Question

 Long Long ago ， man had only the sun and the moon for light. After they learned to 1 fire,they carried burning stick to 2 their way. Later they learned to 3 sticks into fat. The burning fat had a bright light and longer. After man learned to use a wick (灯芯)，they 5 candles ， 6 were improved as time went by. People still use 7 today.

Later man made many kinds of oil lamps. These lamps burned coal oil (煤油)and had glass chimneys (灯罩).Later the gas light which needed 8 wicks nor chimneys was developed. All these lights had one thing in common—they had to be lighted 9 a fire.

  In 1897,Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. It can be 10 without a fire.
(   ) 1. A. make    B. do

      C. take    D. find

(   ) 2. A. do    B. have

     C. make    D. light

(   ) 3. A. come    B. go

      C. put    D. take

(   ) 4. A. stayed    B. worked

      C. made    D. lasted

(   ) 5. A. made    B. used

      C. invented    D. did

(   ) 6. A. what    B. who

       C. which    D. why

(   ) 7. A. fire    B. sticks

      C. candles    D. fat

(   ) 8. A. neither    B. either

       C. both    D. all

(   ) 9. A. as    B. like

      C. with    D. without

(   ) 10. A. lighting    B. lighted

       C. lights    D. light

Answer 1

l.A句意"在他们学会生火之后"，make fire生火，故选A。

2. D句意"他们用点燃的木棍照亮路"，light在此为动词，意为"照亮"。

3. C put…into.•••••意为"把.•••••插人……中"。

4. D stay"停留，留下";work"工作";make."使，让"；last"持续，延续"，故选D。

5. C

6. C此句为定语从句，用关系代词which引导。

7. C根据上下文及常识可知人们直到现在还在使用蜡烛，故选C。

8. A根据句意以及提示词"nor"可知应使用neither... nor...意为"既不…-.也不……"。

9. C    在四个选项中，只有with表示"以某种方式，用……"，故选。。

10. B   电灯被点亮是被动关系，用动词的过去分词，故选B。