“I'd turn on the light, turn it off, turn it on,” said Becky. “My parents remember me running out the room saying‘It works, it works! I'm writing in the dark!’ ”
She used an acrylic board and coated it with a specific amount of phosphorescent paint. She took a complicated idea and made it work rather simply. When the coated clipboard is exposed to light, it glows. The glowing board then illuminates or lights up the paper that has been placed on top. Two years after her initial inspiration, in 1974, Becky became the youngest female ever to receive a U.S. patent.
She didn't actively market her Glosheet. She didn't need to. The New York Times wrote an article about an incredible invention-patented by a twelveyearold, and the inquiries and orders streamed in.
语篇解读:本文讲述年龄的限制会制约人们的行为,但创造力是没有限制的,贝基在很小的年纪就发明了发光的表格就充分证明了这一点。
29.From Paragraph 1 , we can draw a conclusion that ________.
A.it is illegal for one to drive under sixteen
B.people enjoy privileges when over sixtyfive
C.one is never too old or too young to invent
D.people hate the limitations that define our behavior
答案:C 细节理解题。根据第一段提到“Everywhere we look there are age limits that define what people can and can't do.”到处我们能够看到年龄限制,人们能做什么,不能做什么,可知选C项。
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