2015揭阳一模英语试题及答案【word版】(4)

    The first practical typewriter was patented in the United States in 1868 by Christopher Latham Sholes. His machine was known as the type-writer. It had a movable carriage, a lever for turning paper from line to line, and a keyboard on which the letters were arranged in alphabetical order.
    But Sholes had a problem. On his first model, his “ABC” key arrangement caused the keys to jam when the typist worked quickly. Sholes didn’t know how to keep the keys from sticking, so his solution was to keep the typist from typing too fast. Sholes asked his brother-in-law to rearrange the keyboard so that the commonest letters were not so close together and the type bars would come from opposite directions. Thus they would not clash together and jam the machine. The new arrangement was the QWERTY arrangement typists use today. Of course, Sholes claimed that the new arrangement was scientific and would add speed and efficiency. The only efficiency it added was to slow the typist down, since almost any word in the English language required the typist’s fingers to cover more distance on the keyboard.
    The advantages of the typewriter outweighed the disadvantages of the keyboard. Typists memorized the crazy letter arrangement, and the typewriter became a huge success. By the time typists had memorized the new arrangement of letters and built their speed, typewriter technology had improved, and the keys didn't stick as badly as they had at first.
41. Who invented the first practical typewriter?
   A. Henry Mill 　 B. Sholes’ brother-in-law 
   C. Christopher Latham Sholes　     D. Albert Einstein
42. The author thinks the machine invented by Henry Mill could not be sold because__________.
   A. it was difficult for people to accept new things
   B. there were great disadvantages of the keyboard
   C. the name of the machine was too long
   D. the writing could not be distinguished from print
43. Sholes decided the QWERTY arrangement of the keyboard in order to________.
   A. arrange the letters in alphabetical order
   B. solve the problem of the keys jamming
   C. cause the keys to jam when the typist worked quickly
   D. compete with “ABC” key arrangement
44. We can infer that the QWERTY arrangement of the keyboard______.
   A. keeps the typist from typing too fast       B. adds speed and efficiency of typists
   C. is easy for typists to memorize       D. is the most scientific arrangement
45. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
   A. The Story of Christopher Latham Sholes    B. The Arrangement of the Letters on Keyboard
   C. How to Invent the Typewriter             D. The First Practical Typewriter
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B.

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F.