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[originaltext] Isaac Singer was an inventor. Life is easy because of his inv
[originaltext] Isaac Singer was an inventor. Life is easy because of his inv
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Isaac Singer was an inventor. Life is easy because of his invention. His story begins in 1811. He is born poor. He is the eighth child of a German immigrant. At age 22, he runs away from home and become an actor. An actor does not make much money, so Isaac also learns to be a mechanic. When he needs money, he works as a mechanic.
Now it is 1851. Singer is working as a mechanic in Boston. Someone tells him he can make a lot of money if he can make a good sewing machine. Singer needs money. There are already several kinds of sewing machines. But none of them work well. In eleven days, Singer makes the first sewing machine that really works.
Singer and two other people stag the I. M. Singer Company. They make sewing machines. Soon everyone wants to buy one. The singer Company uses a great new idea to sell its machines. People do not have to pay all the money at one time. They can pay a little money every month or every week.
The sewing machine changes life in the United States. Woman do not have to sew clothes for the family. For the first time, people can buy ready-made clothes and shoes.
Isaac Singer became a very, very wealthy man. He stops work and retires. He builds a house with 115 rooms in England. When he dies, his 24 children fight over his money.
选项
A、He led an extravagant life in his later years.
B、He still worked hard when he became rich.
C、He spent his later years in America.
D、He didn’t leave enough money for his children.
答案
A
解析
What can be inferred about Isaac Singer?Singer富裕之后就退休了,在英格兰建造了有115个房间的房子,还有24个孩子,所有这些都表明他后半生一定过着非常奢靡的生活。
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