Many objects that people use each day started with a simple idea. These objects have often changed the way we
46 . Some help us to do a job more
47 . Others fill a need or solve a problem.
In 1858, Lipman had such an
48 . He took out a pencil, a piece of paper,
49 an eraser. Then he began to write. Sometimes he needed to
50 a word. Each time he had to search under his books and papers to 51 the eraser. “ I wish my eraser would stay in one
52 !” he said.
Then Lipman had his simple idea. He
53 a groove(凹槽) in one end of the pencil. He glued(粘牢) the eraser into the groove. Lipman had solved his problem. Later he thought that others might like to have such a pencil. So he sold his
54 .Some pencils with erasers were
55 . His design earned $ 100000.
小题1: | A.study | B.live | C.sleep | D.walk |
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小题2: | A.easily | B.correctly | C.carefully | D.normally |
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小题3: | A.article | B.aim | C.idea | D.action |
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小题5: | A.spell | B.read | C.write | D.change |
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小题7: | A.place | B.desk | C.book | D.hand |
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小题8: | A.marked | B.prepared | C.cut | D.invented |
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小题9: | A.books | B.pencil | C.design | D.eraser |
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小题10: | A.wonderful | B.expensive | C.colourful | D.common |
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