問題詳情
45 至 48 題為題組Like many other five-year-olds, Jeanie Low of Houston, Texas, would use a stool to help her reachthe bathroom sink. However, the plastic step-stool she had at home was unstable and cluttered up the smallbathroom shared by her whole family. After learning of an invention contest held by her school that year,Jeanie resolved to enter the contest by creating a stool that would be a permanent fixture in the bathroom,and yet could be kept out of the way when not in use.Jeanie decided to make a stool attached to the bathroom cabinet door under the sink. She cut a plankof wood into two pieces, each about two feet wide and one foot long. Using metal hinges, Jeanie attachedone piece of the wood to the front of the cabinet door, and the second piece to the first. The first piece wasset just high enough so that when it swung out horizontally from the cabinet door, the second piece wouldswing down from the first, just touching the ground, and so serving as a support for the first piece of thewood. This created a convenient, sturdy platform for any person too short to reach the sink. When not inuse, the hinges allowed the two pieces of wood to fold back up tightly against the cabinet, where they wereheld in place by magnets. Jeanie called her invention the “Kiddie Stool.”Jeanie’s Kiddie Stool won first place in her school’s contest. Two years later, it was awarded firstprize again at Houston’s first annual Invention Fair. As a result, Jeanie was invited to make a number ofpublic appearances with her Kiddie Stool, and was featured on local TV as well as in newspapers. Manypeople found the story of the Kiddie Stool inspiring because it showed that with imagination, anyone canbe an inventor.
【題組】45. Why did Jeanie Low invent the Kiddie Stool, according to the passage?
(A) Many other five-year-olds had problems reaching the bathroom sink.
(B) She did not think that plastic stools were tall enough for her.
(C) The stool in her bathroom was not firm and often got in the way.
(D) She was invited to enter an invention contest held by her school.
參考答案
答案：C
難度：適中0.492228
統計：A(44),B(29),C(95),D(22),E(0)
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像許多其他五歲的孩子一樣，得克薩斯州休斯頓的珍妮·洛（Jeanie Low）會用凳子幫助她到達浴室水槽。然而，她在家裡的塑料凳子不穩定，整個家庭共用的小浴室凌亂。在得知她的學校當年舉辦的發明競賽后，珍妮決定通過創造一個可以作為浴室永久夾具的凳子參加比賽，但在不使用時可以保持不受限制。珍妮決定在水槽下面的浴室櫃門上做一個凳子。她將一塊木板切成兩塊，每塊約2英尺寬，1英尺長。 Jeanie使用金屬鉸鏈將一塊木頭連接到櫃門的前部，第二塊連接到第一塊。第一件被設置得足夠高，以便當它從櫃門水平擺出時，第二件將從第一件向下擺動，只是接觸地面，因此作為第一塊木頭的支撐。這為任何人太短而無法到達水槽創造了一個方便，堅固的平台。...