阅读下文,回答下列问题。 织袜机是英国牧师李·维利亚1593年发明的。关于这项发明还有段有趣的插曲。当年这位发明家为了向织袜女工梅丽求婚,苦思冥想,别出心裁地发明了能帮助梅丽摆脱繁重劳动的织袜机,并以此作为奉献给心上人的结婚礼物。 [ ],男装最容易脏的部位是袖口和领子。没有一位妻子希望自己的丈夫是个邋遢鬼,她们总希望自己的丈夫穿着体面地走在大街上,但天天洗衣服谈何容易1825年,美国特洛伊城的汉娜·蒙塔基的发明解决了这个难题,她设计的上衣带有可脱卸的领子,这不仅使丈夫每天都能穿着整洁,同时也大大减轻了自己以及像她那样的妇女家务劳动的强度。 带活轮的自行车在上一世纪末才问世。1887年,法国人皮埃尔·卡尔梅设计出了带活动轴辊的车轴。这项发明的动机是爱父之情。皮埃尔的父亲天天骑车去工作,毫不停歇地蹬车使他筋疲力尽,儿子的礼物帮了父亲的大忙。 1640年,著名的法国科学家布莱泽·帕斯卡的父亲被派往鲁昂任行政长官。17岁的小帕斯卡协助父亲计算税款。没完没了的繁杂运算弄得他疲惫不堪。小帕斯卡下决心要发明一台机器来帮助父亲完成这种费力的工作。两年后,这种机器果真诞生了。小帕斯卡的机器只能做加法,能做乘法的计算机是铸钟匠的儿子利昂·博勒研制成功的。有意思的是,他不仅是小帕斯卡的同胞和同龄人,而且两人有相同的发明动机。 最适合做本文题目的是( )。
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Gun Rights in the US Immediately after the shooting at Virginia Tech University, Americans gathered to mourn the dead. The president and the state governor both hurried there to share the (51) . But the majority of Americans still cling to their right to (52) weapons. Strictly speaking, the US is not the only country (53) gun violence has destroyed lives, families and communities in everyday circumstance. But the US is one of the (54) countries that seems unwilling and politically incapable of doing anything serious to stop it. In countries like Britain and Canada. The government adopted stricter (55) control soon after serious gun violence incidents. US leaders, however, are held (56) by the gun lobby and the electoral system. The powerful National Rifle Association, the major supporter of gun (57) in the US, is too strong for any party to take on. Most Republicans oppose gun controls anyway. (58) the years, the Democrats have found that they can either campaign for gun control or win power, not (59) ; they prefer power. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics, firearm incidents accounted (60) nine percent of the 4.7 million violent crimes in 2005. So, although opinion polls show most Americans want stricter gun laws, many don’t want to give up their arms they (61) to protect themselves. Dave Hancock, a Virginia gun lover, is one example. In an interview he said. "If one professor in Virginia incident had been carrying a legal weapon they might have been able to (62) all this." In his opinion, the massacre is an argument for more people to carry, weapons, not fewer. But at the root of Americans’ clinging to the right to bear arms is not just a fear of crime, but a mistrust of (63) , commented UK’s Guardian newspaper. One Virginia resident, who had a permit to carry; a concealed firearm, told the Guardian thin it was (64) American’s responsibility to have a gun. "Each person," he said, "should not rely solely (65) the government for protection.\
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