12．Liquid Paper （修正液） was invented by Bette Nesmith Graham．She was 17when she got a job at a Texas bank as a secretary，even though she didn't know how to type．The company she worked for sent her to a secretary school，and she was typing in no time at all．
The 1950s had seen the widespread use of the electric typewriter，which typed faster but also meant more mistakes．Also，mistakes made by early electric typewriters were very hard to erase，which caused problems for Bette．
In order to make extra money she used her talent to paint holiday windows at the bank．Then one day，it suddenly occurred to her that she could create a paint to cover up type-
writing mistakes．
It worked!In 1956，Bette sold her first bottles of the new product，which she called"Mistake Out"．She made it in her kitchen，and her son Michael and his friends bottled it in the family garage．
By 1957，she was selling 100bottles a month and had gotten a patent （專利） for her product，which she now called"Liquid Paper．"Sales continued to grow，as more and more people heard about Liquid Paper，through word-of-mouth and by reading about it in magazines．
In the 1960s，Bette bought a machine to help her produce Liquid Paper in large quantities．In 1971，she sold 2million bottles．In 1979，she sold the company for 47.5million dollars．She didn't live to see the end of the contract （合同），dying in 1980，at the age of 56，in Texas．
Bette's invention continues to be used every day by secretaries and other people in the office and wherever typewriters are used．

21．When Bette began to work in a bank，sheC．
A．was too young to type    
B．had graduated from secretary school
C．wasn't experienced in typing   
D．taught herself about typing
22．It can be inferred that the first Liquid PaperA．
A．was produced by hand      
B．was made by machine
C．was bottled in the kitchen    
D．was tested in the garage
23．What is the passage mainly about？C
A．A rock group．   B．A secretary．   C．Liquid Paper．   D．Mistake Out．
24．The passage is organized mainly in order ofB．
A．importance   B．time    C．space    D．popularity．

分析 文章向我們介紹了Bette Nesmith Graham是如何發(fā)明修正液的．

解答 21．C細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第一段中的"She was 17 when she got a job at a Texas bank as a secretary，even though she didn't know how to type．"可知，她不知道如何打字，也可以說(shuō)對(duì)打字沒(méi)有經(jīng)驗(yàn)．答案選C．
 22．A推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章第三段中的"She made it in her kitchen，and her son Michael and his friends bottled it in the family garage．"可知，她在她家廚房把修正液做成功的，她的兒子Michael和朋友在她家車(chē)庫(kù)里把修正液裝入了瓶中．可推斷出第一瓶修正液是用手工做成的．答案選A．
 23．C主旨大意題．根據(jù)文章第一段中的"Liquid Paper （修正液） was invented by Bette Nesmith Graham．"可知，整篇文章都是圍繞Bette Nesmith Graham如何發(fā)明修正液來(lái)敘述的．因此，本篇文章是向讀者介紹修正液的發(fā)明過(guò)程．答案選C．
 24．B細(xì)節(jié)理解題．通讀全文可知，文章按時(shí)間順序來(lái)敘述事情的發(fā)展過(guò)程．答案選B．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是人物故事類(lèi)閱讀理解．做這類(lèi)題材閱讀理解時(shí)要求考生對(duì)文章通讀一遍，做題時(shí)結(jié)合原文和題目有針對(duì)性的找出相關(guān)語(yǔ)句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測(cè)，一定要做到有理有據(jù)．

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During the daytime，experts say，exposure to blue light is good．Best of all is sunlight，which contains many different wavelengths of light．"That's what our brain knows，"said Kenneth P．Wright Jr．，director of the sleep and chronobiology（生物鐘學(xué)）lab at the University of Colorado，Boulder．
A 2013study he led，published in the journal Current Biology，showed just how different things can be without nighttime lights．After participants had camped in the mountains for a week，their bodies began to prepare for sleep about two hours earlier than normal．
Short of cutting out all evening electronics，experts say，it's advisable to use a small screen rather than a large one； dim the screen and keep it as far away from the eyes as possible； and reduce the amount of time spent reading the device．
"If you can look at the iPhone for 10minutes rather than three hours，that makes a lot of difference，"Dr．Skene said．
63．What does the underlined word"inhibit"in Paragraph 3probably mean？A
A．prevent          B．promote          C．project           D．process
64．Which of the following statements is true？D
A．The older a person is，the less he or she will be affected by blue light．
B．The exposure to the blue light does nothing but harm to the human body．
C．Traditional lighting companies are facing a dead end due to backward technology．
D．All brands of orange-colored glasses are not reliable for their ability to aid sleep．
65．What are the contributing factors of a better night's sleep？D
①Limited screen time before bed．
②A pair of color glasses．
③A small-sized screen of electronics．
④A place without nighttime lights．
⑤Devices with LED backlighting．
A．①②③B．③④⑤C．②③⑤D．①③④
66．The purpose of this article is toC．
A．a(chǎn)dvertise a brand of orange-colored glasses which can block blue light
B．question the effectiveness of orange-colored glasses on the market
C．introduce a kind of orange glasses that may help people sleep better
D．teach readers about the most effective ways to have a better sleep．

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2．Every year some 15，000 animals-mostly mice-are shipped into the UK for research．Some leading scientists are warning that pressure from animal rights activists is reducing the number of animals being brought into Britain for research．All ferry companies and all but two airlines have stopped importing animals intended for research laboratories．
Lord Drayson，who was a minister under the last Labour government，said animal research was"regrettably"necessary and that people would"suffer and die"without it．"If we do want to have access to medicines，and I believe that we do-in a survey carried out in the past 10 years more than 87% of the general public have said that they support animal research for medical uses．And so unfortunately we do have to do this．"
However，Alistair Currie from People，for the Ethical Treatment of Animals （PETA） said researchers should work harder to come up with alternatives to animal testing．"More man 90% of drugs that pass trials in animals fail when they're given to people，"he said．They either prove to be unsafe or simply ineffective．"
The BBC's Tom Fielden says animal rights campaigners have been imprisoned for taking direct action against laboratories in the past and more recently have focused on creating bad PR （public relations）．He says this has included letter-writhing and web-based campaigns against transport companies，which appear to have had an effect．
But the scientists who depend on the animals for their work have now decided to speak out to try to persuade the government and the transpon companies to stand up to the campaigners．Professor Robin Lovell-Badge，a geneticist at me National Institute for Medical Research （NIMR），told the BBC it was important that scientists were able to import animals，so they could work together with colleagues abroad．Dominic Wells of the Royal Veterinary College （RVC） said，"The problem is that they can't be put in a suitable transport．"
63．Now animal rights campaigners are trying to affect importing animals byD．
    A．finding alternatives to animal testing    B．creating bad public relations
    C．taking direct action against labs         D．stopping transport animals to UK
64．According to Lord Drayson，importing animals isA
    A．optional                             B．necessary                     
    C．unreasonable                         D．unconditional
65．Who is against importing animals for research？B
    A．Alistair Currie form PETA．       B．Tom Fielden from the BBC．
    C．Robin Lovell-Badge from the NIMR． D．Dominic Wells from the RVC．
66．Which of the following can be the best title for the passage？A
    A．Activists stopping direct action against imports
    B．Importing animals contributing to medicine
    C．Activists'pressure slowing animal imports
    D．No animal imports，no medical research．

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