Question

The famous British inventor George Stephenson was born in 1781 and died in 1848. One of his    important inventions was the train. He    his first train when he was forty-four years old. When he was experimenting with the    engine on the train, he met with    from the government, the newspapers and the gentlemen in the country. They said that the noise and the smoke would    cows, horses and sheep, that the    would burst or that the hot coals from it would     their houses. At that time,     people believed what they said.

         George Stephenson       the people that the train could go on small         , could pull carriages   goods and passengers and there was    to them. It was a very    matter for him to    them believe. However, after     , he was able to do it; and the first train that       by Stephenson himself    what he had said.

The first day     the people along the way     the noises of the train    and saw it running quickly to them, they ran back home as quickly as they could and closed their doors tightly, for they thought it a genius(妖怪).They did not dare to come out until it had passed.

1.A. very      B. a lot    C. much       D. most

2.A. bought      B. made        C. introduced      D. did

3.A. electrical B. atomic       C. oil       D. steam

4.A. troubles      B. success    C. people       D. pleasure

5.A. buy       B. kill       C. interest       D. take away

6.A. smoke      B. noise        C. engine       D. driver

7.A. pull down    B. blow away   C. pass           D. set fire to

8.A. few       B. most        C. only a few      D. the rich

9.A. said   B. spoke    C. warned       D. told

10.A. roads      B. rivers        C. rails       D. steam

11.A. full of      B. short of    C. empty of       D. without

12.A. dangerous   B. no great danger  C. a lot of danger         D. few danger

13.A. difficult B. easy          C. pleasant       D. light

14.A. get   B. cause        C. force       D. make

15.A. some time   B. sometime       C. a few times      D. sometimes

16.A. was driven B. was sold        C. was pulled      D. helped

17.A. believed B. seemed    C. proved              D. sensed

18.A. when       B. of             C. while               D. for

19.A. caught sight of   B. listened to   C. thought   D. heard

20.A. in the distance B. nearby     C. on the far D. from the distance

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.A

12.B

13.A

14.D

15.A

16.A

17.C

18.A

19.D

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲述的是史蒂芬制造火车的故事。英国发明家史蒂芬最重要的发明之一就是火车，史蒂芬在他44岁时制造了第一列火车。当时的政府和各界人士都不相信史蒂芬说的话，认为他制造的蒸汽机车会给他们带来危害。

1. of one’s/the+最高级+名词复数，意为“最......之一”，故选D。

2.He his first train史蒂芬制造他的第一列火车，故选B。

3.the noise and the smoke...the hot coals”可知，史蒂芬使用蒸汽作为火车的动力，故选D。

4.They said that the noise and the smoke would cows, horses and sheep, that the...”可知，政府、报纸和富绅们认为蒸汽机车发出的噪音和冒出的烟会杀死牲畜，说明史蒂芬遇到了麻烦，故选A。

5.the noise and the smoke would cows, horses and sheep蒸汽机车发出的噪音和冒出的烟会杀死奶牛、马和羊，只有B项符合语境，故选B。

6.that the would burst他们认为火车的发动机会爆炸，故选C。

7.that the hot coals from it would their houses他们认为火车里燃烧着的煤炭会烧着他们的房屋，故选D。

8.for they thought it a genius(妖怪)”可知，大部分的人都赞同他们的说法，故选B。

9. sb sth告诉某人某事，George Stephenson the people that...史蒂芬告诉人们......，故选D。

10.the train could go on small ,火车是在轨道上跑的，故选C。

11.could pull carriages goods and passengers火车可以拉着载满货物和乘客的车厢来回跑，故选A。

12. A危险的；B没有危害；C很危险；few修饰可数名词，排除D。and there was to them史蒂芬告诉人们火车不会对他们造成危害，故选B。

13.It was a very matter for him to them believe.让人们相信史蒂芬说的话是很困难的一件事，故选A。

14. sb to do sth，make sb do sth使某人做某事，只有make后跟动词原形作宾补，故选D。

15.一段时间；B(将来或过去的)某时；C几次/倍；D有时。after , he was able to do it过了一段时间之后，史蒂芬终于可以实验他的蒸汽机车了，故选A。

16.the first train that by Stephenson himself这里指的是由史蒂芬亲自驾驶的火车，故选A。

17. what he had said史蒂芬亲自驾驶的火车证实了他所说的话，即火车不会给人们带来危害，故选C。

18. the people...是定语从句，先行词指时间，从句不缺少成分，用when引导定语从句，故选A。

19.the people along the way the noises of the train沿途的人们听到了火车发车的噪音，hear表示结果，listen to表示听的动作，故选D。

20.and saw it running quickly to them”可知，火车从远处向人们驶来，故选A。

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