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

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】

試題分析：文章講述的是史蒂芬制造火車的故事。英國發明家史蒂芬最重要的發明之一就是火車，史蒂芬在他44歲時制造了第一列火車。當時的政府和各界人士都不相信史蒂芬說的話，認為他制造的蒸汽機車會給他們帶來危害。

1. of one’s/the+最高級+名詞復數，意為“最......之一”，故選D。

2.He his first train史蒂芬制造他的第一列火車，故選B。

3.the noise and the smoke...the hot coals”可知，史蒂芬使用蒸汽作為火車的動力，故選D。

4.They said that the noise and the smoke would cows, horses and sheep, that the...”可知，政府、報紙和富紳們認為蒸汽機車發出的噪音和冒出的煙會殺死牲畜，說明史蒂芬遇到了麻煩，故選A。

5.the noise and the smoke would cows, horses and sheep蒸汽機車發出的噪音和冒出的煙會殺死奶牛、馬和羊，只有B項符合語境，故選B。

6.that the would burst他們認為火車的發動機會爆炸，故選C。

7.that the hot coals from it would their houses他們認為火車里燃燒著的煤炭會燒著他們的房屋，故選D。

8.for they thought it a genius(妖怪)”可知，大部分的人都贊同他們的說法，故選B。

9. sb sth告訴某人某事，George Stephenson the people that...史蒂芬告訴人們......，故選D。

10.the train could go on small ,火車是在軌道上跑的，故選C。

11.could pull carriages goods and passengers火車可以拉著載滿貨物和乘客的車廂來回跑，故選A。

12. A危險的；B沒有危害；C很危險；few修飾可數名詞，排除D。and there was to them史蒂芬告訴人們火車不會對他們造成危害，故選B。

13.It was a very matter for him to them believe.讓人們相信史蒂芬說的話是很困難的一件事，故選A。

14. sb to do sth，make sb do sth使某人做某事，只有make后跟動詞原形作賓補，故選D。

15.一段時間；B(將來或過去的)某時；C幾次/倍；D有時。after , he was able to do it過了一段時間之后，史蒂芬終于可以實驗他的蒸汽機車了，故選A。

16.the first train that by Stephenson himself這里指的是由史蒂芬親自駕駛的火車，故選A。

17. what he had said史蒂芬親自駕駛的火車證實了他所說的話，即火車不會給人們帶來危害，故選C。

18. the people...是定語從句，先行詞指時間，從句不缺少成分，用when引導定語從句，故選A。

19.the people along the way the noises of the train沿途的人們聽到了火車發車的噪音，hear表示結果，listen to表示聽的動作，故選D。

20.and saw it running quickly to them”可知，火車從遠處向人們駛來，故選A。

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