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　　Today, when a man steps onto the moon, the 1 learns about it immediately. What did the 2 say about that first flight in 1903? Strangely enough, they said hardly 3 about it at all. There were only a few reports about it in the papers. These reports said very 4 . Some of the things they said were not even 5 .

　　In 1904 the Wrights built a 6 machine. They called it “Flyer No. Two”. They 7 some reporters to watch them fly. 8 there was some mechanical trouble with the plane and it did not fly at all that day. The newspapermen 9 away.

　　They were 10 and did not come back. The Wrights went on with their 11 .

　　In 1905 they built an even 12 machine, “Flyer No. Three”. They were able to 13 up in the air for half an hour and move in this machine. They were able to turn and climb in the air. Farmers and travellers often saw them 14 . But when these people told newspapermen about it, they 15 to believe them.

　　The Wrights 16 “Flyer No. Three” to the Passageed States government. The government was not 17 . They seemed to think the Wrights wanted money to build a 18 . They did not understand the Wrights had already done this, and flown it as well. Experts were still saying that mechanical flight was 19 . At the end of 1905, the two 20 took their planes to pieces. The parts were put into a huge box. It seemed nobody was interested.

1．

[　　]

A．city

B．world

C．village

D．country

2．

[　　]

A．people

B．experts

C．officials

D．newspapers

3．

[　　]

A．nothing

B．anything

C．something

D．everything

4．

[　　]

A．much

B．little

C．clearly

D．exactly

5．

[　　]

A．wrong

B．useful

C．correct

D．important

6．

[　　]

A．air

B．first

C．simple

D．second

7．

[　　]

A．took

B．sent

C．invited

D．expected

8．

[　　]

A．Really

B．Shortly

C．Usually

D．Unfortunately

9．

[　　]

A．ran

B．went

C．gave

D．were

10．

[　　]

A．sad

B．excited

C．pleased

D．disappointed

11．

[　　]

A．work

B．flight

C．driving

D．journey

12．

[　　]

A．better

B．bigger

C．lighter

D．faster

13．

[　　]

A．set

B．come

C．stay

D．look

14．

[　　]

A．flying

B．walking

C．fighting

D．studying

15．

[　　]

A．agreed

B．decided

C．refused

D．promised

16．

[　　]

A．lent

B．showed

C．offered

D．rented

17．

[　　]

A．worried

B．interested

C．surprised

D．discouraged

18．

[　　]

A．plane

B．school

C．airport

D．building

19．

[　　]

A．probable

B．wonderful

C．dangerous

D．impossible

20．

[　　]

A．brothers

B．students

C．reporters

D．scientists

Answer 1

答案：B;D;B;B;C;C;C;D;B;D;A;A;C;A;C;C;B;A;D;A
解析：

1．B　　句子意思为“今天当一个人踏上月球时，全世界人都很快地就了解到了”。 　　2．D　　由下文“There were only a few reports…”可知。 　　3．B　　句子中hardly为否定意义，故只能选择anything，nothing与句意不符。 　　4．B　　由前文“仅有一些报告”说明报道里提及不多。 　　5．C　　句意为“其中一些报道是错误的”。 　　6．C　　由句子意义知，莱特兄弟发明的飞机并非世界上的最初机器，且先试飞都不成功，故此应是“一个简易机器”。 　　7．C　　“invite some reporters to do”邀请一些报社记者去观看他们的飞机试飞。 　　8．D　　从本句后半部分可以看出莱特兄弟的飞机出了故障，那天根本没有飞。 　　9．B　　go away意为“离开”，“走开”。 　　10．D　　由于飞机试飞没有成功，故莱特兄弟感觉很失望，继续致力于他们飞机的研究和飞行。 　　11．A　　根据上空意思判断。 　　12．A　　even修饰比较级表示“更加”，从下文得知莱特兄弟的第二次试飞成功了表明他们对飞机进行了更好的检查。 　　13．C　　后面有for+一段时间作状语，说明此句应用延续性动词stay。 　　14．A　　see sb．doing意为“看见正在做……”。 　　15．C　　从上文知，前一次记者们走时，飞机没有试飞成功，故第二次记者们拒绝相信。 　　16．C　　offer相当于ask whether they wan to have。 　　17．B　　政府起先不太感兴趣，因为他们认为莱特兄弟只是想从政府要些钱来造一个飞机。 　　18．A　　整篇文章叙述莱特兄弟如何发明飞机，故只能选plane。 　　19．D　　直到那时一些专家仍然认为机械飞机是不可能的。 　　20．A　　从历史知此意。