【題目】閱讀短文，下列問題
B
Not all inventions are made by scientists. Kids can also make history with their inventions.
The state flagof 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 over night 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 forhis father, a tax collector, to make his job easier. Blaise named it “the Pasealine”. He made about 50 of them, but nobodywas interested in it. People thought it would take jobs away from them. 300 years went by, and the calculator（計算器）finally became a success. In 1968, the programming language（程序設(shè)計語言）, 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）The underlined word “Popsicle” means “________” 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

【答案】
（1）A
（2）D
（3）B
（4）A
（5）B
【解析】
(1) 根據(jù)第二段的第一句“The state flag ofAlaska was designed by 13-year-old Bennie Benson in 1926.”可知答案為A。
(2) 根據(jù)第三段內(nèi)容，尤其是“Frank left his drink outside the door overnight with a stick in it. ”可知答案答案為D。
(3) 根據(jù)第四段中的“The machine was forhis father…to make his job easier.”可知答案為B。
(4) 根據(jù)第四段中的“People thought it would take jobs away from them.”可知答案為A。
(5) 文章主要講述了三位少年發(fā)明家的故事。所以答案是B。

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