文章大意:本文主要介绍了英国发明家Trevor Baylis发明了不同的发电方式,来解决没有电的问题。重点介绍了其中两项发明,即带有发条的收音机和用鞋充电的移动电话。
1 . 阅读下面一篇短文,理解大意,然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案,使短文连贯完整。
How would you use a radio or a telephone if you had no electricity or batteries? These ________ bothered (烦扰) British inventor Trevor Baylis. So in 1996 he ________ a wind-up (装有发条的) radio. It doesn’t need electricity or batteries. You wind it up ________ hand. It plays for about an hour. Then, you wind it up ________. Today it’s made in South Africa.
Then in 1999, Baylis invented a mobile telephone that is powered by ________. The shoes contain (含有) a small battery that is powered when you ________. This battery is connected to a mobile phone. These two simple inventions can bring modern ________ to all parts of the world.
Baylis doesn’t have a university degree in engineering. In ________, he has left high school before graduating (毕业). He just loves ________ things to help people. He never knows ________ ideas will come to him. The idea for the telephone came to him in a dream.
1. A.dreams | B.problems | C.wonders | D.wishes |
2. A.invented | B.improved | C.borrowed | D.copied |
3. 4. A.then | B.slowly | C.again | D.finally |
5. 6. A.sleep | B.walk | C.rest | D.chat |
7. A.communications | B.conversations | C.suggestions | D.instructions |
8. A.fact | B.order | C.need | D.time |
9. A.buying | B.selling | C.making | D.collecting |
10. A.while | B.because | C.unless | D.when |