综合模拟练(七).docx

综合模拟练(七)选择题部分第一部分　听力(略)第二部分　阅读理解(共两节，满分35分)第一节　(共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。A(2017·浙江金丽衢十二校联考)In this article，we’ll come to two things invented by women，Liquid Paper and Windshield Wiper.Bette Graham was not a very good typist.Still the high school dropout worked her way to become the executive secretary for the chairman of the board of the Texas Bank and Trust.It was in the 1950s，and the electric typewriter was just introduced.Secretaries often found themselves retyping entire pages because of one tiny mistake，as the new model’s carbon ribbon made it difficult to correct errors.One day，Graham watched workers painting a holiday display on a bank window.She noticed that when they made mistakes，they simply added another layer of paint to cover them up，and she thought she could apply that idea to her typing blunders.Graham mixed up water-based tempera paints with dye(染料) that matched her company’s paper.Then she was able to quickly correct her errors.Soon，the other secretaries were asking for the product，which Graham continued to produce in her kitchen.Graham was fired from her job for spending too much time distributing her product，but she was able to improve her mixture，renamed the product “Liquid Paper” and received a patent in 1958.At the dawn of the 20th century，Mary Anderson went to New York City for the first time.There were no cabs honking，nor were there thousands of cars rushing in traffic.Cars were quite rare when Anderson took that trip，but the woman from Alabama ended up inventing something that has become standard on every automobile.During her trip，Anderson took a tram(电车) through the snow-covered city.She noticed that the driver had to stop the tram every few minutes to wipe the snow off his front window.At the time，all drivers had to do so；rain and snow were thought to be things drivers had to deal with，for they resulted in poor visibility.When she returned home，Anderson developed a squeegee(橡皮刮水刷) attached to a hand