阅读下面短文,掌握其大意.然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A land free from destruction(毁灭,破坏), plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply —— all these were important
1 in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution.
2 they were not enough. Something else was needed to start the industrial process. That "something special" was men ——
3 individuals who could invent machines, find new
4 of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society. The men who created the machines of the Industrial Revolution
5 from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were
6 inventors than scientists. A man who is a pure scientist is primarily interested in doing his research
7 .He is not necessarily working
8 that his findings can be used. An inventor or one interested in applied science is all trying to make something that has a concrete use. He may try to solve a problem by
9 the theories
10 science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain a
11 result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb(灯泡), or one of
12 other objectives. Most of the people who
13 the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not trained scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had little or no training in science might not have made their inventions
14 a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years
15 .
小题1: | A.cases | B.reasons | C.factors | D.situations |
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小题2: | A.But | B.And | C.Besides | D.Even |
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小题3: | A.generating | B.effective | C.motivating | D.creative |
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小题4: | A.origins | B.sources | C.bases | D.discoveries |
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小题5: | A.came | B.arrived | C.stemmed | D.appeared |
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小题6: | A.less | B.better | C.more | D.worse |
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小题7: | A.happily | B.occasionally | C.reluctantly | D.accurately |
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小题9: | A.planning | B.using | C.idea | D.means |
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小题11: | A.single | B.sole | C.specialized | D.specific |
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小题12: | A.few | B.those | C.many | D.all |
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小题13: | A.proposed | B.developed | C.supplied | D.offered |
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小题14: | A.as | B.if | C.because | D.while |
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小题15: | A.ago | B.past | C.ahead | D.before |
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