完形填空 （20分）The famous British inventor George ...

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The famous British inventor George Stephenson was born in 1781 and died in 1848. one of his _21_ important inventions was the train. He _22_his first train when he was forty-four years old. When he was experimenting with the _23_ engine on the train, he met with _24_ from the government, newspapers and the gentlemen in the country. They said that the noise and the smoke would _25_ cows, horses and sheep, that the _26_ would hurtle(炸飞) or that the hot coals from it would _27_their houses. At that time, _28_ people believed what they said.

George Stephenson _29_ the people that the train could go on small _30_, could pull carriages _31_goods and passengers and there was _32_ to them. It was a very _33_ matter for him to _34_ them believe. However, after _35_, he was able to do it; and the first train that _36_ by Stephenson himself _37_ what he had said.

The first day _38_ the people along the way _39_ the noises of the train _40_ 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. They did not dare to come out until it had passed.

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

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

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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

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Switzerland is famous for its watches. However, this country didn’t  26  the

watch.   It was the British   27  did it.Here is a story of  28  the

watch was  29  to Switzerland.

Many years ago, an Englishman was 30 to Italy  31 his way he stopped in a small town in south Switzerland. This Englishman travelled in a      carriage inside  32 there was a carriage watch. This was the  33  kind of  watch. A native shop assistant 34 to see the watch. He  35  what it was  and asked the Englishman   36  it.“Itis a carriage watch. ”said the man. “ This  machine    37  the time but now it

isn’t working.”

At once the shop assistant    38   to try to repair it. So the traveller  39 him the watch. The assistant was a very wise man. So it  was not  40  that he managed to repair it. He  41 remembered how it was made. As soon as the traveller had  42  on his journey, he made a watch of  43  the same type.

44 the watch-making was 45  in Switzerland. Today Swiss watches are sold in stores all over the world.

1.                A．make          B．invent          C．produce  D．develop

2.                A．which          B．who           C．where    D．they

3.                A．why           B．that            C．how D．when

4.                A．carried         B．sold            C．sailed    D．brought

5.                A．travelling       B．riding          C．walking   D．running

6.                A．On            B．In             C．At   D．From

7.                A．which          B．that            C．it    D．whom

8.                A．proper         B．smallest         C．earliest   D．biggest

9.                A．wanted         B．seemed         C．happened D．discovered

10.               A．wondered      B．thought        C．understood D．discovered

11.               A．on            B．about          C．of    D．with

12.               A．gives          B．tells           C．strikes D．counts

13.               A．failed          B．helped         C．insisted   D．offered

14.               A．served         B．shared         C．showed   D．handed

15.               A．surprise        B．surprised       C．surprising  D．surprises

16.               A．however       B．besides         C．but   D．even

17.               A．gone          B．done          C．come D．spent

18.               A．correctly       B．specially        C．exactly    D．naturally

19.               A．Thus           B．So             C．Otherwise D．However

20.               A．opened        B．started         C．done D．returned

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1. It was suggested that the meeting ________（hold）the next day.

2. George is going to talk about the geography of his country, but I’d rather he _______（focus）　 more on its

culture.

3. —Don’t you think it’s necessary that he should not be sent to Miami, but to New York?

—I agree, but the problem is ________ he has refused to.

4. The teacher demanded that our homework ________（finish）before eleven.

5. I wish I ________（be）clever enough to work out the abstract geometry problem.

6. Bob would have helped us yesterday, ________ he was busy.

7. If it weren’t ________（rain）so hard, we’d go to town.

8. Grace doesn’t want to move to New York because she thinks ________she were to live there, she wouldn’t be

able to see her parents very often.

9. How I wish every family ________ a large house with a beautiful garden.

10. —Would you like to work in my company?

—Sorry, I’d rather stay here, but I’d rather my brother ________ （go）to your company.

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George Bernard Shaw, the greatest and funniest British dramatist of the first half of the 20th century, was born in Dublin, Ireland on July 26th, 1856. His early life was not happy. His father was a

Selfish man who drank too much and could not support his family properly. His mother was a disappointed, unhappy woman who found more pleasure in studying music than in her children. Shaw and his two sisters received little love and attention from their mother while they were young. At the age of ten Shaw entered school. At first he was the best student, but soon he was at or near the bottom of his class.

Although he did not like school, Shaw was a good, bright, curious student. His lifelong interest in everything from music and art to machines and medicine began at school. The interests of this tireless schoolboy were literature and music. He often entertained his classmates with stories he read.

Early at the age of fifteen, he went to work in an office. He did well as an office clerk, but after five years he decided that he wanted to be a writer. He left Ireland and went to London, where he began to write seriously. Seventy-four years later the great dramatist died.

1.What’s the main idea of this passage?

A. It’s a story about George Bernard Shaw　　 B. It refers to George Shaw’s mother.

C. George Bernard Shaw was telling his schooling.　　 D. The remark is connected with all the dramatists in Britain.

2.What does the underlined word “selfish” in the first paragraph mean?

A. Impossible　　 B. Reasonable　　 C. Remarkable　　 D. Irresponsible

3.Shaw grew up____.

A. without his parent’s love　　 B. in the school.

C. with his sisters’ help　　 D. in a hungry family.

4.Shaw’s mother____, so she took an interest in music.

A. had little knowledge　　 B. was disappointed with her husband

C. couldn’t look after her children　　 D. hoped to be an actress.

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Here’s a simple challenge: name a famous inventor. Perhaps Leonardo da Vinci springs to mind. Or the pioneer of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell. But you might be hard-pressed to name many female inventors, even though women are behind some of the most widely used technologies in the modern world.

For example, where would we be without the windscreen wiper? Back on a freezing winter’s day in 1902, Mary Anderson was traveling by tram through New York city. Snow was falling, forcing the driver to stop repeatedly and get out to clear it. Each time the door opened, Mary suffered. She had a brainwave: why not make something that could be operated from inside the vehicle? And that’s exactly what she did.

Let’s step in from freezing New York for our next invention. The dishwasher dates back even earlier to the 19th Century, and to the dinner parties thrown by a lady called Josephine Cochrane. As a frequent host, she wanted a machine that could wash dishes faster than people. Her response was to develop what was to become the first commercially successful dishwasher.

Need something to do while the dishwasher is on? How about a round of Monopoly（强手棋游戏）? One of the most popular board games around, the rules were first drawn up by a lady called Elizabeth Magie, and patented in 1904.

To an altogether different kind of innovation: Kevlar is the lightweight fibre used in bulletproof（防弹）vests. The material is used by millions every day and has saved countless lives and is strength-lo-weight ratio is five times higher than steel.

Finally, one of the most important inventions of the 20th Century must surely be the computer programme. The world of programming is unbalanced among men and women, with men taking home around 30% more pay than their female partners on average. But back in the 1940s and 50s, women were at the forefront of this new field and Grace Hopper was one of them.

1.What do we know about the inventions mentioned in the text?

A. They were mostly made in the 20th century.

B. They all used high technology.

C. Their inventors came from families of good education.

D. They were all made by accident.

2.Why did Mary Anderson invent windscreen wiper?

A. The winter was extremely cold there.

B. She was forced to clear the snow by others.

C. The car she drove made her suffer a great deal.

D. She was sick of the driver getting out to clear the window.

3.Which of the following statements is WRONG according to the text?

A. Josephine Cochrane wanted a machine that operated automatically.

B. The game invented by Magie was popular merely among teenagers.

C. Kevlar is the super tough fibre and stronger than steel.

D. Grace Hopper was good at computer programming.

4.What is the best title of this passage?

A. Women can be Great Inventors

B. The Most Useful Inventions by Women

C. The Most Widely Used Technologies

D. Women Made Greater Contributions than Men

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It was my first day in Hangzhou，the Chinese city famous for its natural beauty and history and I didn’t have much time to spare. I wanted to see 1.___________much of the city as possible in the two days 2.___________I returned to Guangzhou. My first task was to decide where to go and 3.___________to get there. I took out my guide book in which there was a lot of information about the city’s well­known tourist4.___________(attract)and started to read. At that moment an attractive young lady who noticed my book5.___________(come)up to me and introduced 6.___________(her)．

She said her name was Miss Bai and she 7.____________(kind)offered to show me around the city. I was delighted and was about to accept her proposal when she suggested we first go to the West Lake and walk along the Broken Bridge. I quite liked the idea of visiting the West Lake but wasn’t so sure about 8.___________(cross)the Broken Bridge. If it was broken，did she expect me to jump across？And I couldn’t swim，so if I fell in then I9.________(drown)．That was definitely not an attractive idea so I politely declined her invitation，10.___________(close)my book and walked away.

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Over the centuries the French have lost a number of famous battles with the British. However, they’ve always felt superior in the kitchen. France has for centuries had a reputation for cooking excellence, and Britain for some of the worst cooking in the world. But according to a recent survey, that reputation may no longer reflect reality.

In the survey, 71% of the Britons said they cook at home every day, while only 59% of the French said they cook daily. British home cooks spend more time cooking each week and also produce a greater variety of dishes than French home cooks.

The reaction in London was predictably enthusiastic. British food has greatly improved since the 1990s. Once upon a time, the menu for many family meals would have been roast beef, potatoes and over-cooked vegetables, but not now. Home cooks are experimenting with the huge range of ingredients now available in British supermarkets and are preparing all kinds of new dishes, using the cookbooks that sell millions of copies every year. As a result, there’s much more diversity in British food now, compared to French food, which tends to be very traditional.

Some French people say that the survey did not show the whole picture. They agree that during the week French women don’t cook as much as they used to because most of them work and don’t have much time. They tend to buy ready-made or frozen dishes, but many of them make up for it on the weekend. There’s also a difference between Paris and the countryside. It’s true that people in Paris don’t cook much, but elsewhere, cooking is still at the heart of daily life.

For many French people, opinions about British food have not changed. When Bernard Blier, the food editor at a magazine, was asked about British food, he replied: “I don’t go out of my way to try it. It is not very refined. You can say that I’m not a fan at all.”

1.According to the passage, nowadays British people ______.

A.cook less at home than the French every day.

B.no longer eat roast beef and over-cooked vegetables.

C.are more willing to try cooking all kinds of new foods.

D.buy more cookbooks than French people do.

2.What can we infer from the fourth paragraph?

A.French women cook less often now.

B.The French prefer ready-made dishes.

C.French women seldom cook on the weekend.

D.Cooking is at the heart of people’s life in Paris.

3.What is Bernard’s attitude towards British food?

A.He would love to try it. B.He shows no interest in it.

C.He considers it worse than before. D.He considers it better than before.

4.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A.The history of British food. B.The history of French food.

C.The change in British food. D.The change in French food.

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David Unaipon was an inventor and writer. He was the first Aboriginal (土著的) Australian to write published books. He also worked hard to make life better for Aboriginal people.

David Unaipon was born in South Australia, in 1872. As a young man, he loved to read and was interested in science and music. He thought a lot about new ways to fix engineering problems. Between the years 1909 and 1944, Unaipon made nine important inventions. He also made drawings for a helicopter design. He got the idea from the Australian boomerang (回飞镖) and the way it moved through the air. This happened in 1914, before we had helicopters.

Unaipon lived most of his life in Adelaide and worked for the Aborigines’ Friends’ Association. He worked and travelled around southeastern Australia for fifty years. Sometimes, while travelling from town to town, he was told he couldn’t stay in a hotel because he was black, so he understood the problems of racism (种族主义).

In 1925, Unaipon became the first Aboriginal writer to be published. His first published writing was an article in Sydney’s Daily Telegraph newspaper. The article had the title:“Aboriginals: Their Traditions and Customs”. He wrote many other articles for newspapers and magazines, getting publicity about the rights of Aboriginal people. He also wrote about the need for white and black people to work together and the need for equal rights for both black and white Australians. He was well educated in both cultures, and in 1929 he helped with a government survey of Aboriginal health and interests.

David Unaipon died in 1967 at the age of 95, in the same year that Aboriginal people were first counted as part of Australia’s population. In 1995, David Unaipon’s picture was put on the Australian fifty-dollar note, with a drawing of one of his inventions.

1.Which of the following can describe David Unaipon when he was young?

A.He was calm. B.He was brave.

C.He was patient. D.He was creative.

2.What can we learn about David Unaipon’s helicopter design?

A.It was the model for modern helicopters.

B.It was a copy of another helicopter.

C.It was based on a local tool.

D.It was done in his 30s.

3.What do we know about David Unaipon as a writer?

A.He was the first Aboriginal writer.

B.He was concerned about racial inequality.

C.He finished most of his writings while travelling.

D.He had his writings published mainly in newspapers.

4.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A.David Unaipon died an unexpected death.

B.David Unaipon was proud of his inventions.

C.David Unaipon’s contributions were recognised.

D.David Unaipon’s drawing abilities were appreciated.

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The inventor was determined to go on with the experiment_______countless failures.

A. instead of　　　 B.because of

C. in favor of　　 D. regardless of

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