Question

 Long long ago, man had only the sun and the moon for light. After they learned to 1 fire，they carried burning sticks to  2their way. Later they learned to  3 sticks into fat. The burning fat had a bright light and4 longer. After man learned to use a wick (灯芯).they 5candles which were improved as time went by. People still use 6 today.

  Later man made many kinds of oil lamps. These lamps 7coal oil(煤油)and had glass chimneys(灯罩).Later the gas light which needed 8 wicks nor chimneys was developed. All these lights had one thing in common——they had to be lighted 9 a fire.

  In 1897 ，Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. It can be 10 without a fire.
(   ) 1. A. make    B. do

       C. take    D. find

(   ) 2.A. do    B. have

      C. make    D. light

(   ) 3. A. come    B. go

       C. put    D. take

(   ) 4. A. stayed    B. worked

      C. made    D. lasted

(   ) 5. A. made    B. used

       C. invented    D. did

(   ) 6. A. fire    B. sticks

      C. candles    D. fat

(   ) 7. A. blew    B. burned

      C. fought    D. lighted

(   ) 8. A. neither    B. either

       C. both         D.all 

(   ) 9. A. as      B.like

      C. with    D. without

(   ) 10. A. lighting    B. lighted

       C. lights    D. light

Answer 1

l.A句意"在他们学会生火之后"，make fire意为"生火"，故选A。

2. D句意"他们用点燃的木棍照亮路"，light在此为动词，意为"照亮"。

3. C put ... into…意为"把……插入……中"。

4. D stay意为"停留，留下";work意为"工作"；make意为"使，让";last意为"持续，延续"，故选D。

5. C

6. C根据上下文及常识可知，人们直到现在还在使用蜡烛，故选C。

7. B brim意为"燃烧"，符合句意。

8. A根据句意以及提示词"nor"可知应使用neither ... nor ...意为"既不……也不……"。

9. C    在四个选项中，只有with表示"以某种方式，用……"，故选C。

10. B电灯被点亮是被动关系，用动词的过去分词，故选B。