You have to log on to your school's online system to check your grades, but you find the system is kind of inconvenient．What do you do?

When Daniel Brooks was a senior at Pioneer High School in the US, he came up with a Silicon Valley-style solution; he developed an iPhone app（application, 應(yīng)用程序）I C Connector．

When he tried out his school's new Web-based student information system earlier this year, he immediately noticed some shortcomings．He could no longer view his current grades for all his classes at once．Checking several classes required several clicks-which for a teenager is so much work．To save himself all this trouble, Brooks developed the app and sold it on the Apple app store．Now it has 2,300 users who have downloaded it across the US．

"It ended up on every iPhone and iPad and portable device that any student and teacher had on campus," said Scott Peterson, the campus tech support worker at Pioneer High．

Brooks said he didn't create the app to get rich - it is free．"A student is not going to want to pay 99 cents," Brooks said．"They just want to see their grades more easily．"

However, in the months that followed, Brooks experienced highs and lows．His app is now so successful that users want more, in particular, his teachers have started pushing him to develop a version for them．However, the company Infinite Campus, which developed the information system, has been less positive．

The company said in an e-mail that he was confusing users and violating the company's copyright by using Infinite Campus' name and logo in the app’s name．Brooks' father, Michael Brooks, has offered to change the name, but says he needs time to get Apple's approval．Daniel also e-mailed and called Infinite Campus．They got no response．

Daniel Brooks starts at a California university this autumn．Despite Infinite Campus' attitude, he continues to try to improve the app and hopes to put out an Android version soon．

1.Why did Daniel Brooks develop an iPhone app IC Connector? （No more than 8 words）

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2.What is Brooks' teachers' attitude towards the app he developed? （No more than 14 words）

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3.What does Paragraph 7 talk about between Infinite Campus and Brooks? （No more than 7 words）

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4.What does Brooks’ aim to do now? （No more than 10 words）

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5.Use one word to describe Brooks.

 

【答案】

 

1.Because he wanted to make checking grades easier.

2.They appreciated it and are pushing him to develop a version for them.

3.It talked about the conflicts between them.

4.To improve the app and design an Android Version.

5.creative/inventive/innovative

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了Brooks以及他的發(fā)明創(chuàng)造。

1.根據(jù)Checking several classes required several clicks-which for a teenager is so much work．To save himself all this trouble, Brooks developed the app and sold it on the Apple app store．可知Daniel Brooks的發(fā)明是想讓查分更容易。

2.根據(jù)"It ended up on every iPhone and iPad and portable device that any student and teacher had on campus," said Scott Peterson, the campus tech support worker at Pioneer High．以及His app is now so successful that users want more, in particular, his teachers have started pushing him to develop a version for them．However, the company Infinite Campus, which developed the information system, has been less positive．可知Brooks的老師對(duì)于他的這項(xiàng)發(fā)明的態(tài)度是欣賞且推動(dòng)他發(fā)明了一個(gè)新的版本。

3.根據(jù)第七自然段可知這一自然段主要講了無限的校園和Brooks之間的沖突

4.根據(jù)Despite Infinite Campus' attitude, he continues to try to improve the app and hopes to put out an Android version soon．

可知Brooks現(xiàn)在的目標(biāo)是改進(jìn)計(jì)算機(jī)應(yīng)用程序并且設(shè)計(jì)自動(dòng)版本。

5.通過閱讀全文可知，用一個(gè)詞來描述Brooks，就是他非常有創(chuàng)造力。

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