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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)	從下文空2后面，可知愛迪生建立了自己的化學(xué)“實(shí)驗(yàn)室”。
(2)	該空用supplies表示“供應(yīng)品；用品”最佳，supplies涵蓋了books, medicine和instruments，其他三項(xiàng)都不夠全面。
(3)	此處為表示“習(xí)慣于”的become used to, more or less把這個短語分成了兩部分。
(4)	從當(dāng)時的情況判斷，愛迪生家境并不好，如果因做實(shí)驗(yàn)而“破壞”或“燒毀”房屋，其父母是不可能習(xí)慣和接受的，此處用shook表示“震動，顫動”才符合邏輯。injure意為“傷害”，其賓語多為“人”。
(5)	從下文看此處應(yīng)選telegraph，指開始接觸“電報”。
(6)	剛剛接觸電報，愛迪生不可能去教“別人”，此處應(yīng)選反身代詞himself, teach oneself意為“自學(xué)”。
(7)	從13空后面可知愛迪生這時希望有機(jī)會成為的是專職telegraph operator。
(8)	opportunity意為“機(jī)會”。
(9)	expect為及物動詞，后面不接介詞for; long for意為“(心理上)渴望”；look for意為“尋找”；wait for意為“(時間上)等待”。愛迪生在賣東西，所以用“等待”最佳。
(10)	從下文11空后的boy可知應(yīng)選son。
(11)	rush out意為“猛跑，狂奔”，最適合當(dāng)時救人的危急情景。
(12)	站長教愛迪生鐵路電報是為表示感謝，此處用offer表示“主動提出”，比表示“想要”的want和“答應(yīng)”的promise都要恰當(dāng)。
(13)	從空后的work in various cities可推斷愛迪生做得相當(dāng)不錯，所以選excellent。
(14)	in debt為固定短語，意為“負(fù)債”，與前面的poor保持一致，適合當(dāng)時的情景。
(15)	該句為強(qiáng)調(diào)句型，強(qiáng)調(diào)了地點(diǎn)狀語here。
(16)	從17空后面的to invent new ways to use it可判斷愛迪生對電的“用處”產(chǎn)生了興趣。
(17)	選D項(xiàng)表示“尚在實(shí)驗(yàn)階段”。
(18)	benefit意為“好處，利益”。
(19)	bring out意為“使顯現(xiàn)，顯出”，此處指發(fā)現(xiàn)大自然的“奧秘”�？蘸竺娴膖hem為復(fù)數(shù)代詞，是一個很好的暗示。
(20)	該句為比較句的省略，本句意為“相對于我們在這個世界上的短暫時光，沒有比發(fā)現(xiàn)大自然的奧秘、應(yīng)用于人類幸福更好的工作”。