In the morning，everything's slippery with ice outside．I hold the trees to keep from falling，and my fuzzy gloves（毛茸茸的手套）sick．How silly! Shoes slip（滑），but gloves stick to ice．Wait，that gives me an （1）　　．

    I go inside and get a pair of Dad's old socks．I pull them on over （2）　　 shoes and step outside again．Yay! No more slipping．

    In the afternoon，Grandpa's （3）　　 me to my swimming class．He's brought me a cup of tea．Yum! I slip off my shoes to relax my feet when I drink．Yikes! The tea is （4）　　，I want to put it down to cool，（5）　　 Grandpa's car is old and doesn't have cup holders．

    I put my shoe on the floor．And，look，the （6）　　 where my foot goes in is kind of…cup﹣shaped!

    Grandpa （7）　　 my shoe﹣cup holder，but he says，"I think I'd better keep my shoes on while I'm driving．"

    In the evening，Mom says，"Go away，dog!" She's making a sweater for Dad，and the silly dog is running after the yarn（毛线）all over．

    "When I'm an inventor，I'll （8）　　 you a dog﹣proof yarn holder，"I tell her．

    "Great!" she says．"Will it be done soon？"

    "Well，it's a new idea，"I say．"I'll have to think about it．"

    As I （9）　　，I play with a big plastic bottle on the table．Hmm，I cut the bottom of the bottle，then put the ball of yam in，with the yarn coming out of the mouth．It fits．I hang the bottle on the wall，away from the dog．

    "Maybe this will work until I finish my invention，"I tell Mom．

    "Perfect，"she says．"And，Xiao Wei，（10）　　 don't have to be new things．Using old stuff in clever，new ways is inventing．"

（1）A．idea	B．advantage	C．article
（2）A．his	B．my	C．their
（3）A．guiding	B．flying	C．driving
（4）A．cold	B．hot	C．sweet
（5）A．but	B．so	C．and
（6）A．bottle	B．box	C．hole
（7）A．likes	B．hates	C．orders
（8）A．post	B．build	C．buy
（9）A．think	B．eat	C．draw
（10）A．competitions	B．gifts	C．inventions