一、完型填空:
Umbrellas are common in our daily life. On rainy days, many people hold them to prevent the 1 . But it’s not easy to hold an umbre lla if there is a heavy rain and 2 wind. And it’s harder to make a phone call or ride a bike 3 an umbrella in the hand. An American named Alan Kaufman and his company 4 6 years inventing a hand-free umbrella. 5 , they made it.
They called it Nubrella. Just touch a butt on(按钮), and the Nubrella will open 6 .With the help of its “shoulder support(支持)”, the umbrella can rest on the user’s 7 .So the user needn’t hold the umbrella any more. He can walk with hands 8 even in the strong wind.