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Twentieth Century Inventions●●●1903－The first flight succeeded．
In 1900, Wilbur Wright said flight was possible for man．After much work he and his brother Orville Wright made this dream come true．
On December 17, 1903, the brothers made the first successful airplane flight on a windy beach at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina．The brothers' plane flew 120 feet．Although the flight lasted only 12 seconds, it moved the course of history in a new direction．
●●●1935－Nylon was invented．
In 1928, a new chemical lab was opened to make a kind of man-made materials．Wallace Carothers took part in the team when he was 32 years old．
In 1934, he made fibers(纤维), but the fibers were quite weak．He didn't give up．After many experiments, he produced the long and strong fibers in 1935．They named the fibers “nylon”．Carothers was very satisfied with his work．
Nylon hit the markets in 1939, and quickly became a replacement of silk．But it was a pity that he didn't see the wide use of his invention．He died in April, 1937．
●●●1968－The computer mouse was first shown in public．
As a graduate student, Douglas Engelbart began to imagine ways in which all sorts of information could be on screens．
In 1964, Douglas Engelbart made the first computer mouse．The computer mouse had a wooden shell with two metal wheels．
In 1968, the first computer mouse appeared in public．It was named “mouse” because a tail came out at the end．In later years, the computer mouse became more and more important．
Douglas Engelbart changed the way that computers worked．
Now computer mice are becoming increasingly useful．And there are many different shapes of computer mice in the world．
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Li Jiajie, known by everyone in Sunshine Town as Justin Li, was born on 6th September, 1963 in Sunshine Town. He is the youngest of the four children in the family.
Justin showed great talent in music while he was at school. He and his friends formed a band called Sunshine Stars in 1982. He was the singer of the band. Justin started writing his own songs. The band was once the most popular band in the 1980s. In 1987, the producers from Sunshine TV heard the band. They invited Justin to perform in the entertainment show called Superstar Show. In 1991, he and his brother, Michael Li, started a funny TV show, Brothers. They also made their first comedy film. Lucky Superstar, in 1994. It was really a great success.
In the 1990s, all his films and songs went up the top of the charts. His songs won many awards in music award presentations. Some of his films were also shown in many other countries.
In 2001, he announced that he wanted to retire. Sunshine TV held a special TV programme for him．Many singers, actors and actresses talked about their feelings towards Justin during the programme. In April 2002, Justin held a total of 10 concerts in the Sunshine Town Hall to say goodbye to all his fans. He cried at the end of the show. From then on, we seldom see him in live performances.
His songs did not talk about themes like murder or war. We do not see violent photography in his films. Instead, we find familiar things in our daily lives in his songs, TV programmes and films, such as job problems, or friendship. Justin Li remains the God of Songs in our hearts.
Complete the following sentences according to the article.
1. Justin Li was born in 1963 in (1)________.
2. Justin and his friends formed a band called (2) ________ in 1982. He played the role of a (3) ________ in the band.
3. Justin and his brother Michael appeared in a funny TV show called (4) ________ in 1991.
4. In (5) ________. Justin announced that he wanted to retire. He held his farewell concerts in the (6) ________ in April 2002.
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Daniel Williams became a doctor in Chicago in 1882. After graduation, he taught at North-West University's medical school. He was asked by the president (总统) of the United States, Grover Cleverland, to go to Washington D. C. to head the Freeman's Hospital. It was one of the few hospitals for blacks in the country.
He went back to Chicago to help set up Provident Hospital before it opened, Chicago's black doctors could not practise patients. Doctor Williams also helped to set up a training school in Chicago for black nurses.
In 1893 he operated on a man who was dying from a wound in the heart. Such a wound had always meant death. Without X-ray he opened the man's chest (胸) and saved his heart and the man remained alive for quite a long time.
1．According to the passage, he helped set up ________.
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A．Freeman's Hospital in Washington D. C.
B．Provident Hospital in Washington D. C.
C．a training school for black nurses
D．North-West University
2．The hospital he helped set up was greatly needed because ________.
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A．there were no doctors for blacks at that time
B．blacks got poor treatments in other hospital
C．black doctors had to treat patients at home
D．black doctors needed a hospital in which to train nurses
3．In the famous operation Dr. Williams ________.
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A．mended the patient's heart
B．changed the patient's heart
C．cut open that man's chest
D．mended the man's heart
4．The writer of this passage told us that a wound in one's heart was sure to die ________.
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A．by the end of the nineteenth century
B．after 1891
C．by the end of the eighteenth century
D．without X-ray
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