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What do you need for an invention to be a success?
To begin with, good timing is very 1. You can have a good idea which the public doesn't want yet. Take Giovanni Caselli as an example. He 2 the first fax machine(传真机) in the 1860s. Though the quality was excellent, his invention quickly 3. The fax machine did not become a necessary(必要的) 4 in every office until the 1980s.
5 also helps. The Frenchman Denis Papin had the idea for a steam engine(蒸汽机) almost a hundred years before James Watt was born. Denis never had enough money to 6 one.
You also need to be patient. It took scientists nearly eighty years to invent a light bulb(灯泡). 7, you shouldn't be too slow. In the 1870s, Elisha Gray developed plans for a telephone. Gray saw it only as "a beautiful toy". When he finally sent details of his invention to the Patent Office(专利局) on 14th February 1876, it was too 8. Almost the same designs had arrived just two hours earlier. The young man who sent them was Alexander Graham Bell. He is remembered as the 9 of the telephone.
Of course what you really need is a wonderful idea. If you haven't got one, a walk in the countryside and a careful look at 10 can help. The Swiss scientist, George de Mestral, had the idea for Velcro(粘扣) when he found his clothes covered in sticky seed pods after a walk in the countryside.
( )1. A. interesting B. important C. common D. popular
( )2. A. found B. discovered C. borrowed D. invented
( )3. A. died B. improved C. spread D. appeared
( )4. A. gift B. idea C. tool D. food
( )5. A. Interest B. Luck C. Happiness D. Money
( )6. A. use B. build C. copy D. repair
( )7. A. However B. Instead C. So far D. At last
( )8. A. modern B. difficult C. late D. old
( )9. A. inventor B. designer C. worker D. teacher
( )10. A. society B. nature C. pictures D. advertisements
What do you need for an invention to be a success?
To begin with, good timing is very 1. You can have a good idea which the public doesn't want yet. Take Giovanni Caselli as an example. He 2 the first fax machine(传真机) in the 1860s. Though the quality was excellent, his invention quickly 3. The fax machine did not become a necessary(必要的) 4 in every office until the 1980s.
5 also helps. The Frenchman Denis Papin had the idea for a steam engine(蒸汽机) almost a hundred years before James Watt was born. Denis never had enough money to 6 one.
You also need to be patient. It took scientists nearly eighty years to invent a light bulb(灯泡). 7, you shouldn't be too slow. In the 1870s, Elisha Gray developed plans for a telephone. Gray saw it only as "a beautiful toy". When he finally sent details of his invention to the Patent Office(专利局) on 14th February 1876, it was too 8. Almost the same designs had arrived just two hours earlier. The young man who sent them was Alexander Graham Bell. He is remembered as the 9 of the telephone.
Of course what you really need is a wonderful idea. If you haven't got one, a walk in the countryside and a careful look at 10 can help. The Swiss scientist, George de Mestral, had the idea for Velcro(粘扣) when he found his clothes covered in sticky seed pods after a walk in the countryside.
( )1. A. interesting B. important C. common D. popular
( )2. A. found B. discovered C. borrowed D. invented
( )3. A. died B. improved C. spread D. appeared
( )4. A. gift B. idea C. tool D. food
( )5. A. Interest B. Luck C. Happiness D. Money
( )6. A. use B. build C. copy D. repair
( )7. A. However B. Instead C. So far D. At last
( )8. A. modern B. difficult C. late D. old
( )9. A. inventor B. designer C. worker D. teacher
( )10. A. society B. nature C. pictures D. advertisements
答案
B
; D
; A
; C
; D
; B
; A
; C
; A
; B
; D
; A
; C
; D
; B
; A
; C
; A
; B
