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Cloze(完形填空) 　　When he was ten, Edison built his own chemistry 　　1　　．He sold sandwiches and newspapers on the local trains in order to earn money to buy 　　2　　 for his laboratory．His parents became used, more or less, 　　3　　 his experiments, which sometimes 　　4　　 the house． 　　Edison’s work as a salesboy with the railway introduced him to the 　　5　　 and, with a friend, he built his own telegraph set．He taught 　　6　　 the Morse telegraphic code and hoped for the chance to become a professional telegraph 　　7　　．A stroke of luck and Edison’s quick thinking soon provided the 　　8　　． 　　One day as young Edison stood 　　9　　 for a train to arrive, he saw the station master’s 　　10　　 wander into the track of an approaching train．Edison 　　11　　 and carried the boy to safety．The thankful station master 　　12　　 to teach Edison railway telegraphy．Afterwards, in 1863, he became an 　　13　　 telegraph operator and left home to work in various cities． 　　Six years later, in 1869, Edison arrived in New York City, poor and 　　14　　 debt．He went to work with a telegraph company．　　15　　 was here that he became interested in the 　　16　　 of electricity．At that time electricity was still in the 　　17　　 stage, and Edison hoped to invent new ways to use it for the 　　18　　 of people．As he once said,“My philosophy of life is work．I want to bring out the 　　19　　 of nature and apply them for the happiness of man．I know of no 　　20　　 work to do for the short time we are in this world．” (1) [　　] A． workshop B． room C． laboratory D． store (2) [　　] A． books B． supplies C． medicine D． instruments (3) [　　] A． at B． to C． on D． of (4) [　　] A． destroyed B． injured C． burned down D． shook (5) [　　] A． telegraph B． radio C． chemistry D． locomotive (6) [　　] A． others B． him C． himself D． his own (7) [　　] A． manager B． technician C． engineer D． operator (8) [　　] A． equipments B． opportunity C． furniture D． shed (9) [　　] A． longing B． looking C． waiting D． expecting (10) [　　] A． mother B． father C． son D． daughter (11) [　　] A． rushed out B． walked out C． went on D． stepped (12) [　　] A． offered B． wanted C． long D． promised (13) [　　] A． ordinary B． excellent C． old D． honest (14) [　　] A． out of B． owning C． with D． in (15) [　　] A． He B． There C． It D． Its (16) [　　] A． production B． function C． uses D． amount (17) [　　] A． inventing B． second C． underground D． experimental (18) [　　] A． benefit B． use C． interest D． life (19) [　　] A． truth B． secrets C． force D． strength (20) [　　] A． good B． better C． best D． bad

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．B;3．B;4．D;5．A;6．C;7．D;8．B;9．C;10．C;11．A;12．A;13．B;14．D;15．C;16．C;17．D;18．A;19．B;20．B;
解析：

(1)	从下文空2后面，可知爱迪生建立了自己的化学“实验室”。
(2)	该空用supplies表示“供应品；用品”最佳，supplies涵盖了books, medicine和instruments，其他三项都不够全面。
(3)	此处为表示“习惯于”的become used to, more or less把这个短语分成了两部分。
(4)	从当时的情况判断，爱迪生家境并不好，如果因做实验而“破坏”或“烧毁”房屋，其父母是不可能习惯和接受的，此处用shook表示“震动，颤动”才符合逻辑。injure意为“伤害”，其宾语多为“人”。
(5)	从下文看此处应选telegraph，指开始接触“电报”。
(6)	刚刚接触电报，爱迪生不可能去教“别人”，此处应选反身代词himself, teach oneself意为“自学”。
(7)	从13空后面可知爱迪生这时希望有机会成为的是专职telegraph operator。
(8)	opportunity意为“机会”。
(9)	expect为及物动词，后面不接介词for; long for意为“(心理上)渴望”；look for意为“寻找”；wait for意为“(时间上)等待”。爱迪生在卖东西，所以用“等待”最佳。
(10)	从下文11空后的boy可知应选son。
(11)	rush out意为“猛跑，狂奔”，最适合当时救人的危急情景。
(12)	站长教爱迪生铁路电报是为表示感谢，此处用offer表示“主动提出”，比表示“想要”的want和“答应”的promise都要恰当。
(13)	从空后的work in various cities可推断爱迪生做得相当不错，所以选excellent。
(14)	in debt为固定短语，意为“负债”，与前面的poor保持一致，适合当时的情景。
(15)	该句为强调句型，强调了地点状语here。
(16)	从17空后面的to invent new ways to use it可判断爱迪生对电的“用处”产生了兴趣。
(17)	选D项表示“尚在实验阶段”。
(18)	benefit意为“好处，利益”。
(19)	bring out意为“使显现，显出”，此处指发现大自然的“奥秘”。空后面的them为复数代词，是一个很好的暗示。
(20)	该句为比较句的省略，本句意为“相对于我们在这个世界上的短暂时光，没有比发现大自然的奥秘、应用于人类幸福更好的工作”。