题目内容：

The famous British inventor George Stephenson was born in 1781 and died in 1848. One of his    important inventions was the train. He    his first train when he was forty-four years old. When he was experimenting with the    engine on the train, he met with    from the government, the newspapers and the gentlemen in the country. They said that the noise and the smoke would    cows, horses and sheep, that the    would burst or that the hot coals from it would     their houses. At that time,     people believed what they said.

         George Stephenson       the people that the train could go on small         , could pull carriages   goods and passengers and there was    to them. It was a very    matter for him to    them believe. However, after     , he was able to do it; and the first train that       by Stephenson himself    what he had said.

The first day     the people along the way     the noises of the train    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.

1.A. very      B. a lot    C. much       D. most

2.A. bought      B. made        C. introduced      D. did

3.A. electrical B. atomic       C. oil       D. steam

4.A. troubles      B. success    C. people       D. pleasure

5.A. buy       B. kill       C. interest       D. take away

6.A. smoke      B. noise        C. engine       D. driver

7.A. pull down    B. blow away   C. pass           D. set fire to

8.A. few       B. most        C. only a few      D. the rich

9.A. said   B. spoke    C. warned       D. told

10.A. roads      B. rivers        C. rails       D. steam

11.A. full of      B. short of    C. empty of       D. without

12.A. dangerous   B. no great danger  C. a lot of danger         D. few danger

13.A. difficult B. easy          C. pleasant       D. light

14.A. get   B. cause        C. force       D. make

15.A. some time   B. sometime       C. a few times      D. sometimes

16.A. was driven B. was sold        C. was pulled      D. helped

17.A. believed B. seemed    C. proved              D. sensed

18.A. when       B. of             C. while               D. for

19.A. caught sight of   B. listened to   C. thought   D. heard

20.A. in the distance B. nearby     C. on the far D. from the distance