Question

Alexander Graham Bell was a British man who was a teacher to people who could not hear. He was born in Edinburgh ， Scotland in 1847 and went to school in Edinburgh and London. People who cannot hear any sounds at all are called deaf people， and Alexander became interested in helping them to learn to speak. He taught people how to use their mouths to make the sounds needed for talking.

Bell’s family moved to Canada in 1870 and to the USA in 1871. For several years he taught the people who could not speak in Boston( 波士顿). But at the same time he was developing a way to use electricity to send the sounds of talking along a wire(电线)， and he made the first telephone in June， 1875. He worked hard in his workshop for six months with his helper Tom Watson. Finally ， he spoke these famous words slowly into the telephone， “Mr. Watson， come here. I want to see you.” And Watson came to him.

The telephone developed quickly in the USA over the next few years. The Bell Telephone Company started in 1877， and in 1878 the first telephone centre was built in New York. More than 150， 000 people had telephones in their homes ten years later. Alexander Graham Bell was a kind man and spent much of his money and time during the rest of his life helping deaf people . In 1922 he died in Canada.

1.Was Alexander Graham Bell born in Scotland?

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2.What was he interested in doing when he was in Britain?

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3.Where was Bell’s family in 1870?

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4.When was the first telephone invented?

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5.What do you think of the great inventor?

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Answer

1.Yes./Yes， he was.

2.He was interested in helping the deaf(people).

3.In Canada.

4.It was invented in June 1875./ In June ，1875

5.He was kind/clever/hard-working/creative/great.(至少写出两个形容词)

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：亚力山大贝尔是一个英国人。他对帮助聋哑人感兴趣。他在1875年六月发明了第一台电话机。

1.根据短文开头Alexander Graham Bell was a British man who was a teacher to people who could not hear. He was born in Edinburgh ， Scotland in 1847可知亚力山大贝尔于1847 年出生在苏格兰，所以作答Yes./Yes， he was.

2.根据文中People who cannot hear any sounds at all are called deaf people， and Alexander became interested in helping them to learn to speak.可知亚力山大对帮助聋哑人感兴趣，所以作答He was interested in helping the deaf(people).

3.根据第二段开头Bell’s family moved to Canada in 1870 and to the USA in 1871.可知贝尔的家在1870年搬到了加拿大。所以作答In Canada.

4.根据第二段中and he made the first telephone in June， 1875.可知第一台电话机发明于1875年六月，所以作答It was invented in June 1875./ In June ，1875

5.仔细读短文根据自己的认识作答。He was kind/clever/hard-working/creative/great.(至少写出两个形容词)

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