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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
11、versities?A篇第一篇文章是关于生活中离不开小创造，鼓励年轻人要善于把握创造的契机，推动社会 的进步。56 .观点态度题，根据第一段 but 处：but what about the less famous inventers? What about-, windshield wiper?可以得出结论。这些人的创造不是很有名，确实非常有用的。 答案为B。57 .细节题。根据题干可以定位到原文第二段，However处正是考点出题处，引号当中的内容正是证明了 Me lean的观点：when students learn the answers to these questions, pre
12、pared to recognize*inventing a try,由此可以看出选项 D 正是原文的 同义替换。58 .细节题。根据题干中的人物Tommy lee可以定位到原文第三段，引号当中正是他的 观点:If I had not heard the story of the windshield, wiper s invention-. . i never would have-.,可以判断出答案B正确。59 .主旨题。文章一开头就点出文章主旨：shouldn, t we know who they are?并且用 了疑问句加强语气，可见C选项正确。其他三个选项都相对片面。BrjtcT:
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20、 work as managers for Pembroke shire National ParkD. enjoy the landscape of Pembroke shire National Park第二篇是应用文，是一份海报，关于国家公园的介绍以及征募会员介绍，话题和学生的生 活有比拟大的距离感，但是词汇未超出课标范围，学生完全可以通过信息的提炼分析答案。60 .推理题。要注意题目问的是discouraged by，通过文章第三大标题Activities 第二段第一句 we keep an eye on planning appli cat ions* such as massive
21、 leisure complexes可以推断出选A是Friends所不支持的，为正确选项。61 .细节题。根据题干，定位到第四大标题Benefits.从第五点 Satisfaction of participation in work parties, for those willing and able to involve. ” 可以看出 选项C为正确选项。62 .主旨题。文章一开头就抛出三个问题，可见这个组织的目的在于吸引更多的人能够 加入其中，B为正确选项。由文章第二大标题Aims中的 we are a voluntary organization”可见A选项错误。C, D选项都是文章没有提到的。