题目内容：

 

       阅读下面短文，掌握其大意．然后从各题所给的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  1in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution.  2they were not enough. Something else was needed to start the industrial process. That "something special" was men ——  3individuals who could invent machines, find new 4of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society. The men who created the machines of the Industrial Revolution  5from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were  6inventors than scientists. A man who is a pure scientist is primarily interested in doing his research  7.He is not necessarily working  8that 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  9the theories  10science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain a   11result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb（灯泡）, or one of  12other objectives. Most of the people who  13the 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  14a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years 15.

1.A. cases                 B. reasons              C. factors                  D. situations

2.A. But                       B. And                   C. Besides                  D. Even

3.A. generating             B. effective            C. motivating              D. creative

4.A. origins                  B. sources             C. bases                    D. discoveries

5.A. came                   B. arrived               C. stemmed                D. appeared

6.A. less                             B. better                      C. more                   D. worse

7.A. happily                 B. occasionally       C. reluctantly              D. accurately

8.A. now                            B. and                   C. all                         D. so

9.A. planning                B. using                 C. idea                     D. means

10.A. of                          B. with                  C. to                          D. as

11.A. single                     B. sole                   C. specialized             D. specific

12.A. few                        B. those               C. many                    D. all

13.A. proposed                B. developed        C. supplied                 D. offered

14.A. as                          B. if                     C. because                 D. while

15.A. ago                        B. past                  C. ahead                    D. before