Question

【題目】 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 (粉筆)

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 (儲存)space under the table area for books and a folding seat.

John Lee Love

The pencil sharpener (卷筆刀)

The American inventor, John Lee Love, invented a simple portable (便于攜帶的)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.

根據(jù)表格內(nèi)容，選擇最佳答案。

【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.AustralianB.AmericanC.BritishD.French

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】D

【5】B

【解析】

這是一篇說明文，文章介紹了學(xué)校里的黑板和粉筆、課桌、卷筆刀、畫筆和電腦鼠標(biāo)是誰發(fā)明的。

【1】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段“He used them to teach geography”可知James Pillans是教地理的。故選C。

【2】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段“Anna Breadin The school desk This designer designed the first school desk”可知課桌的發(fā)明者是Anna Breadin。故選A。

【3】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段“Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith Crayons Crayons were invented by cousins”可知A選項表述錯誤。根據(jù)第四段“The American inventor, John Lee Love, invented a simple portable pencil sharpener”可知B選項表述正確，C選項“German”表述錯誤。根據(jù)第三段“Her design included storage space under the table area for books and a folding seat”可知D選項表述錯誤。故選B。

【4】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段“At first, they only had eight colors-black, brown, blue, red, purple, orange, yellow and green”可知一開始有黑色、棕色、藍(lán)色、紅色、紫色、橘色、黃色和綠色。沒有白色。故選D。

【5】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段“This American inventor from Oregon invented the computer mouse”可知發(fā)明鼠標(biāo)的是美國人。故選B。