阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The famous British inventor George Stephenson was born in 1781 and died in 1848. One of his    important inventions was the train. He    his first train when he was forty-four years old. When he was experimenting with the    engine on the train, he met with    from the government, the newspapers and the gentlemen in the country. They said that the noise and the smoke would    cows, horses and sheep, that the    would burst or that the hot coals from it would     their houses. At that time,      people believed what they said.
George Stephenson        the people that the train could go on small         , could pull carriages   goods and passengers and there was    to them. It was a very    matter for him to     them believe. However, after     , he was able to do it; and the first train that        by Stephenson himself    what he had said.
The first day     the people along the way     the noises of the train    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.

A．very B．a lot C．much D．most

A．bought B．made C．introduced D．did

A．electrical B．atomic C．oil D．steam

A．troubles B．success C．people D．pleasure

A．buy B．kill C．interest D．take away

A．smoke B．noise C．engine D．driver

A．pull down B．blow away C．pass D．set fire to

A．few B．most C．only a few D．the rich

A．said B．spoke C．warned D．told

A．roads B．rivers C．rails D．steam

A．full of B．short of C．empty of D．without

A．dangerous B．no great danger C．a lot of danger D．few danger

A．difficult B．easy C．pleasant D．light

A．get B．cause C．force D．make

A．some time B．sometime C．a few times D．sometimes

A．was driven B．was sold C．was pulled D．helped

A．believed B．seemed C．proved D．sensed

A．when B．of C．while D．for

A．caught sight of B．listened to C．thought D．heard

A．in the distance B．nearby C．on the far D．from the distance