《2025年全效学习同步学练测八年级英语上册外研版合肥专版》

Ⅴ. 任务型阅读
Evans Wadongo was from a village of Africa. He had to do homework by the light of a kerosene lamp（煤油灯）. Evans’ eyes hurt and this made studying difficult. It was common in his village. Many children left school for this reason, so they were poor for the rest of their lives.
Although studying was difficult, Evans was an excellent student and went to a university. He continued to worry about the kerosene lamp. By this time, he realised it was not just bad for school children but for the whole family. First, it can cause illnesses（疾病）. Also, the light can hurt people’s eyes. Besides, it can lead to fires. Lastly, kerosene is expensive.
One day, he had an idea. He could use a small solar（太阳能的） light. Sunlight is free and solar power is good for the environment. Evans built his first solar lamp and it worked. He began to build more lamps and sent them to local families. An organisation（组织） heard about this and gave money to him to build more solar lamps.
Each lamp only cost $20. However, this was a lot of money to many villagers, who only earned（赚） around $34 a week. So to make sure the cost down, Evans used recycled materials（回收材料）.
Thousands of people had safe light. Julia, a mother of three, said, “Thanks to Evans, my children have light to read, and I have my own light to cook.” The solar lamps made a big difference.
1. How many problems about kerosene lamps are mentioned according to paragraph 2?（不超过5个词）
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2. How did Evans keep the cost of his invention down?（不超过5个词）
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3. What do you think of Evans according to the text?（不超过10个词）
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答案： Ⅴ.1.Four. /4. 2.By using recycled materials. 3.He is hard-working and creative.（主观题，言之有理即可）