A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply—all these were important 1 in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution. 2 they were not enough. Something 3 was needed to start the industrial process. That "something special" was men—4 individuals who could invent machines, find new 5 of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.
The men who 6 the machines of the Industrial Revolution 7 from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were 8 inventors than scientists. A man who is a 9 scientist is primarily interested in doing his research 10 .He is not necessarily working 11 that his findings can be used.
An inventor or one interested in applied science is 12 trying to make something that has a concrete use. He may try to solve a problem by 13 the theories 14 science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain a 15 result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of 16 other objectives.
Most of the people who 17 the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not trained scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had 18 or no training in science might not have made their inventions 19 a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years 20 .
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.genuine 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 .all D .never
13.A.planning B .using C .idea D .means
14.A.of B .with C .to D .as
15.A.single B .sole C. specialized D .specific
16.A.few B .those C .many D .all
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
If you have ever been discouraged because of failure,please read on.For often,achieving what you ___ to do is not the important thing.Let me explain.
Two brothers decided to dig a ____ hole behind their house.As they were working,a couple of older boys stopped by to ____.
“What are you doing?”asked one of the visitors.
“We plan to dig a hole all the way through the earth!”One of the brothers ____ excitedly.
The older boys began to laugh,____ the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was ____.After a long ____,one of the diggers picked up a jar full of spiders,worms and a wide variety of insects.He ____ the lid and showed the wonderful contents to the scoffing (嘲笑) ____.
Then he said quietly and ____,“Even if we don’t dig all the way through the earth,look what we have found along the way!”
Their ____ was far too ambitious,but it did ____ them to dig.And that is what a goal is for-to cause us to move in the ____ we have chosen;____ to set us to digging!
But not every goal will be fully ____.Not every job will end successfully.Not every relationship will endure.Not every hope will come to pass.Not every love will last.Not every endeavor will be completed.Not every dream will be ____.
But when you ____ your aim,perhaps you can say,“Yes,____ look at what I found along the way!Look at the wonderful things which have come into my life because I tried to do something!”
It is in the ____ that life is lived.And I believe it is joy in the journey,in the end,that truly ____.
A.look forward B.set out C.set about D.give in
A.wide B.deep C.large D.shallow
A.watch B.discuss C.introduce D.instruct
A.whispered B.commented C.lectured D.volunteered
A.expressing B.explaining C.telling D.arguing
A.unnecessary B.impossible C.unbelievable D.incorrect
A.silence B.intention C.recreation D.imagination
A.folded B.covered C.removed D.deleted
A.volunteers B.hunters C.contributors D.visitors
A.confidently B.curiously C.immediately D.strictly
A.idea B.thought C.goal D.belief
A.make B.expect C.cause D.force
A.decision B.feeling C.chance D.direction
A.as a result B.in other words C.now and then D.all the way
A.achieved B.absorbed C.controlled D.decided
A.predicted B.grasped C.realized D.depended
A.correspond to B.head for C.live up to D.fall short of
A.but B.so C.and D.or
A.searching B.digging C.arranging D.discovering
A.regards B.proves C.occurs D.matters
I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard my name called for the leading role in our high school play.Mrs.Dermitt,my drama teacher,had been looking for someone to play an energetic boy in a comedy.Luckily for me,she thought that I could handle the ____.
That afternoon my friend Kevin and I talked ____about the play.Although Kevin hadn’t been ____ for a part onstage,his job with the set crew was important to the success of the play.I told him I was a little ____ because I had a lot of lines to memorize.
“You can do it.”He said.I knew I could ____ him:we had been friends since the third grade,and we ____ a good team.
Preparations for the play moved at a rapid pace.While working hard with the set crew,Kevin ____ spent hours helping me learn my lines.I noticed he often said my lines with me by silently moving his lips.We ____ that he could probably play my part as well as I could.
Three days before the ____ night,everything was ready for the performance.But when I woke up ____ a fever and sore throat on the day of the play,the entire production came to a sudden ____.Everyone in the drama department was worried,____ there was no way I could perform.The play was ____ to open in fewer than six hours,and we had no time to cancel.I tried to think of a way to ____.Then it hit me-Kevin knew the ____ as well as I did.I called Mrs.Dermitt to give her my ____.Within a few short hours,Kevin stood onstage in costume and makeup.He gave a wonderful performance.The amusing lines he had ____ with me so many times made the crowd laugh and cheer.In a strange turn of events,Kevin and I had ____ the day for everyone by working as a team.
Of course,I was terribly disappointed to have ____ my chance in the spotlight,but I was extremely ____ to have such a good friend.
A.part B.play C.band D.crew
A.calmly B.seriously C.excitedly D.anxiously
A.elected B.chosen C.invited D.trained
A.upset B.bored C.nervous D.confused
A.count on B.tend to C.talk with D.agree with
A.joined B.founded C.took D.made
A.also B.only C.still D.simply
A.expected B.debated C.agreed D.joked
A.final B.special C.opening D.greeting
A.with B.from C.in D.by
A.change B.turn C.stop D.end
A.for B.but C.and D.so
A.likely B.ready C.sure D.due
A.pass B.help C.care D.face
A.steps B.lines C.points D.cases
A.introduction B.instruction C.explanation D.suggestion
A.scanned B.grasped C.practiced D.presented
A.valued B.saved C.left D.kept
A.offered B.avoided C.risked D.missed
A.successful B.thankful C.trustful D.hopeful
In three days I will leave China behind for a few weeks and head back to Australia to spend time with my family and friends. This will be a very trip for me as, for the first time ever, I will not be to my hometown. You see, my parents sold their house in my hometown and moved about 500 kilometers away.
As it me that I would be returning to a whole new place, I was with two questions: Do I still have a hometown? Where is my home? I needed to do some research.
After reading A Story from the Chinese Diaspora, I learned I was not alone in feeling about where I call home. In the story, a Chinese American girl with finding her identity and her past with her present. I realized the place we live now and the place we lived then, have a great over who we are, where we long to be and where we feel and safety.
Back to My Motherland of a woman who left her motherland years ago and started a new life in America--the place she now calls home. But, some people move on from their hometown and a new life somewhere else, others have a strong to the city that they grew up in. In Hometown Boy we learn of a man who clings(坚持) to his and continues to make his hometown a of his life for now and for the future. He makes it his to give back to the community that has given so much to him and his family.
As I the days until I head back to my motherland and where exactly my home is, I am to decide where my heart is. And quite , my heart is wherever I am.
A.unique B.serious C.strange D.curious
A.removing B.referring C.returning D.relating
A.impressed B.clarified C.occurred D.struck
A.satisfied B.presented C.appointed D.charged
A.excited B.convinced C.depressed D.confused
A.sticks B.struggles C.starts D.supplies
A.connecting B.consulting C.confirming D.contenting
A.difference B.influence C.impression D.advantage
A.unrest B.tension C.comfort D.stress
A.tells B.shows C.talks D.learns
A.why B.how C.while D.where
A.expand B.trend C.survive D.build
A.commitment B.attachment C.devotion D.ambition
A.bases B.rules C.roots D.tasks
A.part B.sign C.role D.soul
A.urge B.duty C.conduct D.purpose
A.account for B.appeal to C.centre upon D.count down
A.foresee B.remind C.consider D.expect
A.forced B.annoyed C.sacred D.directed
A.awfully B.gently C.merely D.simply
Try It a Different Way
Bobby Moresco grew up in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen, a tough working-class neighbourhood on Manhattan’s West Side. By tradition he ______ have been, like his father or like most of his childhood pals, a construction worker or a policeman. But he wanted ______. Attracted by the bright lights from the time Bobby was a teen, he tried to act. “I wasn’t a ______ actor, but I had a driving need to do something ______ with my life,” he said.
He moved to Hollywood, promising to find his ______. But he didn’t make ______. For almost 10 years, he drove a taxi and worked as a waiter, ______ at an actors’ workshop that he opened in Hollywood. But Moresco kept working at his ______ career.
In 1983 his younger brother was murdered in a mob-linked killing. Moresco moved back to his ______ neighbourhood. In 1988 he finally wrote a play that was ______ to his life. Called Half-Deserted Streets, it was based on his brother’s ______ and staged at a small theater. A Hollywood producer ______ to see it and asked him to work on a screenplay.
His ______ grew, and he got enough assignments to move back to Hollywood. However, it was never easy. By 2003, he was _____ out of work and out of cash ______ he got a call from Paul Haggis, a director who had befriended him. The two worked on the script but every studio ______ it down. Moresco believed so ______ in the script that he borrowed money, and sold his house. At last the writers found an independent film producer who would take a chance.
The movie, Crash, ______ into the theatres in May 2005, and quietly became both a hit and a critical success. It won three Academy Awards---Best Picture, Best Film Editing and Best Writing.
At the age of 54, Bobby Moresco became an ______ success. “If you have something you want to do in life, don’t think about the problems,” he says, “think about the ______ to get it done.”
A.must B.should C.can D.need
A.over B.far C.out D.up
A.simple B.strict C.firm D.good
A.different B.impressive C.effective D.special
A.occasion B.treasure C.fortune D.possibility
A.it B.one C.this D.that
A.communicating B.entertaining C.practicing D.volunteering
A.afforded B.chosen C.respected D.offered
A.early B.worn C.old D.passed
A.turned B.pointed C.belonged D.related
A.arresting B.injuring C.killing D.shooting
A.advised B.happened C.intended D.planned
A.influence B.ambition C.success D.reputation
A.again B.even C.finally D.still
A.before B.when C.since D.while
A.let B.looked C.took D.turned
A.strongly B.hardly C.deeply D.bravely
A.moved B.slipped C.fell D.put
A.effortless B.enjoyable C.overnight D.optimistic
A.ways B.lines C.manners D.actions
One afternoon I toured an art museum and I was looking forward to a quiet view of the masterpieces(名作) A young couple viewing the paintings ahead of me talked between themselves. I watched them a moment and she was doing all the talking.
I admired his patience for up with her talkativeness. Annoyed by their noise, I moved on.
I with them several times as I moved through the various rooms of art. I heard her constant flood of words, I moved quickly. I was making a purchase(购买) at the counter of the gift shop when I the couple approaching(靠近) the exit. Before they left, the man took out a and then tapped his way into the coatroom to get his wife’s jacket.
“He’s a man,” the clerk at the counter said. “Most of us would if we were blinded at such a young age. During his recovery, he made a vow(发誓) that his life wouldn’t . So, as before he and his wife come in there’s a new art show.”
“But does he get out of the art?” I asked. “He can’t see.”
“Can’t see! You’re . He sees a lot. More than you or I do,” the clerk said.. “His wife each painting so he can see it in his .”
I something about patience, courage and love that day. I saw the of a young wife describing paintings to a person without and the courage of a husband who would not allow blindness to change his life. And I saw the love by two people as I watched this couple walk away hand in hand.
A.continuously B.carefully C.hardly D.lively
A.commanded B.Suggested C.decided D.insisted
A.keeping B.staying C.coming D.putting
A.met B.quarreled C.viewed D.compared
A.As though B.Now that C.Each time D.Ever since
A.up B.away C.in D.out
A.watched B.considered C.realized D.noticed
A.walking stick B.walking dog C.cell phone D.wallet
A.patient B.unlucky C.brave D.clever
A.give in B.give up C.give away D.give back
A.worsen B.change C.end D.darken
A.whenever B.wherever C.however D.whoever
A.how B.if C.whether D.what
A.right B.wrong C.foolish D.careless
A.paints B.buys C.admires D.Describes
A.spirits B.ears C.head D.soul
A.learned B.found C.judged D.considered
A.kindness B.words C.courage D.patience
A.stop B.sight C.complaint D.delay
A.shown B.valued C.shared D.Received