题目内容
A land free from destruction,plus wealth,natural resources,and labor supply--all these were important______in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution.______they were not enough.Something______was needed to start the industrial process.That“something special”was men--______individuals who could invent machines,find new______of power,and establish business organizations to reshape society.
The men who______the machines of the Industrial Revolution______from many backgrounds and many occupations.Many of them were______inventors than scientists.A man who is a______scientist is primarily interested in doing his research______.He is not necessarily working______that his findings can be used.
An inventor or one interested in applied science is______trying to make something that has a concrete use.He may try to solve a problem by______the theories ______science or by experimenting through trial and error.______of his method,he is working to obtain a______result:the construction of a harvesting machine,the burning of a light bulb,or one of many other objectives.
Most of the people who______the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors,not trained scientists.A few were both scientists and inventors.Even those who had_____or no training in science might not have made their inventions_____a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years_____.
1. A. cases B. reasons C. factors D. situations
2. A. But B. And C. Besides D. Even
3. A. else B. near C. extra D. similar
4. A. generating B. effective C. motivating D. creative
5. A. origins B. sources C. bases D. discoveries
6. A. employed B. created C. operated D. controlled
7. A. came B. arrived C. stemmed D. appeared
8. A. less B. better C. more D. worse
9. A. respectable B. practical C. pure D. clever
10. A. happily B. occasionally C. reluctantly D. accurately
11. A. now B. and C. all D. so
12. A. seldom B. sometimes C. always D. never
13. A. planning B. using C. studying D. applying
14. A. of B. with C. to D. as
15. A. Speaking B. Thinking C. Instead D. Regardless
16. A. single B. sole C. specialized D. specific
17. A. proposed B. developed C. supplied D. offered
18. A. little B. much C. some D. any
19. A. as B. if C. because D. while
20. A. ago B. past C. ahead D. before