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但隨著經(jīng)濟(jì)( economy)的發(fā)展,越來(lái)越多的家庭購(gòu)買了小汽車。 A Not all inventions are made by scientists. Kids can also make history with their inventions. The state flag of Alaska was designed by 13yearold Bennie Benson in 1926. His design was chosen from a flagdesigning petition. It became the official flag in 1959. Bennie won a $1,000 scholarship (獎(jiǎng)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 overnight 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 for his father, a tax collector, to make his job easier. Blaise named it the Pasealine. He made about 50 of them, but nobody was interested in it. People thought it would take jobs away from them. 300 years went by, and the calculator (計(jì)算器 ) finally became a success. In 1968, the programming language, PASCAL, was named after him. 26. How old was Bennie Benson when he designed the flag? A. 13. B. 26. C. 46. D. 59. 27. What does the underlined word ―Popsicle‖ mean in Chinese? A. 涼茶 B. 美味 C. 冰柜 D. 棒冰 28. Why did Blaise Pascal invent the calculator? A. He wanted to use it in a test. B. He wanted to make his father’s job easier. C. He wanted to sell it for money. D. He wanted to know how much money he should give to sellers. 29. Why were people not interested in the Pasealine at first? A. Because it could make many people lose work. B. Because they thought it was useless. C. Because it cost lots of money. D. Because there was no a kind of programming language then. B Overing(克服 ) shyness is not impossible. The following steps may be helpful. Step 1 Overing shyness is mainly a case of mind over matter. If you’re afraid to do it, you will get much shyer when doing it. The more you e to talk with people, the easier it will bee. You may also find that it’s not as difficult as you thought anyway. Just talk to people a little more every day. Step 2 It sometimes helps to try to imagine you as another person. Think about this: Do you get shy when someone else walks up to talk to another? Of course you don’t. Think of yourself as just somebody else and it’ll make it a little easier. Step 3 Dress to impress. The better you look, the more confident you’ll feel. Feeling good about your appearance can greatly reduce shyness. Step 4 If you’re up on stage, try to imagine that you’re somewhere else. Maybe in your own fortable living room. Tell yourself that the audiences are really no big deal. They’re ONLY people. 30. The first step mainly tells us . A. we should talk to people as much as possible B. it’s difficult to get over shyness C. we’ll be shy when talking to more people D. we are shy because we don’t think carefully 31. The second step tells us it’s to think