The famous British inventor George Stephenson was born in 1781 and died in 1848. One of his_ _16_ _important inventions was the train.  He _ 17_ _his first train when he was forty-four years old. When he was experimenting with the _ _18_ _engine on the train, he met with _ _19__ from the government, the newspapers and the gentlemen in the country. They said that the noise and the smoke would _ _20_ _ cows, horses and sheep, that the _ 21_ _ would burst or that the hot coals from it would __ 22_ their houses. At that time, _ _23_ _people believed what they said. George Stephenson __ 24 __the people that the train could go on small _ 25 _, could pull carriages __ 26 _goods and passengers and there was _ _27_ _to them. It was a very __28_ _ matter for him to _ _29 __ them believe. However, after _ 30 _, he was able to do it; and the first train that __ 31 __by Stephenson himself __ 32 _ what he had said. The first day _ 33 _the people along the way _ 34_ the noises of the train __35__ and saw it running quickly to them, they ran back home as quickly as they could and closed their doors tightly, for they thought it a genius(妖怪).They did not dare to come out until it had passed. 小题1: A．very B．a lot C．most D．much 小题2: A．made B．bought C．introduced D．did 小题3: A．electrical B．soil C．steam D．oil 小题4: A．success B．troubles C．people D．pleasure 小题5: A．kill B．buy C．interest D．take away 小题6: A．smoke B．noise C．driver D．engine 小题7: A．pull down B．blow away C．set fire to D．pass 小题8: A．most B．few C．only a few D．the rich 小题9: A．said B．spoke C．told D．warned 小题10: A．roads B．rivers C．steam D．rails 小题11: A．short of B．full of C．empty of D．without 小题12: A．no great er B．erous C．a lot of er D．few er 小题13: A．easy B．difficult C．pleasant D．light 小题14: A．get B．cause C．make D．force 小题15: A．sometime B．some time C．a few times D．sometimes 小题16: A．was sold B．was driven C．was pulled D．helped 小题17: A．believed B．seemed C．sensed D．proved 小题18: A．of B．when C．while D．for 小题19: A．caught sight of B．listened to C．heard D．thought 小题20: A．nearby B．in the distance C．on the far D．from the distance