The famous British inventor George Stephenson was born in 1781 and died in 1848. One of hisimportant inventions was the train. Hehis first train when he was forty-four years old. When he was experimenting with theengine on the train, he met withfrom the government, the newspapers and the gentlemen in the country. They said that the noise and the smoke wouldcows, horses and sheep, that thewould burst or that the hot coals from it wouldtheir houses. At that time,people believed what they said. George Stephensonthe people that the train could go on small, could pull carriagesgoods and passengers and there wasto them. It was a verymatter for him tothem believe. However, after, he was able to do it; and the first train thatby Stephenson himselfwhat he had said. The first daythe people along the waythe noises of the trainand 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.
试题分析：文章讲述的是史蒂芬制造火车的故事。英国发明家史蒂芬最重要的发明之一就是火车，史蒂芬在他44岁时制造了第一列火车。当时的政府和各界人士都不相信史蒂芬说的话，认为他制造的蒸汽机车会给他们带来危害。 【小题1】考查副词辨析。A很，非常；B很，非常，常常；C很，非常；D最。one of one’s/the+最高级+名词复数，意为“最......之一”，故选D。 【小题2】考查动词辨析。A购买；B使，做，制造，制作，建造；C介绍，引进；D做，表现。Hehis first train史蒂芬制造他的第一列火车，故选B。 【小题3】考查形容词和名词。A用电的；B自动的；C油，石油；D蒸汽。根据下面两行中的“the noise and the smoke...the hot coals”可知，史蒂芬使用蒸汽作为火车的动力，故选D。 【小题4】考查名词辨析。A麻烦；B成功；C人；D乐趣。根据“They said that the noise and the smoke wouldcows, horses and sheep, that the...”可知，政府、报纸和富绅们认为蒸汽机车发出的噪音和冒出的烟会杀死牲畜，说明史蒂芬遇到了麻烦，故选A。 【小题5】考查动词辨析。A购买；B杀死；C使感兴趣；D带走。the noise and the smoke wouldcows, horses and sheep蒸汽机车发出的噪音和冒出的烟会杀死奶牛、马和羊，只有B项符合语境，故选B。 【小题6】考查名词辨析。A烟；B噪音；C发动机；D司机。that thewould burst他们认为火车的发动机会爆炸，故选C。 【小题7】考查动词短语。A拆毁，使虚弱；B吹掉；C经过，通过；D使......着火，点燃。that the hot coals from it wouldtheir houses他们认为火车里燃烧着的煤炭会烧着他们的房屋，故选D。 【小题8】考查副词辨析。A很少；B大部分，大多数；C仅仅一些；D富人。根据第三段“for they thought it a genius(妖怪)”可知，大部分的人都赞同他们的说法，故选B。 【小题9】考查动词辨析。A说；B说(语言)，演讲；C警告，提醒；D告诉。tell sb sth告诉某人某事，George Stephensonthe people that...史蒂芬告诉人们......，故选D。 【小题10】考查名词辨析。A道路；B河流；C铁轨，轨道；D蒸汽。the train could go on small,火车是在轨道上跑的，故选C。 【小题11】考查短语辨析。A充满；B不足，缺乏；C空的；D没有。could pull carriagesgoods and passengers火车可以拉着载满货物和乘客的车厢来回跑，故选A。 【小题12】考查形容词辨析。 A危险的；B没有危害；C很危险；few修饰可数名词，排除D。and there wasto them史蒂芬告诉人们火车不会对他们造成危害，故选B。 【小题13】考查形容词辨析。A困难的；B容易的；C令人愉快的；D轻的。It was a verymatter for him tothem believe.让人们相信史蒂芬说的话是很困难的一件事，故选A。 【小题14】考查动词辨析。A使，得到；B引起，造成；C迫使；D使，制作。get/cause/force sb to do sth，make sb do sth使某人做某事，只有make后跟动词原形作宾补，故选D。 【小题15】考查副词辨析。A一段时间；B(将来或过去的)某时；C几次/倍；D有时。after, he was able to do it过了一段时间之后，史蒂芬终于可以实验他的蒸汽机车了，故选A。 【小题16】考查被动语态。A被驾驶；B被出售；C被拉；D帮助。the first train thatby Stephenson himself这里指的是由史蒂芬亲自驾驶的火车，故选A。 【小题17】考查动词辨析。A相信；B似乎；C证明，证实；D感觉到。what he had said史蒂芬亲自驾驶的火车证实了他所说的话，即火车不会给人们带来危害，故选C。 【小题18】考查连词辨析。A当......时，既然；B......的；C在......期间，后跟延续性动词；D为，给。the people...是定语从句，先行词指时间，从句不缺少成分，用when引导定语从句，故选A。 【小题19】考查动词和动词短语。A看见；B听，表示听的动作；C认为，考虑；D听到。the people along the waythe noises of the train沿途的人们听到了火车发车的噪音，hear表示结果，listen to表示听的动作，故选D。 【小题20】考查短语辨析。A在远处；B附近；根据“and saw it running quickly to them”可知，火车从远处向人们驶来，故选A。 考点：历史类短文阅读