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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,aprofessorofphysicsatMountainU
2、niversityinRange,feelssostronglyaboutthismatterthatshe’sdevelopedacourseonthetopic.Inadditiontolearning“who”invented”what”,however,Mcleanalsolikesherstudentstolearntheanswerstothe”why”and”how”questions.AccordingtoMclean,”Whenstudentslearntheanswerstothesequestions,theyarebette
3、rpreparedtorecognizeopportunitiesforinventingandmoremotivatedtogiveinventingatry.”So,justwhatisthestorybehindthewindshieldwiper?Well,MaryAndersoncameupwiththeideain1902afteravisittoMewYorkCity.Thedaywascoldandstormy,butAndersonstillwantedtoseethesights,soshejumpedaboardastreet
4、car.Noticingthatthedriverwasstrugglingtoseethroughthesnowcoveringthewinshield,shefoundhersefewonderingwhytherecouldn’tbeabuolt-indevicforcleaingthewindow.StillwonderingaboutthiswhenshereturnedhometoBirmingham,Alabama,Andersonstarteddraftingoutsolutions.Oneofherideas,alever(操作杆
5、)ontheinsideofavehiclethatwouldcontralanarmontheoutside,becamethefirstwindshieldwiper.Todaywebenefitfromcountlessinventionsandinnovations，It’shardtoimaginedrivingwithoutGarrettA.Morgan’strafficlight.It’sequallyimpossibletopictureaworldwithoutKatherineJ.Blodgett’sinnovationthat
6、makesglassinvisible,Canyoupicturelifewithoutclearwindowsandeyeglasses?56.Bymentionong“trafficlight”and“windshieldwiper”,theauthorindicatesthatcountlessinventionsare.A.beneficial,becausetheirinventorsarefamousB.beneficial,thoughtheirinventorsarelessfamousC.notuseful,becausethei
7、rinventorsarelessfamousD.notuseful,thoughtheirinventorsarefamous57.ProfessorJoanMcLean’scourseaimsto_____.A.addcolourandvarietytostudents’campuslifeB.informstudentsofthewindshieldwiper’sinventionC.carryouttherequirementsbyMountainUniversityD.pre[arestudentstotrytheieowninventi
8、on58．TommyLee’sinventionoftheunbreakableumbrellawas_________.
