Question

【题目】

Sometimes we forget that many things we use every day were not always there. They had to be i【1】. Someone had to have an idea. Then they had to do a lot of experiments with the idea until it worked well. Here are few you might like to read about:

In Maine, the northeast of the U. S., winters are long, windy and cold. Every winter, Chester Greenwood's ears got so cold that they turned colors. When he was 15, Chester got ice skates for his birthday. He wanted to go skating. The cold wind and his frozen ears soon sent him running home. The next day, Chester tied a scarf around his ears. It was w【2】, but too uncomfortable. Then he got a GREAT IDEA.

Chester made two oval loops out of wire. He asked his grandmother to sew covers on the ovals Then she connected the ovals with another wire. The ovals fit over his ears. Chester had invented earmuffs! They saved his ears and made him rich. People in Maine found another way to r【3】 Chester. December 21th, the first of winter, is Chester Greenwood Day.

Sometimes inventions happen by chance. As a boy. Thomas Alva Edison was called Al. When he was 12 years old, he got his first j【4】. He sold newspapers and candies on the train. One day on the job, he bravely s【5】 a boy from being run over by a train. The boy's father worked a telegraph. Al asked how to run a telegraph. Not only did Al learn the telegraph, but he made a better one. It was one of his earliest GREAT IDEAS

Edison's new telegraph made a lot of money. Later，he became the first person to o【6】and run an invention business. He was good at that，too. We could thank Thomas Edison every day. He had many，many GREAT IDEAS such as bulbs，movie cameras，and batteries. Edison is the one who invented more things than a【7】else in the world.

So，who knows？You might invent something some day！

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】invented

【2】warm

【3】remember

【4】job

【5】saved

【6】own

【7】anyone

【解析】

本文讲述我们日常用的产品很多都是发明出来的，但是发明的过程并不是那么一帆风顺的。

【1】句意：它们不得不被发明。

根据many things we use every day were not always there我们日常使用的很多东西不是一开始就存在的，可知，they指代上文的这些东西，这些东西被发明，故答案为invented。

【2】句意：它是暖和的，但是太不舒服。

根据tied a scarf around his ears，在耳朵上围了围巾，是暖和的，故答案为warm。

【3】句意：人们找到了另一种方式来纪念切斯特。

根据December 21th, the first of winter, is Chester Greenwood Day.十二月21日是切斯特日，故为纪念它，故答案为remember。

【4】句意：当他12岁的时候，他得到他第一个工作。

根据He sold newspapers and candies on the train.他在火车上卖报纸和糖果，可知，是一个工作，故答案为job。

【5】句意：一天，他勇敢地救了一个即将被火车辗轧的男孩。

根据from being run over by a train可知，他救下来一个男孩，拯救save，用一般过去时，故答案为saved。

【6】句意：后来，他成为第一个拥有和运营发明商业的人。

根据run an invention business可知，他自己拥有这份商业，to加动词原形，故答案为own。

【7】句意：爱迪生是世界上比其他任何人发明的都多的人。

根据常识，可知，爱迪生发明了很多，比其他人都多，故答案为anyone。