题目内容
The invention of the electric telegraph gave birth to the communications industry. Although Samuel B. Morse succeeded in making the invention useful in 1837, it was not until 1843 that the first important telegraph line was constructed. By 1860 more than 50,000 miles of lines connected people east of the Rockies. The following year, San Francisco was added to the network.
The national telegraph network strengthened the ties between East and West and contributed to the rapid expansion of the railroads by providing an efficient means to monitor schedules and routes. Furthermore, the extension of the telegraph, combined with the invention of the steam-driven rotary printing press by Richard
M. Hoe in 1846, revolutionized the world of journalism. Where the business of news gathering had been dependent upon the mail and on hand-operated presses, the telegraph expanded the amount of information a newspaper could supply and allowed for more timely reporting. The creating of the Associated Press as a central wire service in 1846 marked the arrival of a new era (纪元) in journalism.
71. The main topic of the passage is .
A. the history of journalism B. the origin of the national telegraph
C. how the telegraph network contributed to the expansion of railroads
D. the contributions and development of the telegraph network
72. The word "gathering" in line 11 refers to .
A. people B. information
C. objects D. substances
73. The author's main purpose in this passage is to .
A. compare the invention of the telegraph with the invention of the steam-driven rotary press
B. propose new ways to develop the communications industry
C. show how the electric telegraph affected the communications industry
D. criticize Samuel B. Morse
74. This passage would most likely be found in a .
A. U.S. history book B. book on trains
C. science textbook D. computer magazine
75. It can be inferred from the passage that .
A. Samuel Morse did not make a significant contribution to the communications industry
B. Morse's invention did not immediately achieve its full potential (潜力)
C. the extension of the telegraph was more important than its invention
D. journalists have the Associated Press to thank for the birth of the communications industry
D
C
A
B
B
【解析】
One afternoon in January in 1998, Susan Sharp, 43, and her 8-year-old son David, were walking across an icy square, when Susan’s cane(手杖) slipped on the ice. Her face 36 first into the mud. David 37 her mother’s side, “Are you all right, Mom” 38 , Susan pulled herself up, “I’m okay, Honey,” she said.
Susan was falling more 39 since she had trouble walking. Every inch of ice was a 40 danger for her. “I wish I could do something,” the boy thought. David, too, was having 41 of his own. The boy had a speech problem, so at school he talked 42 .
One day, David’s teacher announced a 43 homework. "Each of you is going to come up with an 44 ," she said. This was for "INVENT AMERICA", a national competition to encourage creativity in children.
An idea 45 David one evening. If only his mother’s cane didn’t slip on the ice. “What if I 46 your cane to a nail coming out of the bottom” he asked his mother.
“ 47 the sharp end would scratch(划破) floors,” Susan said.
“No, Mom, I 48 make it like a ball-point pen. You take your hand off the button and the 49 returns back up.” Hours later the cane was finished. David and his father 50 as Susan used it to walk 50 feet about the 51 . Happily Susan cried out, “It 52 !”
In July 1999, David was 53 national winner for the "INVENT AMERICA". David began to make public appearance. Thus he was forced to communicate 54 .Today, David is nearly free of his speech problem, and his 55 is becoming well accepted.
| 1. A. fell | B. touched | C. lay | D. dropped |
| 2. A. stood by | B. rushed to | C. looked at | D. ran around |
| 3. A. Firmly | B. Easily | C. Quickly | D. Shakily |
| 4. A. slowly | B. frequently | C. freely | D. heavily |
| 5. A. hiding | B. certainly | C. possible | D. waiting |
| 6. A. method | B. disease | C. trouble | D. hope |
| 7. A. few | B. little | C. much | D. more |
| 8. A. useful | B. strange | C. common | D. special |
| 9. A. appearance | B. invention | C. experience | D. experiment |
| 10. A. reminded | B. encouraged | C. occurred | D. hit |
| 11. A. fastened | B. stuck | C. fixed | D. tied |
| 12. A. So | B. And | C. For | D. But |
| 13. A. might | B. would | C. did | D. need |
| 14. A. pen | B. hand | C. cane | D. nail |
| 15. A. watched | B. supported | C. noticed | D. helped |
| 16. A. street | B. ice | C. yard | D. square |
| 17. A. works | B. operates | C. succeeds | D. helps |
| 18. A. declared | B. received | C. won | D. praised |
| 19. A. more slowly | B. more carefully | C. more clearly | D. faster |
| 20. A. cane | B. mother | C. speech | D. story |