增分强化练(十九)阅读理解＋阅读七选五＋完形填空＋短文改错(限时40分钟)Ⅰ.阅读理解Itdoesn'ttakedecadesoflifeexperiencetohaveagreatidea,asmanyoftheseyounginventorshaveproved.TheElectronicTelevisionTheelectronictelevisionwasfirstdesignedbya14­year­oldkidin1920.PhiloTaylorFarnsworthsharedhisconceptofanimagetransmitting(影像传送)device,anearlydesignoftheelectronictelevision,withhisscienceteacher,drawingdiagramsonseveralblackboardsinclass.Bytheageof21Farnsworthhadaworkingmodelwhichservedasabasistoalllaterdevelopmentandversionsofelectronictelevisions.Afterdiscoveringacollectionoftechnologymagazinesintheattic(阁楼)ofhisfamily'snewhome,hedevelopedapassionandinterestinelectronics,whichledhimtoexploreinventionsinthefieldof,specifically,theimagetransmission.In1927,afewyearsoutofhighschool,Farnsworthwasthefirstinventortotransmitatelevisionimageofadollarsign,composedof60horizontallines.BrailleLanguageLouisBraillesufferedaseriouseyeinjurywhenhewasjust3yearsold.Notonlydidtheaccidentcausehimblindnessonthatside,buttheinfectionspreadandblindedtheothereyeaswell.Aftermorethanadecadeofstrugglingwiththeslowsystemoftracinghisfingeroverraisedletters,Braillewas12whenhelearnedofamethodofsilentcommunicationoriginallycreatedfortheFrenchmilitary.Hesimplifiedit,andin1824theBraillelanguagewasborn.Popsicles(冰棍)Alotofkidsareeasilydistracted(分散注意力)—andthankstotheshortattentionspanof11­year­oldFrankEpperson,wenowhavepopsicles.In1905,Epperson,aSanFrancisconative,wasstirringpowdereddrinkmixintoacupofwaterwhensomethingelsecaughthisattention.Themixturewasforgottenoutsidethedoor,andwhenEppersonrediscoveredthedrinkinthemorning,itwasadeliciouslyportablefrozenpopsicle.Afteryearsofmakingthefrozentreatsforfriends,andeventuallyhisownchildren,Eppersonfiledforapatentin1924.[语篇解读]本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了三个由年轻男孩发明的东西。1．WhocontributedhisintelligencetotheinventionofTV?A．PhiloTaylorFarnsworth.B．Farnsworth'sscienceteacher.C．LouisBraille.D．Epperson.解析：细节理解题。根据TheElectronicTelevision部分的“Theelectronictelevisionwasfirstdesignedbya14­year­oldkidin1920.Philo