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【题目】Alexander Graham Bell was an influential scientist, engineer and 【1】(invent). He was born on March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is widely credited with the invention of the first telephone. Bell’s mother and wife【2】(be)both deaf, which had an effect【3】his work.

When he was 23, Bell and his parents moved to Canada. Bell studied the human voice and worked with different schools for【4】deaf. He experimented with sound, working with sound, working with equipment used to send different【5】(message)and record sound. He worked on acoustic telegraphy(声报机)with an electrical designer 【6】(name)Thomas Watson.

On February 14, 1876, Bell and Elisha Gray, an American electrical engineer, both filed patents(申请专利)covering the transmission (传送)of sounds telegraphically. Finally, Bell【7】(give)the patent. A few days 【8】(late), he succeeded in【9】(get)his telephone to work.

Bell improved the design and by 1886 more than 150,000 people owned telephones in the United States. He once said, “The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to 【10】he is speaking.”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】inventor

【2】were

【3】on/upon

【4】the

【5】messages

【6】named

【7】was given

【8】later

【9】getting

【10】whom

【解析】文章讲述了贝尔发明第一部电话的过程。

【1】inventor

考查名词。与句中scientist, engineer并列，指贝尔是科学家，工程师和发明家。故填“发明家”inventor.

【2】were

考查动词时态。此处是陈述过去的事实，与下句had时态一致也用过去时，故填were.

【3】on/upon

考查介词。have an effect on/upon…“对…有影响”，是固定搭配。故填on/upon.

【4】the

考查冠词。定冠词the+形容词表示一类人，此处the deaf指聋子，故填the.

【5】messages

考查名词。message是可数名词，此处由different修饰用复数形式，指不同的消息。故填messages.

【6】named

考查过去分词。句中an electrical designer和动词name是被动关系，用过去分词表被动在此作定语。指被叫做Thomas Watson的电气设计师。故填named.

【7】was given

考查被动语态。句中主语Bell和动词give是被动关系，根据时间状语On February 14, 1876可知用过去时，此处作谓语，故填过去时的被动语态was given.

【8】later

考查副词。此处表示“几天后”， later “后来，稍后”，故填later.

【9】getting

考查动词形式。succeed in doing sth.表示“成功地做某事”，介词in后动词用-ing形式，故填getting.

【10】whom

考查关系代词。句中包含定语从句，先行词是the distant person指人，在定语从句中作宾语，指he is speaking to the distant person,用在介词to后作宾语用whom，故填whom.