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1、 for the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.（A） We know the famous ones-the Thomas Edisons and the Alexander Graham Bells-but what about the_26_（ famous） inventors? What about the people who invented the traffic light and the windshield wiper ? Shouldnt we know who they are? Joan Mc

2、Lean thinks so. In fact, McLean, a professor of physics at Mountain University in Range, feels so strongly about this matter _27_ shes developed a course on the topic. In addition to learning whoinvented what, however, McLean also likes her students to learn the answers to the why and how questions.

3、 According to McLean, When students learn the answers to these questions, they are better prepared to recognize opportunities for inventing and more motivated to give _28_ a try. So, just what is the story behind the windshield wiper? Well, Mary Anderson came up with the idea in 1902 after a visit t

4、o New York City. The day was cold and stormy, but Anderson still wanted to see the sights,so she jumped aboard a streetcar. Noticing that the driver was struggling to see _29_ the snow covering the windshield, she found herself _30_ why there couldnt be a builtin device for cleaning the window. Stil

5、l wondering about this when she returned home to Birmingham, Alabama, Anderson started drafting out solutions. One of her ideas, a lever （操作杆） on the inside of a vehicle that would control 31_ arm on the outside,became the first windshield wiper. Today we benefit from countless inventions and innova

6、tions. Its hard to imagine driving without Garrett A. Morgans traffic light. Its equally impossible to picture a world without Katherine J. Blodgetts innovation that makes glass invisible. _32_ you picture life without clear windows and eyeglasses?（B）There are a few things in life more irritating: y

7、ou are mid conversation with a friend, and suddenly she bursts out laughing, 33_（make） you think youve made a brilliant joke. But then she says, “Sorry, I wasnt laughing at you. I just saw something really fun on a micro blog.” Now the whole world is beginning to lose patience with this phenomenon k

8、nown as phubbing: snubbing others in a social setting _34_checking your phone. In fact, phubbing is just one symptom of our increasing dependence on mobile phones and the Internet which is replacing normal social interaction. According to a recent poll carried out by a Sunday newspaper in Britain, a

9、 third of Britons_35_（survey） admitted to being phubbers and more than a quarter said they would answer their phones in the middle of a face to face conversation. 36_pointing or picking your nose, phubbing is also widely considered rude behavior in public places. Lately , a Stop Phubbing campaign gr

10、oup has started in Australia and at least five _37_have sprung up in its wake _38_anger and discontent at the lack of manners grow. The campaigns creator , Alex Haigh,23, from Melbourne, said :“A group of friends and I _39_（chat） the other day when someone raised ho annoying being ignored by people

11、on mobiles was.” He has created a website _40_companies can download posters to discourage phubbing and even placards for weddings.Section B Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. purposefulB. r

12、olledC. issuedD. majorityE. industrialAB. unityAC. sourceAD. freshAE. shapedBC. risenBD. admitted Recently the Department of Planning of New York _41_ a report which laid bare a full scale of the city. In 1970, 18 percent of the citys population was foreign-born. By 1995, the figure had 42_ to 33 pe

13、rcent, and another 20 percent were the US-born offspring of immigrants. So immigrants and their children now form. a （n）_43_ of the citys population. Who are these New Yorkers? Why do they come here? Where are they from? OK, time to drop the they. Im one of the them. The last question at least is ea

14、sy to answer: we come from everywhere. In the list of the top 20 44_ nations of those sending immigrants to New York between 1990 and 1994 are six countries in Asia, five in the Caribbean, four in Latin America, three in Europe, plus Israel and former Soviet Union. And when we immigrants got here we 45_up our sleeves. “If you are not ready to work when you get to New York,” says a friend of mine , “youd better hit the road.”The mayor of New York once said, Immigration has_46_ the unique ch