16、 including Franks drink. That didnt stop him from tasting it, so today we have Popsicles to eat,In 1642 Blaise Pascal designed the first counting machine when he was 18. The machine was for his father, a tax collector, to make his job easier. Blaise named it “the Pasealine”. He made about 50 of them 。

17、, but nobody was interested in it. People thought it would take jobs away from them. 300 years went by, and the calculator(计算器) finally became a success. In 1968, the programming language(程序设计语言), PASCAL, was named after him,1.How old was Bennie Benson when he designed the flag? A13.B26. C46.D59. () 。

18、2.What does the underlined word “Popsicle” mean in Chinese? A凉茶 B美味 C冰柜D棒冰,A,D,3.Why did Blaise Pascal invent the calculator? ABecause he wanted to use it in a test. BBecause he wanted to make his fathers job easier. CBecause he wanted to sell it for money. DBecause he wanted to know how much money。

【秋九年级英语上册|2018秋九年级英语上册 Module 9 Great inventions Unit 1 Will computers be used more than课件 （新版）外研版】19、he should give to sellers,B,4.Why were people NOT interested in “the Pasealine” at first? ABecause people thought it could make them lose jobs. BBecause they thought it was useless. CBecause it cost a lot. DBecause there was no programming language then,A,5.This passage mainly tells us about ________. Aseveral useful inventions Bseveral inventions by kids Chow to make history Dhow to become a successful inventor,B 。

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