【AninventioninfrontofyoureyesWhatisthemostimportantinvention?Isitthewrittenwordthathelpsustorecordinformation?Isitthetelephonethatletsustalktopeoplefromallovertheworld?Isitthecarthatletsustrav】

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Aninventioninfrontofyoureyes

Whatisthemostimportant invention?Isitthewrittenword thathelpsustorecordinformation? Isitthetelephonethatletsustalktopeoplefromallovertheworld?Isitthecarthatletsustravelatagreatspeedtomeetothers?UmbertoEcoanItalianwriter，thinksitissomethingquitedifferent.Hesaysthemostimportantinventionmightberightinfrontofyoureyes.Heistalkingaboutasimplepairofglasses.

Moderneyeglasseswereinventedaround1000yearsago.Theyweremorethanjustaconvenientwaytoread.Beforeglasseswereinventedwritersscientistsorteacherswhocouldnotseeproperlyhadtomemorizeeverything.Afterabouttenyearsofpooreyesighttheycouldnotrememberwellenoughandcouldnotwork.Glassesmeantthatpeoplecouldworkintheiroldage.

Theoldpeoplewhowantedtoremembersomeinformationcouldwriteitdownandreadit.Eyeglassesareoneoftheworld'sgreatestinventionsandwereprobablywornbythepeoplewhodesignedthefirsttelephoneandcar.

1. Theinventionofthewrittenwordisimportant because_________.

A.weneedittolisten

B.weneedittorecordinformation

C.wejustneedittoread

D.weneedittoseethings

2. The author thinks__________ is thegreatest inventionofalltimeinthispassage.

A.thetelephone

B.thecar

C.asimplepairofglasses

D.thepaper

3.Beforeglasseswereinventedwritersscientists andteacherswhocouldnotseeclearlyhad

to________.

A.memorizeeverything

B.writedowneverything

C.readeverything

D.betaughtbyothers

4.Whathappenedafterglasseswereinvented?

A.Peoplecouldnotrememberwellenough.

B.Peoplecouldnotwritedownanything.

C.Peoplecouldwritedownsomeinformationandreadit.

D.Theyoungpeoplecan'tusethem.

5.Fromthispassagewecanknow

A.moderneyeglasseswereinvented100yearsago

B.peoplewhodesignedthefirsttelephoneandcarprobablyworeeyeglasses

C.theauthorofthisarticleisAmerican

D.theauthorofthisarticleisChin