A land free from destruction, 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 3 was needed to start the industrial process. That "something special" was men—4 individuals who could invent machines, find new 5 of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.

The men who 6 the machines of the Industrial Revolution 7 from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were 8 inventors than scientists. A man who is a 9 scientist is primarily interested in doing his research 10 .He is not necessarily working 11 that his findings can be used.

An inventor or one interested in applied science is 12 trying to make something that has a concrete use. He may try to solve a problem by 13 the theories 14 science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain a 15 result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of 16 other objectives.

Most of the people who 17 the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not trained scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had 18 or no training in science might not have made their inventions 19 a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years 20 .

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.genuine 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.all D.never

13.A.planning B.using C.idea D.means

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

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

16.A.few B.those C.many D.all

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

1.【答案】C

【解析】從這四個詞的意思上來區(qū)分，case是“事例，案例”的意思，reason表原因，factor意為“因素”，situation的意思是“形勢，狀況”，文中句子的意思是上述條件是使英國成為工業(yè)革命中心的重要因素。故選C.factor。

2.【答案】A

【解析】根據(jù)上下句的意思，應(yīng)選一個表轉(zhuǎn)折的連詞，只有A.but符合題意。

3.【答案】A

【解析】else意為“其他，別的”，如：What else can I say?別的我還能說些什么呢?extra意為“額外的，外加的”，如：an extra loaf of bread多加的一條面包，而這句話要表達的是“也需要其他條件”，而不是“額外條件”，排除C.extra。near和similar意思相差較遠，故選A。

4.【答案】D

【解析】根據(jù)下句的解釋，應(yīng)選“有創(chuàng)造性的”，creative符合題意。generating (產(chǎn)生的、生產(chǎn)的)、motivating (有動機的)和effective(有效的)意思上不貼切。

5.【答案】B

【解析】sources意為“來源，根源”，如，sources of power意為“能源”。符合題意。origin的意思是“起因，由來”。如：the origin of a river河流的源頭;base是“基礎(chǔ)”的意思;discovery是“發(fā)現(xiàn)”的意思。

6.【答案】B

【解析】根據(jù)句子的意思，應(yīng)選create“創(chuàng)造，發(fā)明”這個詞。

7.【答案】A

【解析】come from的意思是“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。B、C項的意思不對。

8.【答案】C

【解析】more…than…是固定搭配，意為“與其說……不如……”。本句的意思是,“與其說是科學家,不如說是發(fā)明家”。

9.【答案】C

【解析】pure的意思是“純粹的，單純的”，genuine的意思是“真正的”，practical的意思是“實際的”，clever的意思是“聰明的”,句子的意思是“一個單純的科學家主要致力于精確的科學研究?！?/p>

10.【答案】D

【解析】accurately的意思是“精確的”,符合題意。Happily(愉快的);occasionally(時而的，偶然的)和reluctantly(勉強的)均不合題意。

11.【答案】D

【解析】so that是固定搭配，表目的。

12.【答案】C

【解析】這句話的意思是“一個發(fā)明家或熱衷于應(yīng)用科學的人通常試圖創(chuàng)造有使用價值的東西。”

13.【答案】B

【解析】這句話的意思是“通過運用科學理論”，use意為“使用,運用”,故選B。

14.【答案】A

【解析】theories of science的意思是“科學的理論”。

15.【答案】D

【解析】根據(jù)句子的意思，“他為了明確的結(jié)果而工作”，specific的意思是“明確的”,specialized的意思是“專門的”; sole的意思是“獨有的，單一的”;single的意思是“單獨的,一個人”。

16.【答案】C

【解析】根據(jù)題意，one of many other objectives“許多其他東西中的一種”。all,全部; few,幾乎沒有; those,那些;均不合題意。

17.【答案】B

【解析】develop (使)發(fā)展。如：to develop a business,發(fā)展業(yè)務(wù)。另一個意思是“研制、開發(fā)”，用在這里恰當。如：Many new products have been developed to meet the needs of the people.開發(fā)了許多新產(chǎn)品以滿足人們的需要。Propose建議。如：I propose resting for half an hour.我提議休息半個小時。Supply提供、供應(yīng)。如：The government supplies free books to schools.政府為學校免費提供圖書。Offer提供，出價。如：Will you offer the guests some coffee.你能給客人準備些咖啡嗎?

18.【答案】A

【解析】本題要求選用的適與no意義相近的不定代詞，在四個選項中，只有A) little的意思是“幾乎沒有”,后接不可數(shù)名詞，符合題意。

19.【答案】B

【解析】本題要求填入的是一個連詞，用來連接一個表示與過去事實相反的虛擬條件句。本句的意思是說：“如果沒有科學家早年打下的基礎(chǔ)，那些在科學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”。if的意思是“如果，假使”，通常用在虛擬條件句中。

20.【答案】D

【解析】本題要求填入的副詞用來修飾一個過去完成時的謂語動詞，即表示過去某個時間以前發(fā)生的動作，因而只能用D)before。如：He would not have achieved so much in the research if he had not studied chemistry years before.如果他早年沒學過化學的話，他在這項研究中就不可能取得這么大的成績。Ago只與一般過去時連用，表示從現(xiàn)在角度看過去的某一時間。如：He studied chemistry many years ago.他好多年前學過化學。

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