Question

Light in a bottle

This is such a simple idea! It’s a special lamp that needs and costs nothing to run. It wasn’t invented by a famous scientist, but by a man called Alfredo Moser in Brazil sixteen years ago. In his hometown at the time, they had problems with electricity. 1. One day, Moser and his friends were talking about how they could create a signal in an emergency. One of them suggested using a bottle to reflect the light from the sun. This made Moser think.  2.

All you need is a clean plastic bottle. Fill it with water and close it with a black top. The black top attracts the sun. A drop of bleach (漂白剂), the kind you use to clean the house, is added to the water to keep it clean. Then a small hole is cut in the roof of the room where you want the light, and the bottle is pushed through the hole. 3. It’s much stronger than the light from a candle!

Moser shared his idea with his neighbours and his light bottles were fixed in the local supermarket. Ten years later, the MyShelter Foundation in the Philippines heard about Moser’s idea. 4. Now there are Moser lamps in more than 140,000 homes throughout the Philippines and the idea has spread to a number of other countries, too. 5. Moser lamps have surely made life easier for a lot of people!

A.Why not use water to make light?

B.In India, the bottles are used in countryside schools.

C.Moser was very good at making things around the home.

D.People’s homes and small businesses were often left in the dark.

E.Following Moser’s method, the organization started making lamps in 2011.

F.While there’s sunlight outside, the light will be carried through the water into the room below.

G.MyShelter also offers training for people who want to earn money by fixing the lamps in their communities.

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.F

4.E

5.B

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了莫泽发明莫泽灯和莫泽灯给人们带来的便利。

1.前文提到In his hometown at the time, they had problems with electricity.（当时在他的家乡，电力供应出现了问题。）D. People’s homes and small businesses were often left in the dark. （人们的家和小企业都处在黑暗中。）与上文相呼应，D项中的dark与上文中的problems相照应。故选D项。

2.前文提到This made Moser think.（这让莫泽思考。）A. Why not use water to make light? （为什么不用水来发光呢？）承接上文，且A选项的问句形式与上文中的think相照应。故选A项。

3.根据前文Then a small hole is cut in the roof of the room where you want the light, and the bottle is pushed through the hole.（然后在房间的屋顶上开一个小洞，把瓶子从洞里推出去。）F. While there’s sunlight outside, the light will be carried through the water into the room below.（当外面有阳光的时候，光线会通过水进入下面的房间。）解释前文开小洞的原因。故选F项。

4.结合后文Now there are Moser lamps in more than 140,000 homes throughout the Philippines and the idea has spread to a number of other countries, too.（现在，在菲律宾超过140,000个家庭安装了莫泽灯，这个想法也传播到了其他一些国家。）E. Following Moser’s method, the organization started making lamps in 2011.（按照莫泽的方法，该组织于2011年开始生产灯具。）后文为E项的结果。故选E项。

5.前文提到Now there are Moser lamps in more than 140,000 homes throughout the Philippines and the idea has spread to a number of other countries, too.（现在，在菲律宾超过140,000个家庭安装了莫泽灯，这个想法也传播到了其他一些国家。）B. In India, the bottles are used in countryside schools.（在印度，瓶子被用在乡下学校）中的In India与上文中的other countries相照应。故选B项。