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.
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A.very |
B.a lot |
C.much |
D.most |
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A.bought |
B.made |
C.introduced |
D.did |
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A.electrical |
B.atomic |
C.oil |
D.steam |
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A.troubles |
B.success |
C.people |
D.pleasure |
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A.buy |
B.kill |
C.interest |
D.take away |
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A.smoke |
B.noise |
C.engine |
D.driver |
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A.pull down |
B.blow away |
C.pass |
D.set fire to |
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A.few |
B.most |
C.only a few |
D.the rich |
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A.said |
B.spoke |
C.warned |
D.told |
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A.roads |
B.rivers |
C.rails |
D.steam |
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A.full of |
B.short of |
C.empty of |
D.without |
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A.dangerous |
B.no great danger |
C.a lot of danger |
D.few danger |
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A.difficult |
B.easy |
C.pleasant |
D.light |
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A.get |
B.cause |
C.force |
D.make |
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A.some time |
B.sometime |
C.a few times |
D.sometimes |
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A.was driven |
B.was sold |
C.was pulled |
D.helped |
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A.believed |
B.seemed |
C.proved |
D.sensed |
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A.when |
B.of |
C.while |
D.for |
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A.caught sight of |
B.listened to |
C.thought |
D.heard |
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A.in the distance |
B.nearby |
C.on the far |
D.from the distance |
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