阅读下面短文，掌握其大意．然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A land free from destruction（毁灭，破坏）, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply —— all these were important
1 in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution.
2 they were not enough. Something else was needed to start the industrial process. That "something special" was men ——
3 individuals who could invent machines, find new
4 of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society. The men who created the machines of the Industrial Revolution
5 from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were
6 inventors than scientists. A man who is a pure scientist is primarily interested in doing his research
7 .He is not necessarily working
8 that his findings can be used. An inventor or one interested in applied science is all trying to make something that has a concrete use. He may try to solve a problem by
9 the theories
10 science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain a
11 result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb（灯泡）, or one of
12 other objectives. Most of the people who
13 the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not trained scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had little or no training in science might not have made their inventions
14 a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years
15 .
| 小题1: | | A．cases | B．reasons | C．factors | D．situations |
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| 小题2: | | A．But | B．And | C．Besides | D．Even |
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| 小题3: | | A．generating | B．effective | C．motivating | D．creative |
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| 小题4: | | A．origins | B．sources | C．bases | D．discoveries |
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| 小题5: | | A．came | B．arrived | C．stemmed | D．appeared |
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| 小题6: | | A．less | B．better | C．more | D．worse |
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| 小题7: | | A．happily | B．occasionally | C．reluctantly | D．accurately |
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| 小题9: | | A．planning | B．using | C．idea | D．means |
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| 小题11: | | A．single | B．sole | C．specialized | D．specific |
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| 小题12: | | A．few | B．those | C．many | D．all |
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| 小题13: | | A．proposed | B．developed | C．supplied | D．offered |
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| 小题14: | | A．as | B．if | C．because | D．while |
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| 小题15: | | A．ago | B．past | C．ahead | D．before |
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