Question

We know the famous ones—the Thomas Edisons and the Alexander Graham Bells —but what about the less famous inventors? What about the people who invented the traffic light and the windshield wiper(雨刮器)？Shouldn’t we know who they are?
Joan Mclean think so. In fact, Mclean, a professor of physics at Mountain University in Range, feels so strongly about this matter that she’s developed a course on the topic. In addition to learning “who” invented “what”, however, Mclean also likes her students to learn the answers to the “why” and ”how” questions. According to Mclean,” When students learn the answers to these questions, they are better prepared to recognize opportunities for inventing and more motivated to give inventing a try.”
So, just what is the story behind the windshield wiper? Well, Mary Anderson came up with the idea in 1902 after a visit to New York City. The day was cold and stormy, but Anderson still wanted to see the sights, so she jumped aboard a streetcar. Noticing that the driver was struggling to see through the snow covering the windshield, she found herself wondering why there couldn’t be a built-in device for cleaning the window. Still wondering about this when she returned home to Birmingham, Alabama, Anderson started drafting out solutions. One of her ideas, a lever(操作桿)on the inside of a vehicle that would control an arm on the outside, became the first windshield wiper.    
Today we benefit from countless inventions and innovations，It’s hard to imagine driving without Garrett A. Morgan’s traffic light. It’s equally impossible to picture a world without Katherine J. Blodgett’s innovation that makes glass invisible, Can you picture life without clear windows and eyeglasses?
【小題1】
By mentioning “traffic light” and “windshield wiper”, the author indicates that countless inventions are      .

A．beneficial, because their inventors are famous

B．beneficial, though their inventors are less famous

C．not useful, because their inventors are less famous

D．not useful, though their inventors are famous

【小題2】
Professor Joan McLean’s course aims to_____.

A．add colour and variety to students’ campus life

B．inform students of the windshield wiper’s invention

C．carry out the requirements by Mountain University

D．prepare students to try their own invention

【小題3】
Tommy Lee’s invention of the unbreakable umbrella was _________.

A．not eventually accepted by the umbrella producer
B．inspired by the story behind the windshield wiper	C．due to his dream of being caught in a rainstorm
D．not related to Professor Joan McLean’s lectures

【小題4】
Which 0f the following can best serve as the title of this passage?
A  How to Help Students to Sell Their Inventions to Producers?
B  How to Design a Built-in Device for Cleaning the Window?
C  Shouldn’t We Know Who Invented the Windshield Wiper?
D  Shouldn’t We Develop Invention Courses in Universities?  

Answer 1

【小題1】B
【小題1】D
【小題1】B
【小題1】C

解析【小題1】推理判斷題。根據第一段內容結合下文可推斷，作者提到交通信號燈、雨刮器等發明，是想說無數的發明對人類十分有益，雖然它們的發明者沒有太大的名氣。
【小題1】細節理解題。根據第二段最后一句可知，John McLean教授開設這門課程的目的就是讓學生有足夠的準備去嘗試自己發明東西。
【小題1】細節理解題。根據第三段內容可知，Tommy Lee發明的“不會折斷的雨傘”就是受到了雨刮器背后的故事的激勵。
【小題1】 主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，文章的第一段就是主題段，特別是第一段最后一句充分體現了作者想要表達的心聲，接下來的內容都是圍繞第一段展開并為第一段服務的。