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The famous British inventor George Stephenson was born in 1781 and died in 1848. one of his _21_ important inventions was the train. He _22_his first train when he was forty-four years old. When he was experimenting with the _23_ engine on the train, he met with _24_ from the government, newspapers and the gentlemen in the country. They said that the noise and the smoke would _25_ cows, horses and sheep, that the _26_ would hurtle(炸飞) or that the hot coals from it would _27_their houses. At that time, _28_ people believed what they said.
George Stephenson _29_ the people that the train could go on small _30_, could pull carriages _31_goods and passengers and there was _32_ to them. It was a very _33_ matter for him to _34_ them believe. However, after _35_, he was able to do it; and the first train that _36_ by Stephenson himself _37_ what he had said.
The first day _38_ the people along the way _39_ the noises of the train _40_ 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. They did not dare to come out until it had passed.
【小题1】
A.veryB.a lotC.mostD.much
【小题2】made   B. bought   C. introduced   D. did
【小题3】
A.electricalB.atomicC.steamD.beautiful
【小题4】
A.successB.troublesC.peopleD.pleasure
【小题5】
A.killB.buyC.interestD.take away
【小题6】
A.smokeB.noiseC.driverD.engine
【小题7】
A.pull downB.blow awayC.set fire toD.pass
【小题8】
A.mostB.fewC.only a fewD.the rich
【小题9】
A.saidB.spokeC.toldD.warned
【小题10】 A.reads    B. rivers    C. steam    D rails
【小题11】
A.short ofB.full ofC.empty ofD.without
【小题12】
A.no great dangerB.dangerousC.a lot of dangerD.few danger
【小题13】
A.easyB.difficultC.pleasantD.light
【小题14】
A.getB.causeC.makeD.force
【小题15】
A.sometimesB.some timeC.a few timesD.sometime
【小题16】
A.was soldB.were drivenC.was pulledD.was driven
【小题17】
A.believedB.seemedC.sensedD.proved
【小题18】
A.ofB.whenC.whileD.for
【小题19】
A.caught sight ofB.listened toC.heardD.thought
【小题20】
A.nearbyB.in the distanceC.on the farD.from the distance
Mr. Flower was well-known around for growing the best flowers of the year and his four glass-houses were taken good care of. These glass-houses were close to a public path, which was always used ___36__ children and young people walking to and from __37__. Boys of about thirteen years of age, especially, were often tempted(尝试) to throw a stone or two at one of Mr. Flower’s __38__ . They managed to resist the temptation(抵制诱惑) when Mr. Flower was around, but the temptation often seemed to be too __39__ when Mr. Flower was __40__ to be seen. For this reason, Mr. Flower did his best to be __41__ his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school days.
However, it was not always possible for him to be on guard at these times.  Mr. Flower had tried __42__ to prevent(阻止) the damage to his glass; but nothing that he had done had been__43__. He had been to the school to complain(抱怨) to the headmaster, but this had not done any__44__. He had hidden in the bushes(灌木丛) and __45__ those boys that threw stones __46__ his garden, but the boys could run __47__ faster than he, and they even __48__ at him at a distance(距离). He had even walked along the path and picked up all those __49__that he could find so that the boys would have nothing to __50__, but they soon found others, or threw lumps of earth instead.
Then just as he had given __51__ hope of winning the battle(战斗), a truly wonderful __52__ came up to him. He set up a large notice board made of good strong wood, some meters away from the glass-houses __53__ it could be clearly seen from the path. On the board he painted the __54__ : DO NOT THROW AT THIS NOTICE. After this, Mr. Flower had no __55__ .The boys were much more tempted to throw stones at the notice board than at the glass-houses.
【小题1】
A.toB.byC.ofD.with
【小题2】
A.factoryB.officeC.schoolD.work
【小题3】
A.bed-roomsB.living-roomC.reading-roomD.glass-houses
【小题4】
A.strongB.weakC.limitedD.strange
【小题5】
A.impossibleB.unableC.possibleD.somewhere
【小题6】
A.far away fromB.in or close toC.into or out ofD.at or out
【小题7】
A.in no wayB.in a wayC.in the wayD.in many ways
【小题8】
A.successfulB.cheerfulC.wonderfulD.careful
【小题9】
A.harmB.wrongC.goodD.wonder
【小题10】
A.watchedB.walked toC.waited forD.run after
【小题11】
A.towardsB.overC.out ofD.into
【小题12】
A.manyB.muchC.moreD.lots of
【小题13】
A.laughedB.lookedC.calledD.surprised
【小题14】
A.earthB.sticksC.stonesD.branches
【小题15】
A.pick upB.catchC.play withD.throw
【小题16】
A.inB.offC.outD.up
【小题17】
A.ideaB.friendC.guestD.word
【小题18】
A.whereB.there whereC.on whichD.there
【小题19】
A.announcementB.wordsC.sentencesD.message
【小题20】
A.peaceful timesB.further troubleC.more happinessD.questions

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