Reading Comprehension

  Inventors like Thomas Edison were called mad. Their inventions were made fun of. John Fitch, who invented the steamboat became so discouraged that he killed himself. Charles Goodyear's family lived in poverty while he carried on his experiments. When Charles Newbold's cast-iron plough first appeared, farmers refused to use it. They said it would poison the soil. In both England and America, the canal companies were opposed to the use of railroads because they feared the competition. Horse breeders fought the introduction of cars and trucks. In France, tailors destroyed sewing machines that were used to make clothes for the army. Weavers wrecked the home of Richard Arkwright, the inventor of the power loom. Everywhere resistance to invention was strong.

1.This passage is about ________.

[  ]

A.Thomas Edison

B.obstacles(障礙) to invention

C.how inventions were made

D.how inventions have changed our lives

2.The best statement of the main idea of this passage is that ________.

[  ]

A.inventions were called mad

B.resistance to inventions was strong

C.inventors have lived in poverty

D.farmers refused to use the cast-iron plough

3.The inventor of the power loom was ________.

[  ]

A.Richard Arkwright

B.Thomas Edison

C.John Fitch

D.Charles Newbold

4.Horse breeders fought the introduction of cars and trucks because ________.

[  ]

A.they were unsafe

B.the horse was more useful

C.the horse was stronger

D.they cared more about their own economic interests

5.The passage shows that in the past people generally ________.

[  ]

A.welcomed inventions

B.respected inventors

C.were short-sighted

D.were open-minded

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What actually happens when we read? Some people think that we read one word   1   ,

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