The first mouse was invented in 1964 by Douglas Engelbart, a computer scientist at the Stanford Research Institute. Engelbart's mouse was a wooden box with two wheels on the bottom and two buttons on top. It was connected to a computer by a wire. The mouse was not widely adopted until t...
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Yuan Longping is known as Chinas “father of hybrid rice”.Its said that in China, we eat depending on “Two Ping” --Deng Xiaoping, who made the policy of System of Production Responsibility, Yuan Longping, who invented hybrid rice. Yuan Longping, who was born in September, 1930, graduat...
由常识和上文内容可知,字母很多的词一般 都是创造出来的,且下文中的by students表明了 动作的发出者,故设空处所填的词应与“发明: 创造”有相同或相近的意思,故选invented。 58.D。 这个包含29个字母的单词是由四个拉丁单 词“连在一起(linking)”而成的。 59.B。 本段用smiles这个例子旨在介绍“常用(...
I just live in such a world where books, and the knowledge that comes with them, are highly valued.” Catherine, an American woman, said, “I’ve even received a note of thanks from a gentleman named Esteban. He was especially thankful to have a “friend” on a cold night: ‘Thank...
What year was volleyball invented? Volleyball: Volleyball is a popular pastime and game that became an Olympic sport in Tokyo in 1964. Volleyball is played with four or more players using a net and a special ball that resembles games like tennis and basketball. ...
June 19, 1865, “Juneteenth,” was the day freedom finally came to the enslaved people of Texas, and is now celebrated as our second American independence day. But African Americans in eastern North Carolina, in counties already occupied by Federal troops, heard the news of the Emancipation ...
The 20-year-old nursing-home employee from suburban Pittsburgh who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump was a registered Republican who packed explosives in the vehicle he drove to the campaign rally an hour from his home.
Kellogg was obsessed with temperance and sexual abstinance. He invented corn flakes in the 1890s. He hoped that breakfast cereal, laxatives, and enemas would lead to more regular bowel movements and bring about an end to masturbation. He later supported racial segregation and eugenics. The Road...
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