Question

 It is generally thought that necessity is the mother of invention. It’s 1    11 -year-old Cameron Robert has proved (證明）that.

State Senator (參議員）Mike Fasano, District 11 said，“ Let’s show our 2     to the young man who has done so much for the elderly and the disabled. Thank you for 3     the Res-QLift, Cameron. ”

Cameron’s mother is a doctor. Two years ago, Cameron saw one of his mother’s patients fall over in the hospital with his own 4     The woman’s daughter was unable to 5     her. After that Cameron came up with the 6     for the Res-QLift. He says that the Res-QLift makes it 7        to move the disabled

or the injured easily. “People can just slide (滑動(dòng)） patients onto my 8        ，” Cameron says.

Jerry Chang, the president of Florida International Business Service, which helps inventors 9     their ideas for inventions into products, agreed to help Cameron develop his invention.

“When people are  10        ， they are generally creative and have lots of dreams. 11     we need to do is to encourage kids. In this way, they can invent more things as they 12       ，” Jerry Chang says.

The Res-QLift is designed for nursing homes, hospitals and even homes. It is 13     and lowered with the push of a button (按鈕）.Chang says the lift moves 14     so as not to scare patients. Cameron hadn’t told anyone about his idea for the invention 15     he met Micheal Osadchey.

“Micheal Osadchey has helped me a lot. He is basically (基本的)the best part of what happened today,” Cameron says.

Now the 11 -year-old boy has already started working on his next invention.

(   ) 1. A. real    B. true

C. good    D. lucky

(   ) 2. A. gifts    B. reasons

C. wishes    D. thanks

(   ) 3. A. inventing    B. making

C. getting    D. selling

(   ) 4. A. nose    B. eyes

C. ears    D. mouth

(   ) 5. A. take    B. bring

C. lift    D. carry

(   ) 6. A. answer    B. problem

C. idea    D. solution

(   ) 7. A. interesting    B. important

C. impossible    D. possible

(   ) 8. A. chair    B. invention

C. sofa    D. bed

(   ) 9. A. turn    B. become

C. get    D. make

(   ) 10. A. young    B. old

C. poor    D. rich

(   ) 11. A. That    B. Which

C. It    D. What

(   ) 12. A. leave    school    B. go to school

C. grow up    D. stay up

(   ) 13. A. risen    B. held

C. carried    D. raised

(   ) 14. A. slowly    B. quickly

C. quietly    D. easily

(   ) 15. A. if    B. when

C. while    D. until

Answer 1

1. B 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. C 7. D 8. B

9. A 10. A 11. D 12. C 13. D 14. A 15. D