The famous British inventor George Stephenson was born in 1781 and died in 1848. One of his_
_16__important inventions was the train. He _
17__his first train when he was forty-four years old. When he was experimenting with the _
_18__engine on the train, he met with _
_19__from the government, the newspapers and the gentlemen in the country. They said that the noise and the smoke would _
_20__ cows, horses and sheep, that the _
21__ would burst or that the hot coals from it would __
22_ their houses. At that time, _
_23__people believed what they said.
George Stephenson __
24__the people that the train could go on small _
25_, could pull carriages __
26_goods and passengers and there was _
_27__to them. It was a very
__28__ matter for him to _
_29__ them believe. However, after _
30_, he was able to do it; and the first train that __
31__by Stephenson himself __
32_ what he had said.
The first day _
33_the people along the way _
34_the noises of the train
__35__ and saw it running quickly to them, they ran back home as quickly as they could and closed their doors tightly, for they thought it a genius(妖怪).They did not dare to come out until it had passed.
| 小题1: | | A．very | B．a lot | C．most | D．much |
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| 小题2: | | A．made | B．bought | C．introduced | D．did |
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| 小题3: | | A．electrical | B．soil | C．steam | D．oil |
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| 小题4: | | A．success | B．troubles | C．people | D．pleasure |
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| 小题5: | | A．kill | B．buy | C．interest | D．take away |
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| 小题6: | | A．smoke | B．noise | C．driver | D．engine |
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| 小题7: | | A．pull down | B．blow away | C．set fire to | D．pass |
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| 小题8: | | A．most | B．few | C．only a few | D．the rich |
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| 小题9: | | A．said | B．spoke | C．told | D．warned |
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| 小题10: | | A．roads | B．rivers | C．steam | D．rails |
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| 小题11: | | A．short of | B．full of | C．empty of | D．without |
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| 小题12: | | A．no great danger | B．dangerous | C．a lot of danger | D．few danger |
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| 小题13: | | A．easy | B．difficult | C．pleasant | D．light |
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| 小题14: | | A．get | B．cause | C．make | D．force |
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| 小题15: | | A．sometime | B．some time | C．a few times | D．sometimes |
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| 小题16: | | A．was sold | B．was driven | C．was pulled | D．helped |
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| 小题17: | | A．believed | B．seemed | C．sensed | D．proved |
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| 小题18: | | A．of | B．when | C．while | D．for |
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| 小题19: | | A．caught sight of | B．listened to | C．heard | D．thought |
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| 小题20: | | A．nearby | B．in the distance | C．on the far | D．from the distance |
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