Question

电话的发明

Today making a phone call is as common as having a glass of water.But when telephones were invented more than 130 years ago, people _____ that they were dangerous.

In 1876, _____ the first telephone was demonstrated to the public, electricity was _____ new and little understood. Many people had died working with electricity in the early days. That's why most people did not easily accept that it was _____ to hear a human voice through the phone. Many honestly feared the phone would kill them.

But on the morning of March 10, 1876, Alexander Bell, and his assistant Thomas Watson, had no such _____. Bell, and Watson had been _____ hard to make their new invention, the telephone, work. Bell sent his assistant to a room in the basement. In a room upstairs, the telephone inventor spoke seven little _____ into his invention. These simple words _____ the world forever. “Mr. Watson, come here. I want you.”

It's hard to _____ the excitement in the laboratory that day. Mr. Watson did, in fact, hear these words on his receiving machine in the basement. He ______ ran upstairs to announce the ______ news to his boss.

The telephone was born______ March 1876, but it took a few more years for it to ______ respect. Bell had to overcome the fears about electricity before people took his ______ seriously. He also had to convince people there was a need for such a machine.

Today, many people use telephone in their daily life.______ on that day in March 1876, there were only two telephones in the whole world.

Our world surely has changed, don't you think so?

1.A.discussed B.expected C.believed D.explained

2.A.when B.where C.what D.how

3.A.already B.still C.ever D.also

4.A.fair B.simple C.strange D.safe

5.A.fears B.dreams C.methods D.choices

6.A.guessing B.waiting C.saving D.working

7.A.jokes B.words C.sentences D.goals

8.A.changed B.built C.protected D.attracted

9.A.know B.understand C.imagine D.learn

10.A.early B.bravely C.naturally D.quickly

11.A.upset B.terrible C.good D.serious

12.A.at B.on C.in D.with

13.A.cheat B.improve C.get D.forget

14.A.idea B.invention C.plan D.direction

15.A.And B.So C.Or D.But

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.D

11.C

12.C

13.C

14.B

15.D

【解析】

【主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文。本文主要通过电话的发明以及人们对电话认知的态度，从而说明了“我们的世界是一直在变化的”。

1.考查动词词义辨析。discussed讨论；expected期待；believed相信，认为；explained解释。由后文可知早期很多人死于电类的工作，所以此处指人们认为电话很危险，故选C。

2.考查疑问词词义辨析。when什么时候；where在哪里；what什么；how如何，怎样。根据句意可知此处考查when引导的时间状语从句。故选A。

3.考查副词词义辨析。already已经；still依旧；just仅仅；also还。由语境及常识可知那时电仍旧不很常见，故选B。

4.考查形容词词义辨析。fair公平的；simple简单的；strange奇怪的；safe安全的。由前文语境可知人们认为电话很危险，所以此处表示通电话不安全，故选D。

5.考查名词词义辨析。fears恐惧；dreams梦想；methods方法；choices选择。由前文可知人们很害怕电话，但Alexander Bell和他的助手对此并不畏惧，因为这是他们自己的发明。故选A。

6.考查动词词义辨析。guessing猜测；waiting等待；saving 挽救；working 工作。由语境可知两人一直在为自己的发明努力工作，故选D。

7.考查名词词义辨析。jokes笑话；words单词；sentences句子；goals目标。由下文“These simple words __8__ the world forever.” “Mr. Watson, come here. I want you.” 可知是说了七个单词，故选B。

8.考查动词词义辨析。changed改变；built修建；protected保护；attracted吸引。由语境可知电话的诞生改变了世界，故选A。

9.考查动词词义辨析。know知道；understand理解；imagine想象；learn学习，了解。结合语境可知此处应是很难想象实验室里的开心。故选C。

10.考查副词词义辨析。early早地；bravely勇敢地；naturally自然地；quickly快速地。结合上下文语境可知此处是指他快速地跑上楼向他的老板宣布这个好消息。故选D。

11.考查形容词词义辨析。upset苦恼的；terrible糟糕的；good 好的；serious严重的。根据第四段第一句“It's hard to__9__ the excitement in the laboratory that day. ”可知，实验成功后他很兴奋，此处是指好的消息。故选C。

12.考查介词的用法。空后的时间不是具体的某一天，表示“在……”应用介词in。故选C。

13.考查动词词义辨析。cheat欺骗；improve提高；get获得；forget忘记。由语境可知起初人们并不认同电话这个发明，所以很多年后，人们才逐渐接受它。此处指“获得尊重”，故选C。

14.考查名词词义辨析。idea想法；invention发明；plan计划；direction方向。由语境可知此处指他的发明——电话，故选B。

15.考查连词词义辨析。And和；So所以；Or或者；But但是。分析前后句意可知存在转折关系，形成对比，故选D。