Ⅳ. 阅读理解
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.
|Blackboard and colored chalk(粉笔)|
|By James Pillans|
|This headmaster in Edinburgh, Scotland was the first to use a blackboard and colored chalk in the 1800s. He used them to teach geography.|
|School desk|
|By Anna Breading|
|This designer designed the first school desk. Her design included storage(储存)space under the table area for books and a folding seat.|
|Pencil sharpener|
|By John Lee Love|
|An American inventor, John Lee Love, invented a simple portable(可携带的)pencil sharpener which was known as the “Love Sharpener”.|
|Crayons|
|By Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith|
|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.|
|Computer mouse|
|By Douglas Engelbart|
|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.|
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 Breading.
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 person.
D. The first school desk didn't have a folding seat.
4. Which color was not included in the crayons invented by the cousins at first?
A. Red.
B. Green.
C. Black.
D. White.
5. The computer mouse was invented by a(n)______ person.
A. American
B. Australian
C. British
D. French

1. C 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. A