Question

A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply--all these were important in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution. they were not enough. Something was needed to start the industrial process. That "something special" was men-- individuals who could invent machines, find new of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.

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

An inventor or one interested in applied science is trying to make something that has a concrete use. He may try to solve a problem by the theories science or by experimenting through trial and error. of his method, he is working to obtain a result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of many other objectives.

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

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.generating B.effective C. motivating D. creative

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

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

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

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

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

10.A.happily B. occasionally C. reluctantly D. accurately

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

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

13.A.planning B. using C. studying D. applying

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

15.A. Speaking B. Thinking C. Instead D. Regardless

16.A.single B. sole C. specialized D. specific

17.A.proposed 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

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.C

10.D

11.D

12.C

13.B

14.A

15.D

16.D

17.B

18.A

19.B

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：未遭破壞的土地、大量的財富、豐富的自然資源和勞動力，這些都是促使英國成為工業(yè)革命的中心的重要因素。但是僅有這些還是不夠的，還缺少的是具有創(chuàng)造性的人。與科學(xué)家致力于科學(xué)研究不同，發(fā)明家注重發(fā)明創(chuàng)造出來具有使用價值的工具。

1.A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply未遭破壞的土地、大量的財富、豐富的自然資源和勞動力，這些都是促使英國成為工業(yè)革命的中心的重要因素，故選C。

2. they were not enough.但僅有這些是不夠的，前后句表示轉(zhuǎn)折，故選A。

3.Something 43 was needed...還需要一些其它的條件來開啟工業(yè)革命的進(jìn)程，修飾不定代詞時，else放在不定代詞的后面，故選A。

4.who could invent machines”可知，這些人必須具有創(chuàng)造性和創(chuàng)新能力，這樣他們才能發(fā)明出來機(jī)器，故選D。

5.find new of power能夠發(fā)現(xiàn)新的能源，sources of power能源，故選B。

6.The men who the machines這里指發(fā)明機(jī)器的人，故選B。

7.The men... from many backgrounds發(fā)明機(jī)器的人來自不同的背景和不同的職業(yè)，come from出自，來自，與后面background搭配,意為“出于......背景”。stem from意為“起源于”，如：Her interest in books stems from her childhood.她對書本的興趣是從童年開始的。故選A。

8.Many of them were inventors than scientists.他們中的很多人與其說是科學(xué)家，不如說是發(fā)明家，more...than...與其說......，倒不如說......，該搭配強調(diào)的是前者，否定后者，故選C。

9.A man who is a scientist is primarily interested in doing his research一個純粹的科學(xué)家只是把興趣都放在理論研究上，而發(fā)明家是務(wù)實的，故選C。

10.interested in doing his research .科學(xué)家只是力求實驗研究的精確性，故選D。

11.He is not necessarily working that his findings can be used.科學(xué)家的研究成果不一定能夠用于實際的工作中，so that以便于，表示目的，常與情態(tài)動詞連用，故選D。

12.An inventor or one interested in applied science is trying to make something that has a concrete use一個發(fā)明家或熱衷于把科學(xué)用于實踐的人總是努力制作一些有具體用途的東西，故選C。

13.He may try to solve a problem by the theories...一個發(fā)明家會通過運用科學(xué)理論來解決問題，故選B。

14.the theories science科學(xué)的理論，這里表示所屬關(guān)系，故選A。

15. of說到；think of考慮，認(rèn)為；instead of代替，而不是；regardless of不管，不顧。根據(jù)“he is working to obtain a result”可知，發(fā)明家注重結(jié)果而不管使用什么方法，故選D。

16.a harvesting machine,...the burning of a light bulb...many other objectives”和本段首句“to make something that has a concrete use”可知，發(fā)明家的目的是創(chuàng)造出有具體用途的工具，故選D。

17.Most of the people who the machines根據(jù)第一段“who could invent machines”可知，這里指的是發(fā)明機(jī)器的人，develop在此意為“開發(fā)，研制”，故選B。

18.who had or no training in science甚至很少或沒有接受過科學(xué)訓(xùn)練的人，根據(jù)and后面的no可知前面的詞與no的意思相近，little幾乎沒有，修飾不可數(shù)名詞，故選A。

19. a groundwork had not been laid by scientists如果沒有科學(xué)家早年的研究作為基礎(chǔ)，那些在科學(xué)上接受過很少或沒有接受過教育的人就不可能有所發(fā)明創(chuàng)造。這里是if引導(dǎo)的虛擬條件句，對過去的事實進(jìn)行虛擬，故選B。

20. before多年以前，before與完成時連用，故選D。

考點：歷史類短文閱讀