Paula and Rory have fives kids, three dogs,
and a rabbit. When the house is very noisy, Megan, one of the children, is
quietly inventing. A year ago, the 10-year-old had to design an anti-smoking
poster, she came up with the idea of creating something that shows the average
amount of tar(尼古丁) a
smoker collects from just four packs of cigarettes.
“I like people to play with things more
than read and write,” she says. So she researched her
idea on the Internet, found a company in China that could make it, saved up her
pocket money and got her idea made.
Paula says her daughter “think differently”: Ideas jump into her mind. After she got sunburnt on holiday, Megan
invented a small plastic bracelet(手鐲) that changes colors in the sun, telling you when to put on
sunscreen(防曬霜). Several sunscreen companies have
expressed an interest in the idea. She also came up with an idea to make a ball
filled with water to stop the dog from feeling thirsty. “But we didn’t do
anything with it,” says Paula.
Then she pulls out a picture of a special fishing
rod(釣魚竿) she had
designed. “There is a camera on the hook(鉤),” she explains, “and
the screen is on the handle, and it shows if you’ve
caught a fish or not.”
Megan doesn’t want to go to university. She keeps her pink-and -cream
bedroom tidy. Paula is amazed and a bit confused by her daughter. “Everything has to be in a certain order,”
Paula says. “Her brothers and sisters go with the
flow, but with Megan, it’s ‘What time will that be happening?’ or ‘Where am I being picked up from today?’”
1.From Paragraph 2, we can infer that Megan .
A. is not
willing to go to school B. likes to
play with her brothers and sisters
C. prefers
making something by herself D. is good at reading and writing
2.What did Megan invent after she got sunburnt
on vacation?
A. The anti-smoking poster
B. The ball providing water for thirsty dogs
C. The fishing rod telling whether you’ve caught a fish
D. The bracelet telling when to put on
sunscreen
3. The underlined phrase “go with the flow” probably means “
.”
A. do what the
most people usually do B. follow the fashion closely
C. set an
example to others D.
do something differently from others
4.According to the passage, which of the
following about Megan is true?
A. She has fives kids, three dogs, and a
rabbit.
B. She designed an anti-smoking poster when
she was nine.
C. She founded a company in China to get her
idea made.
D. She invented a small plastic bracelet to
change the color of sunscreen.
5.The passage is mainly about .
A. how Megan helps people give up smoking
B. a little girl’s dream to be a world-famous inventor
C. a 10-year-old inventor’s story
D. Megan’s relationship with her family members