Question

   Many useful machines were 1        by inventors. These machines have 2        the world a lot. There are many great inventors in the world,and Watt was one of them.

  Watt was English. When he was a child,he liked to ask questions and he was always 3        hard. One day,he was sitting in the kitchen with his grandmother,and he 4      a kettle (水壶) on the oven. Soon steam (蒸汽) began to come 5        the kettle and the lid (盖子) was shaking. Watt asked what was in the kettle. His grandmother said, "Water,my child.”

  "But I know there's 6        in it. It pushes the lid up," said Watt. His grandmother told him that it was only steam. He asked his grandmother, " 7       does the steam come from?" His grandmother said that it came from hot water. Watt said to 8     ,"The steam is very strong. It can push things. The steam will be much 9        if there's more water.” Later,Watt tried hard and made steam 10        for people. He inven?ted the first engine.

(   ) 1. A. sent   B. made   C. invented   D. worked

(   ) 2. A. changed   B. got   C. become   D. been

(   ) 3. A. playing   B. using   C. growing   D. thinking

(   ) 4. A. look at   B. looked   C. saw   D. watch

(   ) 5. A. at   B. out of   C. in   D. out

(   ) 6. A. something   B. nothing   C. anything   D. everything

(   ) 7. A. Where   B. Why   C. Whether   D. When

(   ) 8. A. him   B. herself   C. himself   D. her

(   ) 9. A. stronger   B. strong   C. weak   D. weaker

(   ) 10. A. working   B. to work   C. work   D. works

Answer 1

 1. C 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. B 

  6. A 7. A 8. C 9. A 10. C