题目内容
Take a look around your school and you’ll find all kinds of great inventions developed by some really amazing minds. Here are just a few of the people who have helped make schools great.
James Pillans
The blackboard and colored chalks (粉笔)
This headmaster in Edinburgh, Scotland, was the first to use a blackboard and colored chalks in the 1800s. He used them to teach geography.
Anna Breadin
The school desk
This designer designed the first school desk. Her design included storage (储存)space under the table area for books and a folding seat.
John Lee Love
The pencil sharpener (卷笔刀)
The American inventor, John Lee Love, invented a simple portable (便于携带的)pencil sharpener which was known as the “Love Sharpener”.
Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith
Crayons
Crayons were invented by cousins, Edwin Binney and C, Harold Smith. At first, they only had eight colors-black, brown, blue, red, purple, orange, yellow and green. Today, they come in hundreds of colors.
Douglas Engelbart
The computer mouse
This American inventor from Oregon invented the computer mouse. The name "mouse" came from the little tail that came out of the end of it.
根据表格内容，选择最佳答案。
1.What subject did James Pillans teach?
A.History. B.English. C.Geography. D.Physics.
2.Who was the first school desk invented by?
A.Anna Breadin. B.James Pillans. C.C. Harold Smith. D.Douglas Engelbart.
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A.Edwin Binney and John Lee Love were cousins.
B.John Lee Love invented a simple pencil sharpener.
C.The “Love Sharpener” was invented by a German.
D.The first school desk didn’t have a folding seat.
4.Which color crayons didn’t they have at first?
A.Red. B.Green. C.Black. D.White.
5.The computer mouse was invented by a(n) _______.
A.Australian B.American C.British D.French
B.
C.