countless inventions and innovations(创新).It's hard to imagine driving without Garrett A可知,作者提到像交通灯和雨刮器这样的发明是想告诉我们,这些发明的发明者虽然不是很有名但是这些发明对我们的生活是非常有益的,因此选择A项.
33.B.细节理解题.根据文章第二段的最后一句"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."可知Professor Joan McLean的课程的目的是帮助学生自己去发明创造,因此B项正确.
34.D.细节理解题.根据第三段的第三句."If I had not heard the story of the windshield wiper's invention,"said Tommy Lee,a senior physics major可知Tommy Lee发明unbreakable umbrella是受到了雨刮器发明背后的故事的激励,因此选择D项.
35.D.推理判断题..从文章内容可知本文不是关于如何帮助学生销售他们的发明的,也不是关于如何设计一个装置来清洁窗户的,在大学里开设有关发明的课程只是文章用来说明我们应如何对待生活中的小发明:我们应把握发明的契机、去创造.故D项最适合作为文章的标题.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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