Question

 Long long ago, man had only the sun and the moon for light. After they learned to 1 fire，they carried burning sticks to  2their way. Later they learned to  3 sticks into fat. The burning fat had a bright light and4 longer. After man learned to use a wick (燈芯).they 5candles which were improved as time went by. People still use 6 today.

  Later man made many kinds of oil lamps. These lamps 7coal oil(煤油)and had glass chimneys(燈罩).Later the gas light which needed 8 wicks nor chimneys was developed. All these lights had one thing in common——they had to be lighted 9 a fire.

  In 1897 ，Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. It can be 10 without a fire.
(   ) 1. A. make    B. do

       C. take    D. find

(   ) 2.A. do    B. have

      C. make    D. light

(   ) 3. A. come    B. go

       C. put    D. take

(   ) 4. A. stayed    B. worked

      C. made    D. lasted

(   ) 5. A. made    B. used

       C. invented    D. did

(   ) 6. A. fire    B. sticks

      C. candles    D. fat

(   ) 7. A. blew    B. burned

      C. fought    D. lighted

(   ) 8. A. neither    B. either

       C. both         D.all 

(   ) 9. A. as      B.like

      C. with    D. without

(   ) 10. A. lighting    B. lighted

       C. lights    D. light

Answer 1

l.A句意"在他們學(xué)會(huì)生火之后"，make fire意為"生火"，故選A。

2. D句意"他們用點(diǎn)燃的木棍照亮路"，light在此為動(dòng)詞，意為"照亮"。

3. C put ... into…意為"把……插入……中"。

4. D stay意為"停留，留下";work意為"工作"；make意為"使，讓";last意為"持續(xù)，延續(xù)"，故選D。

5. C

6. C根據(jù)上下文及常識(shí)可知，人們直到現(xiàn)在還在使用蠟燭，故選C。

7. B brim意為"燃燒"，符合句意。

8. A根據(jù)句意以及提示詞"nor"可知應(yīng)使用neither ... nor ...意為"既不……也不……"。

9. C    在四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，只有with表示"以某種方式，用……"，故選C。

10. B電燈被點(diǎn)亮是被動(dòng)關(guān)系，用動(dòng)詞的過(guò)去分詞，故選B。