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1、2011阅读理解真题练习2011江苏A篇Weknowthefamousones—theThomasEdisonsandtheAlexanderGrahamBells—butwhataboutthelessfamousinventors?Whataboutthepeoplewhoinventedthetrafficlightandthewindshieldwiper(雨刮器)？Shouldn’tweknowwhotheyare?JoanMcleanthinkso.Infact,Mclean,aprofessorofphysicsatMoun
2、tainUniversityinRange,feelssostronglyaboutthismatterthatshe’sdevelopedacourseonthetopic.Inadditiontolearning“who”invented”what”,however,Mcleanalsolikesherstudentstolearntheanswerstothe”why”and”how”questions.AccordingtoMclean,”Whenstudentslearntheanswerstothesequestions,th
3、eyarebetterpreparedtorecognizeopportunitiesforinventingandmoremotivatedtogiveinventingatry.”So,justwhatisthestorybehindthewindshieldwiper?Well,MaryAndersoncameupwiththeideain1902afteravisittoMewYorkCity.Thedaywascoldandstormy,butAndersonstillwantedtoseethesights,soshejump
4、edaboardastreetcar.Noticingthatthedriverwasstrugglingtoseethroughthesnowcoveringthewinshield,shefoundhersefewonderingwhytherecouldn’tbeabuolt-indevicforcleaingthewindow.StillwonderingaboutthiswhenshereturnedhometoBirmingham,Alabama,Andersonstarteddraftingoutsolutions.Oneo
5、fherideas,alever(操作杆)ontheinsideofavehiclethatwouldcontralanarmontheoutside,becamethefirstwindshieldwiper.Todaywebenefitfromcountlessinventionsandinnovations，It’shardtoimaginedrivingwithoutGarrettA.Morgan’strafficlight.It’sequallyimpossibletopictureaworldwithoutKatherineJ
6、.Blodgett’sinnovationthatmakesglassinvisible,Canyoupicturelifewithoutclearwindowsandeyeglasses?56.Bymentionong“trafficlight”and“windshieldwiper”,theauthorindicatesthatcountlessinventionsare.A.beneficial,becausetheirinventorsarefamousB.beneficial,thoughtheirinventorsareles
7、sfamousC.notuseful,becausetheirinventorsarelessfamousD.notuseful,thoughtheirinventorsarefamous57.ProfessorJoanMcLean’scourseaimsto_____.A.addcolourandvarietytostudents’campuslifeB.informstudentsofthewindshieldwiper’sinventionC.carryouttherequirementsbyMountainUniversityD.
8、pre[arestudentstotrytheieowninvention58．TommyLee’sinventionoftheunbreakableumbrellawas_________.
