24、第6部分：完型填空 (每题1分，共15分)
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The Invention of the Television
In the nineteenth century, the invention of the telegraph made it possible to send noises, signals, and even music over wires from one place to another. However, the human voice __1__this way. Many inventors tried to find a __2__ to send a voice over wires, and in1876 __3__their efforts were crowned with success. __4__American inventors, Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray, __5__ at almost the same time. The __6__ finally had to decide which of the two __7__ the first inventors of the telephone. The court decided __8__ Bell's favor.
Born in Edinburg, Scotland, Bell grew up in a family __9__ was very interested in teaching people __10__. His grandfather had been an actor who left __11__ to teach elocution; his father was a teacher __12__ deaf-mutes learn how to speak.
However, probably none of the __13__ inventions gave Bell the same feeling of triumph __14__ he had on the day when he spilled __15__ acid from his batteries. It was after he had worked for months to find ways to send something more than metallic twangs over the wires. Thinking Watson, his helper, was in the next room, Bell called, “Mr. Watson, come here. I want you. ” Watson was not in the next room. He was down in his laboratory, next to the receiver. To Watson’s surprise, he heard the words perfectly. He ran to tell Bell the news: the wires had carried Bell’s voice perfectly.
1. A) had never traveled B) never had traveled C) was never traveled D) never was traveled
2. A) solution B) key C) way D) mean
3. A) Two B) The two C) The two of D) Of two
4. A) was succeeded B) have succeeded C) Succeeded D) was succeeding
5. A) was B) to be C) being D) having been
标准答案： A,C,A,C,A
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6. A) at B) on C) to D) in
7. A) that B) where C) in which D) who
8. A) a theatre B) theatre C) theatres D) the theatre
9. A) which was helped B) that was helped C) who helped D) who has helped
10. A) later B) latter C) lately D) afterwards
标准答案： D,A,D,C,A
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11. A) like B) to C) which D) as
12. A) of B) / C) as D) than
13. A) being his helper B) was his helper C) his helper D) to be his helper
14. A) come here B) come up C) go away D) go down
15. A) besides B) beside C) next D) by
标准答案： D,D,C,A,C
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