問題詳情
(c)How much do you know about the history of the elevator? The first passenger elevator wasinvented in the 19th century in a(n) ___46___ department store in the U.S. In the beginning, theelevator was powered by steam rather than ___47___. After twenty-one years, Werner vonSiemens invented the electric elevator. Since then, elevators have ___48___ throughout theworld. No one ___49___ can live and work in a tall building without the help of electricelevators. In the 20th century a new concept, quite ___50___ to that of carpooling, led to theinvention of the “destination elevator.” No longer ___51___ a stop at every floor like traditionalelevators, destination elevators have a smart computer ___52___ in them; this will decide whichfloors each elevator has to stop at. All passengers who push the button for the 6th floor, forexample, will be grouped together in one elevator. This invention makes ___53___ much moreconvenient to use the elevator. It is estimated that ___54___ rush hour, passengers may save___55___ to 30% of their time getting to their destination.V. Reading Comprehension (10%)Many Westerners dislike foods from Asia, one of which is Vietnamese hot vit lon, fertilizedduck eggs that are in the form of a baby duck.When eating them, you should tap on the egg shell with a spoon and then sip the flavorfuljuice, which tastes like broth. Then you get to eat the solid stuff, which basically is the embryo(胚胎). There could also be a beak, bones or feathers, depending on the age of the egg. Anembryo at seventeen days has a beak and feathers, which are even more developed at twenty days.
(A) it
(B) nowadays
(C) up
(D) five-story
(E) electricity (AB) during(AC) similar (AD) spread (AE) installed (BC) making
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參考答案
答案：D
難度：非常困難0
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(1)