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A land free from destruction , in addition to wealth , natural resources , and labor supply-all these were important   1   in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution .   2  they were not enough . Something   3  was needed to start the industrial process(进程) . That “something special ” was men—   4  individuals who could invent machines , find new   5  of power , and establish business organizations to reshape society .

The men who  6  the machines of Industrial Revolution   7  from many backgrounds and many occupations . Many of them were   8  inventors than scientists . A man who is a   9  scientist is primarily interested in doing his research  10  . He is not necessarily working  11  that his findings can be used .

An inventor or anyone interested in applied science is  12  trying to make something that has a concrete   13  . He may try to solve a problem by using the theories   14 science or by experimenting through trial and error . Regardless of his method , he is working to get a   15  result : the construction of a harvesting machine , the burning of a light bulb , or one of   16  other objectives .

Most of the people who   17  the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors , not trained scientists . A few were both scientists and inventors . Even those who have   18  or no training in science might not have made their inventions   19  the groundwork had not been laid by scientists years   20  .

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. possible   B. effective    C. necessary   D. creative

5. A. production  B. sources     C. bases    D . discoveries

6. A. employed  B. created     C. operated   D. controlled

7. A. came    B.arrived     C. stopped    D. appeared

8. A. less    B. better      C. more     D. worse

9. A. real    B. practical     C. pure     D. clever

10.A.happily   B. occasionally   C. unwillingly  D. wholeheartedly

11.A.now    B. and       C. all     D. so

12.A.seldom   B. sometimes    C. usually   D. never

13.A.plan    B. use        C. idea    D. means

14.A.of     B. with       C. to     D. as

15.A.single   B. only       C. limited    D. particular

16.A.few    B. those      C. many    D. all

17.A.suggested 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

 

1.C 本句列举了英国成为工业革命中心的因素。从句意和选项看,这些不是A情况、例子,B原因或D形势,而是天时地利等因素。

2.A 上文说“所有这些都是重要因素”,下文说“这些还不够”,显然用but表转折。

3.A 根据上文意思,既然不够(not enough),那么还需要别的因素,something else。

4.D 后面定语从句说“可以发明机器的人”,那么一定是具有创造性的人,根据句意确定D项。

5.B 短文第一句提到“自然资源”,此处提及“新的”,根据句意指开发新能源,也为下文的描述作铺垫。

6.B 此空用create与上文的invent machines相呼应,指工业革命中的发明创造。

7.A 指这些发明家的背景、职业不一样,他们来自各种背景及职业。

8.C more 与后文的than相呼应,此处more … than 表示“是、而不是”,“与其…不如”的意思。

9.C 根据句意及上下文可知该句讲述的是一心埋头于研究的纯粹的科学家。

10.D 根据上下文,这种意义上的科学家一心一意地搞研究,不必关心其研究成果的应用。因此选D,“全心全意地”。

11.D so that 引导目的状语从句,表示他工作的目的不一定是为了保证其成果能得到应用。

12.C 四个选项均为频率副词,根据句意应选C,表示发明者总想制造成有用的东西。

13.B 发明/制造有具体用途的东西,与上文的applied science(应用科学)相呼应。

14.A 不是“把科学与理论结合起来”,而是“用科学理论解决问题”,因此用of而不是with。

15.D particular表示“具体的,特定的”;发明家在进行发明创造时是有其具体的目的/

意图所在,为了得到某个具体的结果。

16.C 除了前面提到的两项之外,还有很多其他目的/意图。

17.B develop在此表示研究、开发,其他选项(A,建议 C,供应 D,提供)均不合文意。

18.A 表示have little or no training表示“很少甚至没有训练”。

19.B if 引导假设状语从句。

20.D 全句大意:如果没有科学家头几年打的基础,那些在科学领域没有受过训练的人就不可能有哪些发明创造。显然科学家的groundwork在先。

 

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  Modcm inventions have speeded up people's lives amazingly.Motor-cars cover a bundred miles in little more than an hour.Aireraft cross the world a day, while computers operate at lightning speed.Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending.Every ycar motor-cars are produced which go even faster each new computer boasts(吹嘘)of saving preeious seconds in handling tasks.

  All this saves timc, but at a prick.When we lose or gain half a day in speeding aeross the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so.We get the uncomfoerable feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies feel tlru they have been left bebind in anot ar nine zoors Again pending too long at compulers resul's in painti ninrts and fingers.Mobile phones also to dange according to some seientists; too much uss may thesmit h bul radiation into our brains, a we do not like to think about.

  Howave, what do we do with the time we have saved?Certainly not or so it seems.We are so accustomed to constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing, or even just one thing at a time.Pcrhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imavination take us into another world.

  There was a time when some people's lives were devotcd simply to the cultivation of the land or the eare of eattle.No multi-tasking there; their lives wenl on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern.There is much that we might envy about a way of life like this.Yet before we do so, we must think of the hard tasks our ancestors faeed;:they farmed with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone.Modem machinery has freed peope fre that primitive existcnee.

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C.

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D.

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What does“the days”in Paragraph 3 refer to?

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A.

I maginary life

B.

Simple life in the past

C.

Times of inventions

D.

Time for constant activity

(3)

What is the author's attitude towards the modem teehnology?

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A.

Critical

B.

Objective

C.

Optimistic

D.

Negative

(4)

What does the pa mge mainly diseuss?

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A.

The present and pad times

B.

Machin and human beings

C.

Imaginations and inventions

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Modem teehnology and its influenec

       Modcm inventions have speeded up people’s lives amazingly. Motor-cars cover a bundred miles in little more than an hour. Aireraft cross the world a day, while computers operate at lightning speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every ycar motor-cars are produced which go even faster each new computer boasts(吹嘘)of saving preeious seconds in handling tasks.

       All this saves timc, but at a prick.When we lose or gain half a day in speeding aeross the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the uncomfoerable feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies feel tlru they have been left bebind in anot ar nine zoors Again pending too long at compulers resul’s in painti ninrts and fingers. Mobile phones also to dange according to some seientists; too much uss may thesmit h bul radiation into our brains, a we do not like to think about.

       Howave, what do we do with the time we have saved?Certainly not or so it seems. We are so accustomed to constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing, or even just one thing at a time. Pcrhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imavination take us into another world.

       There was a time when some people’s lives were devotcd simply to the cultivation of the land or the eare of eattle. No multi-tasking there; their lives wenl on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. There is much that we might envy about a way of life like this. Yet before we do so ,we must think of the hard tasks our ancestors faeed;:they farmed with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone. Modem machinery has freed peope fre that primitive existcnee.

1.The new rooucts opcome more and more time-saving beeause_________.

       A.our love of speed secure never-ending

       B.time is limited

       C.theprices are increasingly high

       D.the manufacturers boast a lot

2.What does“the days”in Paragraph 3 refer to?

       A.I maginary life               B.Simple life in the past

       C.Times of inventions           D.Time for constant activity

3.What is the author’s attitude towards the modem teehnology?

       A.Critical            B.Objective        C.Optimistic            D.Negative

4.What does the pa mge mainly diseuss?

       A.The present and past times             B.Machinary and human beings

       C.Imaginations and inventions            D.Modem technology and its influenec


Modcm inventions have speeded up people’s lives amazingly. Motor-cars cover a bundred miles in little more than an hour. Aireraft cross the world a day, while computers operate at lightning speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every ycar motor-cars are produced which go even faster each new computer boasts(吹嘘)of saving preeious seconds in handling tasks.
All this saves timc, but at a prick.When we lose or gain half a day in speeding aeross the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the uncomfoerable feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies feel tlru they have been left bebind in anot ar nine zoors Again pending too long at compulers resul’s in painti ninrts and fingers. Mobile phones also to dange according to some seientists; too much uss may thesmit h bul radiation into our brains, a we do not like to think about.
Howave, what do we do with the time we have saved?Certainly not or so it seems. We are so accustomed to constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing, or even just one thing at a time. Pcrhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imavination take us into another world.
There was a time when some people’s lives were devotcd simply to the cultivation of the land or the eare of eattle. No multi-tasking there; their lives wenl on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. There is much that we might envy about a way of life like this. Yet before we do so ,we must think of the hard tasks our ancestors faeed;:they farmed with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone. Modem machinery has freed peope fre that primitive existcnee.
1.The new rooucts opcome more and more time-saving beeause_________.
A.our love of speed secure never-ending
B.time is limited
C.theprices are increasingly high
D.the manufacturers boast a lot
2.What does“the days”in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A.I maginary life               B.Simple life in the past
C.Times of inventions           D.Time for constant activity
3.What is the author’s attitude towards the modem teehnology?
A.Critical            B.Objective        C.Optimistic            D.Negative
4.What does the pa mge mainly diseuss?
A.The present and past times             B.Machinary and human beings
C.Imaginations and inventions            D.Modem technology and its influenec

 

         Modcm inventions have speeded up people’s lives amazingly. Motor-cars cover a bundred miles in little more than an hour. Aireraft cross the world a day, while computers operate at lightning speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every ycar motor-cars are produced which go even faster each new computer boasts(吹嘘)of saving preeious seconds in handling tasks.

         All this saves timc, but at a prick.When we lose or gain half a day in speeding aeross the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the uncomfoerable feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies feel tlru they have been left bebind in anot ar nine zoors Again pending too long at compulers resul’s in painti ninrts and fingers. Mobile phones also to dange according to some seientists; too much uss may thesmit h bul radiation into our brains, a we do not like to think about.

         Howave, what do we do with the time we have saved?Certainly not or so it seems. We are so accustomed to constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing, or even just one thing at a time. Pcrhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imavination take us into another world.

         There was a time when some people’s lives were devotcd simply to the cultivation of the land or the eare of eattle. No multi-tasking there; their lives wenl on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. There is much that we might envy about a way of life like this. Yet before we do so ,we must think of the hard tasks our ancestors faeed;:they farmed with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone. Modem machinery has freed peope fre that primitive existcnee.

1.The new rooucts opcome more and more time-saving beeause_________.

         A.our love of speed secure never-ending

         B.time is limited

         C.theprices are increasingly high

         D.the manufacturers boast a lot

2.What does“the days”in Paragraph 3 refer to?

         A.I maginary life               B.Simple life in the past

         C.Times of inventions           D.Time for constant activity

3.What is the author’s attitude towards the modem teehnology?

         A.Critical            B.Objective        C.Optimistic            D.Negative

4.What does the pa mge mainly diseuss?

         A.The present and past times             B.Machinary and human beings

         C.Imaginations and inventions            D.Modem technology and its influenec

 

 

         Modcm inventions have speeded up people’s lives amazingly. Motor-cars cover a bundred miles in little more than an hour. Aireraft cross the world a day, while computers operate at lightning speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every ycar motor-cars are produced which go even faster each new computer boasts(吹嘘)of saving preeious seconds in handling tasks.

         All this saves timc, but at a prick.When we lose or gain half a day in speeding aeross the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the uncomfoerable feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies feel tlru they have been left bebind in anot ar nine zoors Again pending too long at compulers resul’s in painti ninrts and fingers. Mobile phones also to dange according to some seientists; too much uss may thesmit h bul radiation into our brains, a we do not like to think about.

         Howave, what do we do with the time we have saved?Certainly not or so it seems. We are so accustomed to constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing, or even just one thing at a time. Pcrhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imavination take us into another world.

         There was a time when some people’s lives were devotcd simply to the cultivation of the land or the eare of eattle. No multi-tasking there; their lives wenl on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. There is much that we might envy about a way of life like this. Yet before we do so ,we must think of the hard tasks our ancestors faeed;:they farmed with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone. Modem machinery has freed peope fre that primitive existcnee.

1.The new rooucts opcome more and more time-saving beeause_________.

         A.our love of speed secure never-ending

         B.time is limited

         C.theprices are increasingly high

         D.the manufacturers boast a lot

2.What does“the days”in Paragraph 3 refer to?

         A.I maginary life               B.Simple life in the past

         C.Times of inventions           D.Time for constant activity

3.What is the author’s attitude towards the modem teehnology?

         A.Critical            B.Objective        C.Optimistic            D.Negative

4.What does the pa mge mainly diseuss?

         A.The present and past times             B.Machinary and human beings

         C.Imaginations and inventions            D.Modem technology and its influenec

 

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