问题 阅读理解

阅读下面短文,根据每个空格中所给的首字母填入适当的词,使短文意思完整。

     In the 1760s, a scientist in England invented a way to put steam engines and wheels (1) t_______. Soon,

people had a new type of (2) t_______, the steam locomotive. An English (3) e_______ drove the first steam

locomotive on a road, but it exploded. In 1804, a locomotive (4) c_______ about seventy passengers a short

(5) d_______ on some iron rails. It was the first railway. In the 1830s, countries all over the world started to

build railways. (6) A_______ fifty years, railways covered most countries. Many train stations were built to

make it (7) e_______ for passengers to get on and off the trains. Early trains had a top (8) s_______ of 50

kilometers per hour. (9) T_______ trains are much faster. They (10) t_______ at about 240 kilometers an hour.

The fastest trains can go 380 kilometers an hour.

答案

1. together  2. transportation  3. engineer  4. carried  5. distance

6. After  7. easier  8. speed  9. Today's  10. travel

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