2016年高二英语寒假作业模拟练习题_其他

2016年高二英语寒假作业模拟练习题

A.couldn’t have smiled B.wouldn’t be smiling

C.didn’t smile D.won’t smile

第二节完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分)

A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply – all these were important 36 in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution. 37 they were not enough. Something 38 was needed to start the industrial process. That “something special was men - 39 individuals who could invent machines, find new 40 of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.

The men who 41 the machines of the Industrial Revolution 42 from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were 43 inventors than scientists. A man who is a 44 scientist is primarily interested in doing his research 45 . He is not necessarily working 46 that his findings can be used.

An inventor or one interested in applied science is 47 trying to make something that had a concrete use. He may try to solve a problem by 48 the theories 49 science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain a 50 result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of 51 other objectives.

Most of the people who 52 the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not trained scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had 53 or no training in science might not have made their inventions 54 a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years 55 .