The famous British inventor George Stephenson was born in 1781 and died in 1848. One of his    1    important inventions was the train. He    2    his first train when he was forty-four years old. When he was experimenting with the    3    engine on the train, he met with    4   from the government, the newspapers and the gentlemen in the country. They said that the noise and the smoke would    5    cows, horses and sheep, that the    6    would burst or that the hot coals from it would    7    their houses. At that time,    8    people believed what he said. George Stephenson    9    the people that the train could go on small    10    , could pull carriages    11    goods and passengers and there was    12   to them. It was a very    13    matter for him to make them believe. However after some time, he was able to do it, and the first train that was    14    by George Stephenson himself    15    what he had said.

The first day, when the people along the way    16    the noise of the train    17    and saw it running    18    to them, they ran back home as quickly as they could and closed their    19    tightly, for they thought it a genie（妖怪）. They did not dare to come out    20    it had passed.

1. A. out B. a lot C. most D. much

2. A. made B. bought C. introduced D. did

3. A. electrical B. atomic C. steam D. gas

4. A. success B. troubles C. people D. pleasure

5. A. kill B. buy C. interest D. take away

6. A. smoke B. noise C. driver D. engine

7. A. pull down B. blow away C. set fire to D. pass

8. A. most B. few C. only a few D. the rich

9. A. explained B. spoke to C. told D. warned

10. A. roads B. rivers C. steam D. rails

11. A. short of B. full of C. empty of D. without

12. A. no great danger B. dangerous C. pleasant D. much danger

13. A. easy B. difficult C. pleasant D. light

14. A. told B. driven C. pulled D. helped

15. A. believed B. seemed C. sensed D. proved

16. A. caught sight of B. listened to C. heard D. thought

17. A. nearby B. in the distance C. on the far D. from the distance

18. A. silently B. clearly C. quickly D. loudly

19. A. eyes B. ears C. doors D. houses

20. A. until B. before C. then D. while