問題詳情
II. Cloze (35%) [A]Well goes an old saying, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” More often than not,inventions are made not because inventors set out to accomplish something big in the firstplace. 11 , they often stumble upon great ideas or discoveries 12 usefulness eventhey themselves are not aware of. The Post-it note, for example, was 13 the result of a failed experiment. SpencerSilver 14 was one of the inventors of the Post-it note, had tried to invent a strong glue.15 the fact that he experimented with different chemicals, he was never satisfied withthe results. The glue that he made ended up 16 very weak. He wasn’t disappointed,17 . Rather, he tried to convince his co-workers of the potential of the weak glue, butthey still took him lightly. Eventually, Silver’s weak glue drew someone’s attention. When Silver’s co-worker, Art Fry,sang hymns during church services, his bookmarks fell out of his hymn book again and again18 really frustrated him. One day, it 19 him that using Silver’s weak glue on apiece of paper might help him mark the right page without damaging the book. It wasn’t untilthen did the two inventors find out 20 to deal with the weak glue, and the Post-it notequickly sold like hot cakes around the world.
【題組】11.
(A) Instead
(B) Therefore
(C) Particularly
(D) Personally
參考答案
答案：A
難度：適中0.434783
統計：A(10),B(10),C(2),D(0),E(0)
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Well goes an old saying一句古語, “Necessity is the mother of invention.需求是發明之母” More often than not, inventions are made not because inventors set out 開始to accomplish something big in the first place. 11 , they often stumble upon 偶然發現great ideas