Question

完形填空 　　The famous British inventor George Stephenson was born in 1781 and died in 1848．One of his 　　1　　 important inventions was the train．He 　　2　　 his first train when he was forty-four years old．When he was experimenting with the 　　3　　 engine on the train, he met with 　　4　　 from the government, the newspapers and the gentlemen in the country．They said that the noise and the smoke would 　　5　　 cows, horses and sheep, that the 　　6　　 would burst or that the hot coals from it would 　　7　　 their houses．At that time, 　　8　　 people believed what they said． 　　George Stephenson 　　9　　 the people that the train could go on small 　　10　　, could pull carriages 　　11　　 goods and passengers and there was 　　12　　 to them．It was a very 　　13　　 matter for him to 　　14　　 them believe．However, after 　　15　　, he was able to do it; and the first train that 　　16　　 by Stephenson himself 　　17　　 what he had said． 　　The first day 　　18　　 the people along the way 　　19　　 the noises of the train 　　20　　 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． most D． much (2) [　　] A． made B． bought C． introduced D． did (3) [　　] A． electrical B． atomic(原子的) C． steam D． oil (4) [　　] A． success B． troubles C． people D． pleasure (5) [　　] A． kill B． buy C． interest D． take away (6) [　　] A． smoke B． noise C． driver D． engine (7) [　　] A． pull down B． blow away C． set fire to D． pass (8) [　　] A． most B． few C． only a few D． the rich (9) [　　] A． said B． spoke C． told D． warned (10) [　　] A． roads B． rivers C． steam D． rails (11) [　　] A． short of B． full of C． empty of D． without (12) [　　] A． no great danger B． dangerous C． a lot of danger D． few danger (13) [　　] A． easy B． difficult C． pleasant D． light (14) [　　] A． get B． cause C． make D． force (15) [　　] A． sometime B． some time C． a few times D． sometimes (16) [　　] A． was sold B． was driven C． was pulled D． helped (17) [　　] A． believed B． seemed C． sensed D． proved (18) [　　] A． of B． when C． while D． for (19) [　　] A． caught sight of B． listened to C． heard D． thought (20) [　　] A． nearby B． in the distance C． on the far D． from the distance

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．A;3．C;4．B;5．A;6．D;7．C;8．A;9．C;10．D;11．B;12．A;13．B;14．C;15．B;16．B;17．D;18．B;19．C;20．B;
解析：

(1)	one of后面一般要接最高級(jí)的形式，表示“最……的之一”。
(2)	make此處為“制造”之意。
(3)	根據(jù)常識(shí)及下文的“noise and smoke”來(lái)推斷，最早的火車是蒸汽火車，并且只有蒸汽火車才有噪音大、煙多的情況。所以選C項(xiàng)。
(4)	依據(jù)下文推斷，人們對(duì)他試驗(yàn)蒸汽火車不滿，所以選B項(xiàng)，表示他遇到來(lái)自政府……的“麻煩”。
(5)	當(dāng)時(shí)人們把火車想像得太壞，認(rèn)為煙霧會(huì)“害死”他們的牛、馬和羊。
(6)	由空后的burst判斷，只有engine才有可能這樣，即“發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)爆炸”。
(7)	pull down意為“推倒”；blow away意為“吹走”；pass意為“經(jīng)過(guò)”。hot coals既不能推倒也不會(huì)吹走他們的房子，但能使房子著火，所以選C項(xiàng)。
(8)	根據(jù)下文人們對(duì)火車的可怕描述，可得知當(dāng)時(shí)絕大多數(shù)人相信他們所說(shuō)的蒸汽機(jī)的危害性，所以選A項(xiàng)。
(9)	say和speak后若接人，應(yīng)加介詞to，因此排除A、B項(xiàng)；warn意為“警告”，與句意不符，應(yīng)排除D項(xiàng)。答案為C項(xiàng)，tell sb．that…表示“告訴某人某事”。
(10)	火車行駛的道路應(yīng)稱作rails或railways。
(11)	short of意為“缺少”；empty of意為“空的”；without意為“沒(méi)有”。根據(jù)上下文，此處是向人們闡述火車的用途，不應(yīng)是不載貨、不帶客的，故排除A、C、D項(xiàng)。full of表示“裝滿的；滿載的”。
(12)	there be后應(yīng)加名詞，可排除B項(xiàng)；danger為不可數(shù)名詞，可排除D項(xiàng)；a lot of danger與上下文意思不符。故選A項(xiàng)，表示告訴人們沒(méi)有多大危害。
(13)	從當(dāng)時(shí)的情況看出，要說(shuō)服人們相信這一切，是一件很“難”的事。
(14)	get/cause/force后接to do作賓補(bǔ)，make后接省略to的不定式作其賓補(bǔ)，所以選C項(xiàng)。
(15)	sometime意為“某個(gè)時(shí)候”；a few times意為“幾次”；sometimes意為“有時(shí)候”，都不符合句意。some time意為“一些時(shí)候”，指時(shí)間段，表示“過(guò)了一段時(shí)間之后”。
(16)	sell意為“賣”；drive意為“駕駛”；pull意為“拉；拖”；help意為“幫助”。根據(jù)上下文判斷應(yīng)選B項(xiàng)，表示由他本人親自駕駛的火車。
(17)	上文講到他終于說(shuō)服人們相信了他的話，該句主語(yǔ)為the first train，不能夠表達(dá)為“相信、感覺(jué)等”，而是表達(dá)為“證實(shí)”了他所說(shuō)的話。
(18)	關(guān)系副詞when引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句，修飾前面的The first day，并在定語(yǔ)從句中作時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)。
(19)	空后的賓語(yǔ)為noise，所以應(yīng)選動(dòng)詞heard，表示“聽(tīng)見(jiàn)；聽(tīng)到”。
(20)	in the distance意為“遠(yuǎn)處的”。