Question

A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply--all these were important in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution. they were not enough. Something was needed to start the industrial process. That "something special" was men-- individuals who could invent machines, find new of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.

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

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

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

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.respectable 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. always D. never

13.A.planning B. using C. studying D. applying

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

15.A. Speaking B. Thinking C. Instead D. Regardless

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

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

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.B

7.A

8.C

9.C

10.D

11.D

12.C

13.B

14.A

15.D

16.D

17.B

18.A

19.B

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：未遭破坏的土地、大量的财富、丰富的自然资源和劳动力，这些都是促使英国成为工业革命的中心的重要因素。但是仅有这些还是不够的，还缺少的是具有创造性的人。与科学家致力于科学研究不同，发明家注重发明创造出来具有使用价值的工具。

1.A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply未遭破坏的土地、大量的财富、丰富的自然资源和劳动力，这些都是促使英国成为工业革命的中心的重要因素，故选C。

2. they were not enough.但仅有这些是不够的，前后句表示转折，故选A。

3.Something 43 was needed...还需要一些其它的条件来开启工业革命的进程，修饰不定代词时，else放在不定代词的后面，故选A。

4.who could invent machines”可知，这些人必须具有创造性和创新能力，这样他们才能发明出来机器，故选D。

5.find new of power能够发现新的能源，sources of power能源，故选B。

6.The men who the machines这里指发明机器的人，故选B。

7.The men... from many backgrounds发明机器的人来自不同的背景和不同的职业，come from出自，来自，与后面background搭配,意为“出于......背景”。stem from意为“起源于”，如：Her interest in books stems from her childhood.她对书本的兴趣是从童年开始的。故选A。

8.Many of them were inventors than scientists.他们中的很多人与其说是科学家，不如说是发明家，more...than...与其说......，倒不如说......，该搭配强调的是前者，否定后者，故选C。

9.A man who is a scientist is primarily interested in doing his research一个纯粹的科学家只是把兴趣都放在理论研究上，而发明家是务实的，故选C。

10.interested in doing his research .科学家只是力求实验研究的精确性，故选D。

11.He is not necessarily working that his findings can be used.科学家的研究成果不一定能够用于实际的工作中，so that以便于，表示目的，常与情态动词连用，故选D。

12.An inventor or one interested in applied science is trying to make something that has a concrete use一个发明家或热衷于把科学用于实践的人总是努力制作一些有具体用途的东西，故选C。

13.He may try to solve a problem by the theories...一个发明家会通过运用科学理论来解决问题，故选B。

14.the theories science科学的理论，这里表示所属关系，故选A。

15. of说到；think of考虑，认为；instead of代替，而不是；regardless of不管，不顾。根据“he is working to obtain a result”可知，发明家注重结果而不管使用什么方法，故选D。

16.a harvesting machine,...the burning of a light bulb...many other objectives”和本段首句“to make something that has a concrete use”可知，发明家的目的是创造出有具体用途的工具，故选D。

17.Most of the people who the machines根据第一段“who could invent machines”可知，这里指的是发明机器的人，develop在此意为“开发，研制”，故选B。

18.who had or no training in science甚至很少或没有接受过科学训练的人，根据and后面的no可知前面的词与no的意思相近，little几乎没有，修饰不可数名词，故选A。

19. a groundwork had not been laid by scientists如果没有科学家早年的研究作为基础，那些在科学上接受过很少或没有接受过教育的人就不可能有所发明创造。这里是if引导的虚拟条件句，对过去的事实进行虚拟，故选B。

20. before多年以前，before与完成时连用，故选D。

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