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1、Weknowthefamousones—theThomasEdisons阅读理解答案　　Weknowthefamousones—theThomasEdisonsandtheAlexanderGrahamBells—butwhataboutthelessfamousinventors?Whataboutthepeoplewhoinventedthetrafficlightandthewindshieldwiper(雨刮器)?Shouldn’tweknowwhotheyare?　　JoanMclea

2、nthinksso．Infact，Mclean，aprofessorofphysicsatMountainUniversityinRange，feelssostronglyaboutthismatterthatshe’sdevelopedacourseonthetopic．Inadditiontolearning“who”invented“what”，however，Mcleanalsolikesherstudentstolearntheanswerstothe“why’’and‘‘how”qu

3、estions．AccordingtoMclean．“Whenstudentslearntheanswerstothesequestions，theyarebetterpreparedtorecognizeopportunitiesforinventingandmoremotivatedtogiveinventingatry．’’　　Herstudentsagree．OneyoungmanwithapatentforanunbreakableumbrellaiswalkingproofofMcL

4、ean’sstatement．“IfIhadnot　　　　heardthestoryofthewindshieldwiper’sinvention，”saidTommyLee,aseniorphysicsmajor，“Ineverwouldhavedreamedofturningmybadexperienceduringarainstormintosomethingsoconstructive．”Leeiscurrentlynegotiatingtosellhispatenttoanumbrel

5、laproducer．　　So，justwhatisthestorybehindthewindshieldwiperWell，MaryAndersoncameupwiththeideain1902afteravisittoNewYorkCity．Thedaywascoldandstormy，butAndersonstillwantedtoseethesights，soshejumpedaboardastreetcar．Noticingthatthedriverwasstrugglingtosee

6、throughthesnowcoveringthewindshield，shefoundherselfwonderingwhytherecouldn’tbeabuilt—indeviceforcleaningthewindow．StillwonderingaboutthiswhenshereturnedhometoBirmingham，Alabama,Andersonstarteddraftingoutsolutions．Oneofherideas，alever(操作杆)ontheinsideo

7、favehiclethatwouldcontrolanarmontheoutside，becamethefirstwindshieldwiper．　　Todaywebenefit　　　　fromcountlessinventionsandinnovations．It’shardtoimaginedrivingwithoutGarrettA．Morgan’strafficlight．It’sequallyimpossibletopictureaworldwithoutKatherineJ．Blod

8、gett’sinnovationthatmakesglassinvisible．Canyoupicturelifewithoutclearwindowsandeyeglasses?　　32．Bymentioning“trafficlight”and“windshieldwiper”．theauthorindicatesthatcountlessinventionsare__________．　　A．beneficial，becausetheirinventorsarefamous　　B．bene