Read the passage.
The first ice cream maker was invented by Nancy Johnson. She received a patent in 1843 for her invention, a small-scale ice cream freezer, which comprised two spatulas that fit tightly into a long cylindrical barrel. The spatulas contained holes and were attached to a shaft that could be rotated with a crank, while the cylinder was cooled from the outside with a salt and ice mixture. The spatulas could be rotated in the mix and scrape ice crystals off the inner wall of the cylinder simultaneously. This invention made ice cream making far easier than it had been, and ensured a more uniform texture than had been possible before. It was even possible to produce two flavors of ice cream simultaneously.
After Nancy Johnson received her patent, she did not have enough money and resources to manufacture her machine and market it. Therefore, she sold the patent to William Young for $200. Young, in his turn, marketed the machine as the "Johnson Patent Ice Cream Freezer." The mechanism of Johnson's machine was used in ice cream makers around the world for many years, and William Young made a fortune.
Which of the following is correct according to the passage?
A. Nancy Johnson marketed her invention as the "Johnson Patent Ice Cream Freeezer."
B. The new machine was the most complex machine ever made.
C. Someone else made a fortune because of Johnson's invention.
D. Nancy Johnson always wanted to receive a patent and become famous.
答案
C
解释
Explanation
The correct answer is (C).
According to the passage, Nancy Johnson sold her patent to William Young, who marketed the machine and made a fortune. Therefore, the correct answer is (C).
Answer (A) is incorrect because, according to the passage, William Young marketed the machine as the "Johnson Patent Ice Cream Freezer," not Nancy Johnson.
Answer (B) is incorrect because the passage does not mention the new machine was the most complex machine ever made.
Answer (D) is incorrect because the passage does not state Nancy Johnson always wanted to receive a patent and become famous.
Read the passage.
The dodo was a bird that lived on the island of Mauritius until the seventeenth century. Nowadays, it is extinct. It was a large, flightless bird, with a long beak and gray plumage. It had no natural predators on the island.
When Dutch settlers came to Mauritius in the sixteenth century, they hunted numerous dodos and ate their meat. They also introduced animals that were new to the island, including dogs, cats, macaques, and pigs. Some of those animals escaped captivity and became feral, and they began plundering dodo nests and eating their eggs. Since the dodo only laid one egg per season, the number of eggs decreased quickly and the dodo population declined drastically, until the dodo went extinct in the middle of the seventeenth century.
Which of the following sentences describes the sequence of events in the passage?
A. Nancy Johnson marketed her invention as the "Johnson Patent Ice Cream Freeezer."
B. The new machine was the most complex machine ever made.
C. Someone else made a fortune because of Johnson's invention.
D. Nancy Johnson always wanted to receive a patent and become famous.
答案
D
解释
Explanation
Explanation
The correct answer is (D).
The second paragraph explains how the dodo went extinct. Massive hunting by the Dutch settlers was one factor. The other factor was that animals brought by the settlers ate
dodo eggs. Therefore, the correct answer is (D).
Answer (A) is incorrect because it states that the settlers hunted "all the dodos, leading to their extinction." It implies that hunting was the only factor that led to the extinction of the dodos. However, according to the second paragraph, animals ate the dodo eggs, which also led to their extinction.
Answer (B) is incorrect because even though the passage states that the dodo was flightless, nowhere in the passage does it state that the dodo became extinct because it couldn’t fly.
Answer (C) is incorrect because according to the passage, the dodo went extinct in the middle of the seventeenth century, and the Dutch settlers came to Mauritius in the sixteenth century. Therefore, the dodo went extinct after the arrival of the settlers, and not before. Another way to understand this is from this sentence: "When Dutch settlers came to Mauritius in the sixteenth century, they hunted numerous dodos and ate their meat." If the settlers hunted the dodos, then the dodos could not have been extinct before the settlers arrived.
原文翻译1
第一个冰激凌机是由南希-约翰逊发明的。她在1843年因其发明获得了专利，这是一个小型的冰淇淋冷冻机，由两把铲子组成，紧紧地贴在一个长圆柱形桶里。铲子上有孔，并连接到一个可以用曲柄旋转的轴上，而圆柱体则用盐和冰的混合物从外面冷却。铲子可以在混合物中旋转，并同时从圆筒内壁上刮下冰晶。这项发明使冰淇淋的制作比以前容易得多，并确保了比以前更均匀的口感。它甚至可以同时生产两种口味的冰淇淋。
南希-约翰逊获得专利后，她没有足够的资金和资源来制造她的机器并将其推向市场。因此，她以200美元的价格将专利卖给了威廉-杨。杨则将该机器作为 "约翰逊专利冰激凌机 "进行销售。约翰逊机器的机制在世界各地的冰淇淋制造商中使用了很多年，威廉-杨也因此发了大财。
原文翻译2
渡渡鸟是一种鸟，直到十七世纪还生活在毛里求斯岛。如今，它已经灭绝了。它是一种大型的、不会飞的鸟，有一个长长的喙和灰色的羽毛。它在岛上没有天敌。
当荷兰定居者在十六世纪来到毛里求斯时，他们猎杀了大量的渡渡鸟鸟并吃了它们的肉。他们还引进了岛上的新动物，包括狗、猫、猕猴和猪。其中一些动物逃脱了囚禁，变得野性十足，它们开始掠夺渡渡鸟的巢穴，吃它们的蛋。由于渡渡鸟每季只产一个蛋，蛋的数量迅速减少，渡渡鸟数量急剧下降，直到17世纪中期渡渡鸟灭绝。
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