Not all inventions are made by scientists. Kids can also make history with their inventions.

The state flag of Alaska was designed by 13-year-old Bennie Benson in 1926. His design was chosen from a flag-designing competition. It became the official flag in 1959. Bennie won a ＄1,000 scholarship（獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金）and a watch.

Frank Epperson invented the Popsicle in 1905 when he was only 11 years old. It was called the Epsicle at that time. Frank left his drink outside the door overnight with a stick（木棒）in it. That night the temperature dropped and everything was frozen including Frank’s drink. That didn’t stop him from tasting it, so today we have Popsicles to eat.

In 1642 Blaise Pascal designed the first counting machine when he was 18.The machine was for his father, a tax collector, to make his job easier. Blaise named it “the Pasealine”. He made about 50 of them, but nobody was interested in it. People thought it would take jobs away from them. 300 years went by, and the calculator（計(jì)算器）finally became a success. In 1968, the programming language（程序設(shè)計(jì)語(yǔ)言）, PASCAL, was named after him.

1. How old was Bennie Benson when he designed the flag?

A.13. B. 26.

C. 46. D. 59.

2. What does the underlined word “Popsicle” mean in Chinese?

A.涼茶 B.美味

C.冰柜 D.棒冰

3. Why did Blaise Pascal invent the calculator?

A. Because he wanted to use it in a test

B. Because he wanted to make his father’s job easier.

C. Because he wanted to sell it for money.

D. Because he wanted to know how much money he should give to sellers.

4. Why were people not interested in “the Pasealine” at first?[

A. Because people thought it could make them lose jobs.

B. Because they thought it was useless.

C. Because it cost a lot.

D. Because there was no programming language then.

5. This passage mainly tells us about_______.

A. several useful inventions

B. several inventions by kids

C. how to make history

D. how to become a successful inventor


1. A  根據(jù)第二段的第一句“The state flag of Alaska was designed by 13-year-old Bennie Benson in 1926.”可知。

2. D   根據(jù)第三段內(nèi)容，尤其是“Frank left his drink outside the door overnight with a stick （木棒）in it. ”可知。

3. B   根據(jù)第四段中的“The machine was for his father…to make his job easier.”可知。

4. A   根據(jù)第四段中的“People thought it would take jobs away from them (會(huì)讓他們失去工作).”可知。

5. B   文章主要講了三位少年發(fā)明家的故事。


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