IX.任務(wù)型閱讀(共5小題, 每小題2分,計(jì)10分)(2014北京房山一模)

You may think that inventions are far away from your everyday life. But in fact, almost everyone can invent. It’s just that they do not realize that their idea could be the start of an invention. Once inventors see their ideas have some practical value, they don’t let them run away.

For example, the inventors of the dishwasher, American Josephine Cochrane, loved to give dinner parties. But she found it took too long to wash her dishes by hand. She decided that a machine could do the job faster. So, in 1886, she began to make one for herself.

Here are the steps to create inventions. The first and most important step is to find the problem. Start by looking at what is wrong with things you see now and ask people around if they remember ever saying, “I wish someone would invent something for...” Then you might notice situations(情況) or things in need of improvement. The next step is to think about possible solutions. An invention is a new way of solving a problem. So think of many and unusual ways. You can often come up with a solution to a problem by looking at it from a different side.

The hardest part of inventing is coming up with a problem and finding a solution. Once you have an idea, you can always get help building your invention. This problem-solving technique can also work in your everyday lives. So, why not try it in your studies, in your relationship with others, or even in the way you look at the world?

1題為完成句子;2題用英語表達(dá)文中畫線單詞one所指代的內(nèi)容;3題找出并寫下 第三段的主題句;4題為簡略回答問題;5題為將文中畫線句子譯成漢語。

1.Josephine Cochrane found it took too long to wash her dishes ________________.

2.____________________________________________________________________

3.___________________________________________________________________

4.What is the hardest part of inventing?

_________________________________________________________________________

5._____________________________________________________________________

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