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A person has to be sixteen to drive, venteen to e certain movies, and eighteen to vote. People can get terrific discounts on all sorts of stuff－provided they’re over sixty-five. Everywhere we look there are age limits that define what people can and can’t do. But creativity has no boundaries, no limitations. Anyone can invent. And they do. Inventors are popping up at the youngest ages.Sitting in the car waiting for her mom to return from shopping, Becky decided she might as well try to finish her math homework. But it was growing dark and getting hard to e the paper.“I didn’t have a flashlight, and I didn’t want to open the car door becau then the whole car would light up.” recalled Becky. “So I thought it would be neat to have my paper light up somehow, and that’s when the idea came to me.”It isn’t every day that a ten-year-old invents a product eagerly sought by veral business, but that’s exactly what Becky Schroeder did when she created a tool that enabled people to write in the dark. Her invention? The Glo-sheet. That night Becky went home, trying to imagine different ways of making her paper glow in the dark. She remembered all sorts of glow-in-the-dark toys－like balls and Frisbees－and wondered how they were made. She was determined to find a solution. So they very next day, Beck’s dad took her on an outing to the hardware store. They returned with a pail (桶) of phosphorescent paint. She took the paint and stacks of paper into the darkest room in the hou－the bathroom. There, she experimented.“I’d turn on the light, turn it off, turn it on,” said Becky. “My parents remember me running out the room saying ‘It works, it works! I’m writing in the dark!’ ”She ud an acrylic board and coated it with a specific amount of phosphorescent paint. She took a complicated idea and made it work rather simply. When the coated clipboard is expod to light, it glows. The glowing board then illuminates or lights up the paper that has been placed on top. Two years after her initial inspiration, in 1974, Becky became the youngest female ever to receive a U.S. patent.She didn’t actively market her Glo-sheet. She didn’t need to. The New York Times wrote an article about an incredible invention－patented by a twelve-year-old, and the inquiries and orders streamed in.小题1:From Paragraph 1 , we can draw a conclusion that _________.A．it is illegal for one to drive under sixteenB．people enjoy privileges when over sixty-fiveC．one is never too old or too young to inventD．people hate the limitations that define our behavior小题2:What caud Becky to invent Glo-sheet?A．She was trying to do homework when it got dark.B．She was having trouble with math problems.C．She was trying to earn some money.D．She was working on a school project.小题3:What is the meaning of the underlined words “phosphorescent paint” in paragraph 5?A．paint that acts as a glueB．paint that covers a markC．paint that becomes hardD．paint that glows in the dark小题4:What does it mean that Beck “didn’t actively market her Glo-sheet” according to paragraph 8?A．She kept the original one for her own u. B．Other people came to her for the Glo-sheet.C．Becky’s father tried to ll the Glo-sheet.D．She gave away patent to the government.小题5:With which statement would Becky most likely agree?A．Experience is needed to be a good inventor.B．only by inventing things can you know what people need. C．Always try to ll patent rights to large companies. D．You never know what you can do unless you try. 题型：未知难度：其他题型

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小题1:C小题2:A小题3:D小题4:B小题5:D

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本文讲述年龄的限制会制约人们的行为，但创造力是没有限制的，贝基在很小的年纪就发明了发光的表格就充分证明了这一点。小题1:C 细节理解题。根据第一段提到Everywhere we look there are age limits that define what people can and can’t do.到处我们能够看到年龄限制，人们能做什么，不能做什么，可知选C项。小题2:A 细节理解题。根据第四段提到that’s exactly what Becky Schroeder did when she created a tool that enabled people to write in the dark.可知他的发明为的是那些在黑暗中不能写的人发明了，故选A项。小题3:D 细节理解题。根据第五段提到That night Becky went home, trying to imagine different ways of making her paper glow in the dark可见他提着能够发光的漆返回，故选D项。小题4:B 细节推断题。根据最后一段提到The New York Times wrote an article about an incredible invention－patented by a twelve-year-old, and the inquiries and orders streamed in.虽然这个孩子不需要这个发明，但许多人开始询问与订购，故选B项。小题5:D 细节理解题。根据第五段提到She remembered all sorts of glow-in-the-dark toys－like balls and Frisbees－and wondered how they were made. She was determined to find a solution.可推断出只有你去尝试，你就慢慢找到答案，故选D项。

考点

据考高分专家说，试题“A person has to be s.....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。 日常生活类阅读

日常生活类阅读的概念：

日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。

日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：

【题型说明】该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。 【备考提醒】为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点： 1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。 2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。 3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。 4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。