阅读下面材料,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
In
1492, Columbus, a well-known Italian voyager, discovered the New World—the
Americas. He brought a lot of things to Europe from South America. Rubber was
one of them, but people didn't know the use of rubber at that time. In 1770,
people found that the rubber could be used as erasers.
Macintosh
was a worker in an eraser factory in Scotland. One day he spilled the rubber
liquid over his clothes carelessly when making erasers. He was too busy to
clean it and went back home wearing the dirty clothes. On the way home, it
rained heavily. Having no umbrella, Macintosh had to run quickly. When he got
home, he took off the wet clothes. To his surprise, the area of the clothes
with rubber wasn't wet. "Why not make a rubber raincoat?" Macintosh
thought. The next day he brushed the rubber liquid all over a coat. He wore the
"rubber coat" on rainy days and took a walk in the field to test if
it could really keep off the rain. Surprisingly, the clothes inside the "rubber
coat" weren't wet at all. The rubber raincoat was created in this way by
chance.
The
rubber raincoats soon appeared on the market. However, they were sticky in
summer and hardened in winter. Year after year, people kept on improving the
raincoats. Today raincoats are widely used in our daily life.
(1)
Who was the rubber raincoat invented by?
A . A Chinese.
B . An Italian.
C . An Englishman.
D . An American.
(2)
What did Columbus bring to Europe in 1492?
A . Rubber.
B . Umbrella.
C . Erasers.
D . Raincoats.
(3)
Why did Macintosh wear the "rubber coat" on rainy days?
A . To show his nice "rubber coat".
B . To sell it to a farmer.
C . To test if it could keep off the rain.
D . To go to work in the field.
(4)
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A . Macintosh worked in a market in Scotland.
B . The rubber raincoat was created by chance.
C . The first rubber raincoat was sticky in winter.
D . The umbrella was invented after the rubber raincoat.
答案: C
A
C
B