Inventors are always looking for ways to make our lives easier, greener and more fun. Here are just a few examples of inventions.

                                                 Crayons were invented by Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith. They had a paint company in New York City. The new crayons were made of wax（蜡）and different pigments（颜料）. In 1903,Binney and Smith put the first box of eight“Crayola Crayons”on the market. These new crayons were a great success. 

                                Remote control technology(遥控技术)has been used since the early 1930s. During World War1, Germans used remote control boats. The TV remote control was first put on the market in 1950. Zenith Radio Company created the first TV remote control, called the “lazy Bone”. It could turn the TV on and off and could change programs.

       Bow Lingual（犬语翻译机），named by the US

Time Magazine as a “BEST invention of 2002”，

has two parts. A microphone is tied to the dog’s neck and sends out sound information to the gadget（小挂件）held by the owner. Then the translation is done in the gadget with kinds of dog barks.

          Some students in South Korea have a new language teacher :an robot of English-teaching ：The robot is 157cm tall and speaks both Korea and English .It can make16 kinds of faces .The robot-teachers are helping to solve a shortage of English teachers there. Could robots replace human teachers one day?

1. The first box of crayons was put on the market ________ .

A. in 1900  B. in 1903  C. in 1950   D. in 2002

2.During World War1, Germans used remote control to control _________ .

A. trains    B. planes   C. boats    D. TVs

3._________ is one of the greatest inventions of 2002 according to the US Time Magazine.

A. The crayon                B. Bow Lingual

C. The TV remote control   D. The English- teaching robot

4. The English- teaching robot can speak ________ .

A. English and Chinese     B. English and French

C. Korean and Japanese    D. English and Korean

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.Bow Lingual’s microphone is tied to the dog’s neck.

B. The English-teaching robot can make six faces in class.

C. Remote control technology has been used since early 1930.

D. The robot- teachers can help provide the USA with more English teachers.

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    At the age of 13, Miles Schuman, from Maine(缅因州), US, is already a good host of an Internet-radio program.

Schuman s   1.    the program three years ago. He found a website c   2.     Blog Talk Radio. Users can make their o   3.    radio shows on the website.

Schuman signed up. He loves rock music. So he bought a microphone and started broadcasting talks about rock music from his home. Later, he even i   4.    some famous rock stars. At first, he just asked a l   5.   of usual questions. But t   6.   practice, he can now ask deep questions. The half-hour program is p   7.   . When a new show is b     8.      every Sunday, 3,000 to 5,000 people get to listen .

Schuman told the newspaper The Working Waterfront that he would k   9.     doing this show, because he loves music and h   10.   the radio show.

"Everything happens for the best," my mother said whenever things weren’t going my way. "Don’t worry. One day your luck will change."
Mother was right, as I discovered after I had finished my college education, I had decided to try for a job in radio. One day, I wanted to host a sports programme. I went to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station. But I got turned down every time.
In one station, a kind lady said my problem was that I hadn’t got enough experience. "Get some work with a small station and work your way up," she said.
I went back home. I couldn’t get a job there, either. Then my dad told me a businessman had opened a store and needed someone to help him. But again, I didn’t get the job.
I felt really down. "Your luck will change," Mom said to me. Dad lent me the car to help me to look for my job. I tried another radio station in Lowa. But the owner, a nice man, told me he had already had someone.
As I left his office, I asked, "How can someone be a sports announcer(播音员) if he can’t get a job in a radio station?"
I was waiting for the lift when I heard the man call. "What did you mean? Do you know anything about football?" He put me in front of a microphone and asked me to try to imagine that I was giving my opinion on a football game, I succeeded.
On my way home, Mom’s words come back to me, "One day your luck will change, Son. And when it happens, it’ll feel doubly good because of all the hard work you’ve had." At that moment I knew just what she meant.
16. What’s the writer’s ideal job?
A. A sportsman.                  B. A shop assistant.
C. A sports announcer.             D. A businessman.
17. Why didn’t the writer get the job in Chicago?
A. Because he was too young.
B. Because he didn’t get college education.
C. Because he’s got a good-looking person.
D. Because he hadn’t got enough experience.
18. The sentence "But I got turned down every time. "means"        ".
A. But I was refused every time
B. But I was successful every time
C. But I lost my way every time
D. But the door of every station was always closed
19. What made the writer succeed in the end?
A. His mother’s words.               B. A kind lady’s help.
C. His father’s car.                   D. His own hard work.
20. What’s the best title of this passage?
A. Mother’s Words.               B. Everything Happens for the Best.
C. No One Is Always Lucky.          D. To Find a Job in Radio Is Difficult.