阅读理解：电话的发明故事

提升信息提取与推理能力的阅读训练

📖 一、阅读短文

Passage：
In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. At first, people did not believe it was useful. However, when they saw they could talk to someone far away, the invention quickly became popular. Today, the telephone has changed into smartphones, which are part of our daily lives.

Question 1: Why did people begin to accept the telephone?
A. Because it was cheap.
B. Because they could talk to someone far away.
C. Because Bell gave them free phones.
D. Because newspapers told them to use it.

🔍 二、阅读技巧

1. 历史类阅读常考“发明与影响”。
2. 细节定位：关注发明后的社会反应。
3. 因果关系：理解“看到用途 → 接受发明”。

✅ 正确答案是 B。

🔤 三、核心词汇

• invent：发明
• telephone：电话
• useful：有用的
• popular：流行的
• daily life：日常生活

⚠️ 四、常见错误

• ❌ 选 A → 文中未提到价格。
• ❌ 选 D → 报纸不是人们接受电话的主要原因。

🧩 五、练习任务

1. 用 invent 造句：Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.
2. 思考题：If the telephone had not been invented, how would people communicate long distance in the past?

学习历史类阅读不仅能增加知识储备，还能帮助我们理解英语文章的因果逻辑。通过 李校来啦智能英语 系统，你可以在单词、阅读、语法等方面获得系统化提升，更有真人陪练陪伴，帮助你在学习中保持动力与自信。

李校来啦AI英语系统体验报名