Thomas Adams, an American inventor, is the father of modern bubble(泡泡) gum．During the 1870s, Adams discovered a new way to make chewing gum by accident, while he was trying to find a use for chicle(糖膠樹腳)．Mr. Adams wanted to make rubber(橡膠) from chicle．

Mr. Adams worked for a long time trying to make rubber from chicle．His oldest son also helped him sometimes. But they never discovered a way to make it work. One day, Thomas Adams was in a store when he heard a young girl ask for some chewing gum．Adams and his son had been chewing chicle while they were working on the rubber, so he decided to give up trying to make rubber from the chicle and make gum instead．At that time, chewing gum was made form spruces sap(云杉樹液) ．This chewing gum didn’t taste very good．Admas thought chewing gum from chicle tasted better．He and his son wrapped small pieces of chicle in colorful paper and sold it．People everywhere began chewing his gum at once．

       Mr. Adam’s gum could make bubbles, but the bubbles were very sticky(膠粘的)．Until 1928 Walter Diemer found a way to improve chewing gum by making bubbles that were not sticky．

1．Where as Thomas Adams from?

A．The United States．                                    B．The United Kingdom．

C．Australia．                                                 D．Spain．

2．The word “wrapped” here in Chinese means “        ”．

A．掩飾                    B．遮蔽                       C．包裹                      D．覆蓋

3．What did Thomas Adams give up trying to make?

A．A new kind of paper．                             B．A new kind of rubber．

C．A new kind of chicle．                                D．A new kind of drink．

4．Which of the sentence is NOT TRUE?

A．Mr. Adams thought spruce gum didn’t taste as good as chicle gum．

B．Mr. Adams never found a way to make rubber from chilce．

C．Mr. Adams is the father of modern bubble gum．

D．Mr. Adams was the first person to sell gum．

5．What was the difference between Mr. Diemer’s gum and Mr. Adams’s gum?

A．Mr. Diemet’s gum could make bubbles．

B．Mr. Diemer’s gum was less sticky．

C．Mr. Diemer’s gum was made from tree sap．

D．Mr. Diemer’s gum was sold in colorful paper．

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　　Thomas Adams, an American inventor, is the father of modern bubble(泡泡)gum．During the 1870s, Adams discovered a new way to make chewing gum by accident, while he was trying to find a use for chicle(糖膠樹膠)-Mr．Adams wanted to make rubber(橡膠)from chicle．

　　Mr．Adams worked for a long time trying to make rubber from chicle．His oldest son also helped him sometimes．But they never discovered a way to make it work．One day, Thomas Adams was in a store when he heard a young girl ask for some chewing gum．Adams and his son had been chewing chicle while they were working on the rubber, so he decided to give up trying to make rubber from the chicle and make gum instead．At that time, chewing gum was made from spruces' sap(云杉樹液)．This chewing gum didn't taste very good．Adams thought chewing gum from chicle tasted better．He and his son wrapped small pieces of chicle in colorful paper and sold it．People everywhere began chewing his gum at once．

　　Mr．Adams' gum could make bubbles, but the bubbles were very sticky(膠粘的)．Until 1928 Walter Diemer found a way to improve chewing gum by making bubbles that were not sticky．

(1)

Where was Thomas Adams from?

[　　]

A．

The United States．

B．

The United Kingdom．

C．

Australia．

D．

Spain．

(2)

The word“wrapped”here in Chinese means“________”．

[　　]

A．

掩飾

B．

遮蔽

C．

包裹

D．

覆蓋

(3)

What did Thomas Adams give up trying to make?

[　　]

A．

A new kind of paper．

B．

A new kind of rubber．

C．

A new kind of chicle．

D．

A new kind of drink．

(4)

Which of these sentences is NOT TRUE?

[　　]

A．

Mr．Adams thought spruce gum didn't taste as good as chicle gum．

B．

Mr．Adams never found a way to make rubber from chicle．

C．

Mr．Adams is the father of modern bubble gum．

D．

Mr．Adams was the first person to sell gum．

(5)

What was the difference, between Mr．Diemer's gum and Mr．Adams' gum?

[　　]

A．

Mr．Diemer's gum could make bubbles．

B．

Mr．Diemer's gum was less sticky．

C．

Mr．Diemer's gum was made from tree sap．

D．

Mr．Diemer's gum was sold in colorful paper．

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     Thomas Adams, an American inventor, is the father of modern bubble (泡泡) gum. During the 1870s,
Adams discovered a new way to make chewing gum by accident, while he was trying to find a use for chicle (糖膠樹膠)- Mr. Adams wanted to make rubber (橡膠) from chicle.
     Mr. Adams worked for a long time trying to make rubber from chicle. His oldest son also helped him
sometimes. But they never discovered a way to make it work. One day, Thomas Adams was in a store when
he heard a young girl ask for some chewing gum. Adams and his son had been chewing chicle while they
were working on the rubber, so he decided to give up trying to make rubber from the chicle and make gum
instead. At that time, chewing gum was made from spruces' sap (云杉樹液). This chewing gum didn't taste
very good. Adams thought chewing gum from chicle tasted better. He and his son wrapped small pieces of
chicle in colorful paper and sold it. People everywhere began chewing his gum at once.
     Mr. Adams' gum could make bubbles, but the bubbles were very sticky (膠粘的). Until 1928 Walter
Diemer found a way to improve chewing gum by making bubbles that were not sticky.
1. Where was Thomas Adams from?
A. The United States.
B. The United Kingdom.
C. Australia.
D. Spain.
2. The word "wrapped" here in Chinese means "_________.
A. 掩飾
B. 遮蔽
C. 包裹
D. 覆蓋
3. What did Thomas Adams give up trying to make?
A. A new kind of paper.
B. A new kind of rubber.
C. A new kind of chicle.
D. A new kind of drink.
4.Which of these sentences is NOT TRUE?
A. Mr. Adams thought spruce gum didn't taste as good as chicle gum.
B. Mr. Adams never found a way to make rubber from chicle.
C. Mr. Adams is the father of modern bubble gum.
D. Mr. Adams was the first person to sell gum.
5. What was the difference, between Mr. Diemer's gum and Mr. Adams' gum?
A. Mr. Diemer's gum could make bubbles.
B. Mr. Diemer's gum was less sticky.
C. Mr. Diemer's gum was made from tree sap.
D. Mr. Diemer's gum was sold in colorful paper.

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     Do you like bubble gum (泡泡糖)? Do you know when it was      1      ?
     In the 1870s, an American discovered bubble gum.      2     name was Thomas Adams. He wanted to
find the use of a chicle（一種樹膠). Chicle is a Spanish     3       for sticky water that comes from one kind of Mexican tree.
     Mr Adams wanted to make rubber     4     chicle. He worked in his home while he tried to find a way to make the chicle become stronger. He had a son     5      name was Horatio. He also helped his father now
and then.
     One day, young Horatio began to chew (咀爵) the chicle while he watched his father work. It did
not    6      very good, but Horatio enjoyed chewing it. Then the young boy began to blow bubbles with the new chicle-which his father had made. Mr Adams had discovered bubble gum     7       .
     Mr Adams gave up trying to find a way to make rubber.      8    , he wanted to try to sell the new gum
that he had made. He thought       9      people might like the taste, too.He was      10       . Soon, the new
gum became more and more popular.
(     )1. A. created    
(     )2. A. Her        
(     )3. A. word      
(     )4. A. of        
(     )5. A. whom      
(     )6. A. taste      
(     )7. A. by mistake
(     )8. A. Instead of
(     )9. A. another    
(     )10. A. good      		 B. create    
B. My        
B. meaning    
B. from      
B. which      
B. sound      
B. by accident
B. Because of
B. other      
B. true       		C. discovered
C. His        
C. sentence  
C. with      
C. whose      
C. look      
C. in time  
C. Instead    
C. the other
C. right      

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     Thomas Adams discovered bubble gum (泡泡糖) in the 1870s. He was an American.  He wanted to
find a use for chicle.  Chicle is a Spanish word for sticky water that comes from one kind of Mexican
tree. Mr. Adams wanted to make rubber (橡膠) from chicle.
     Mr. Adams worked in his home while he tried to find a way to make the chicle stronger.  His son,
Horatio, also helped him now and then.
     One day, young Horatio began to chew the chicle while he watched his father work. It did not taste
very good, but Horatio enjoyed chewing it. Then the young boy began to blow bubbles with the new
chicle which his father had made.  Mr. Adams had discovered bubble gum by accident.
     Mr. Adams gave up trying to find a way to make rubber from chicle,  Instead, he wanted to try and
sell the new gum that he had made.  He thought other people might like the taste, too.
     He began to see his new kind of chicle as candy. In no time. children everywhere began chewing
bubble gum.
1. Where was Thomas Adams from?
A. Canada.                      
B. The United States.
C. Europe                      
D. England.
2. Who was Horatio Adams?
A. Thomas' father.                      
B. Thomas' wife.
C Thomas' brother.                    
D. Thomas' son.
3. What was Thomas Adams trying to make?
A. A new kind of rubber.                
B. A new kind of chicle.
C. A new kind of candy.                
D. Electric light.
4. Why did Thomas Adams want to sell bubble gum?
A. His son enjoyed chewing it.
B. He thought many people would like it.
C. He could not make strong rubber from chicle.
D. All of the above.
5. Which of these sentences is not true?
A. Horatio helped his father.
B. Thomas Adams made rubber from chicle by accident.
C. Horatio was the first person to chew bubble gum.
D. Thomas Adams never made rubber.

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