Question

Trevor Graham Baylis was born on 13 May 1937 in Kilburn, London. He is best known for inventing the wind?up radio(the clockwork radio).

Trevor was an excellent swimmer. At the age of 15, he swam for Great Britain. Later, he served in the army for four years beginning in 1957. After leaving the army, he joined a company called Purley Pools, which was famous for building the world's first free?standing swimming pool. Later, Trevor left the company and started his own swimming pool company. At the same time, his love of swimming led him to work as a stuntman(特技演员) for television programmes. However, he met many stuntmen who were no longer able to work because of injury. Trevor_decided_to_invent_some_products_for_the_disabled. At his house, there was a special workshop where he invented things.

In the early 1990s, he saw a television programme about the spread of AIDS in Africa. He learned that in many areas in Africa the only means of communication was radio. However, batteries and electricity were too expensive and too difficult to get there. Trevor_wanted_to_help_those_people. At first, Trevor invented a wind?up radio which could play for 14 minutes with a two?minute wind. However, nobody was interested in his invention. Luckily, his invention was featured on the television programme Tomorrow's World. Two businessmen showed a great interest in it. With the money they invested,_Trevor developed his invention and founded a company called Freeplay Energy. In June 1996, the Freeplay radio was awarded the BBC Design Award for Best Product and Best Design.

1.Trevor joined the army at the age of ________．

A. 15 B. 20

C. 24 D. 25

2.Trevor started his own swimming pool company ________．

A. before he swam for Great Britain

B. before he joined Purley Pools

C. after he left Purley Pools

D. after he worked as a stuntman

3.From the underlined sentences, we can learn that Trevor was ________．

A. helpful B. rude

C. humorous D. silly

4.What does the underlined word “invested” mean in Chinese?

A. 投资 B. 抢劫

C. 拍卖 D. 储蓄

5.This passage is mainly about ________．

A. a great invention

B. a great swimmer and inventor

C. the history of the wind?up radio

D. an important television programme

Answer 1