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学必求其心得，业必贵于专精 学必求其心得，业必贵于专精 学必求其心得，业必贵于专精 河北省赵县2015高考英语一轮优生课后练习精选(8）及答案 阅读理解 请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A We know the famous ones—the Thomas Edison and the Alexander Graham Bells -but what about the less famous inventors？ What about the people who invented the traffic light and the windshield wiper(雨刮器）？Shouldnt we know who they are？ Joan Mclean thinks so. In fact, Mclean， a professor of physics at Mountain So， just what is the story behind the windshield wiper? Well, Mary Anderson came up with the idea in 1902 after a visit to New York City。 The day was cold and stormy， but Anderson still wanted to see the sights, so she jumped aboard a streetcar. Noticing that the driver was struggling to see through the snow covering the windshield， she found herself wondering why there couldn’t be a built-in device for cleaning the window. Still wondering about this when she returned home to Birmingham， Alabama, Anderson started drafting out solutions. One of her ideas, a lever（操作杆）on the inside of a vehicle that would control an arm on the outside, became the first windshield wiper。 Today we benefit from countless inventions and innovations,It’s hard to imagine driving without Garrett A Morgan’s traffic light. Its equally impossible to picture a world without Katherine J. Blodgett’s innovation that makes glass invisible, Can you picture life without clear windows and eyeglasses？ （ ) 1。 By mentioning “traffic light” and “windshield wiper， the author indicates that countless inventions are 。 A。 beneficial, because their inventors are famous B. beneficial， though their inventors are less famous C。 not useful, because their inventors are less famous D。 not useful, though their inventors are famous ( ） 2。 Professor Joan McLean’s course aims to_____. A. add color and variety to students’ campus life B. inform students of the windshield wipers invention C. carry out the requirements by Mountain D. prepare students to try their own invention （ ) 3。 Tommy Lee’