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The Industrial Revolution began sometime in the eighteenth century. It brought(1)greater changes in technology than there had been in all the(2)history of mankind. By the mid-1800s the revolution had run its(3), and advanced countries began to enjoy such(4)as railways, steamships, electricity and a variety of steam-driven(5)that increased production tremendously and made the industrial countries richer and more powerful. Technology, also enriched, was (6)refined to produce the telephone, wireless telegraphy, the automobile and the airplane. Improvements(7)mass production soon made these new things(8)to ordinary people, and by the 1930s new entertainment industries, (9)the radio and sound motion pictures, (10)the age of mass consumption.
All of this took about 200 years, (11)in the later stages the pace of development(12). If the First World War(13)up the pace of industrial development dramatically, the second global(14)was the catalyst(催化剂)for a real (15)of technology. It(16)to us the(17)blessings of nuclear energy and weapons, space travel and inter-continental ballistic missiles(弹道导弾), automation and petro-chemicals. Some inventions changed the face of industry, while others began to(18)the character of society and family life. In(19), the process of technology made life more productive, safer and more agreeable; but also more(20).

问题1选项
A.up
B.forward
C.out
D.about
问题2选项
A.processing
B.proceeding
C.preceding
D.presenting
问题3选项
A.course
B.way
C.route
D.road
问题4选项
A.discoveries
B.novelties
C.equipment
D.techniques
问题5选项
A.devices
B.facilities
C.appliances
D.machinery
问题6选项
A.quite
B.already
C.rather
D.further
问题7选项
A.in
B.for
C.of
D.with
问题8选项
A.accessible
B.available
C.adaptable
D.additional
问题9选项
A.excluding
B.concluding
C.including
D.comprising
问题10选项
A.enlivened
B.enriched
C.enhanced
D.enlightened
问题11选项
A.otherwise
B.therefore
C.but
D.moreover
问题12选项
A.slowed
B.enlarged
C.accelerated
D.stepped
问题13选项
A.made
B.stepped
C.picked
D.turned
问题14选项
A.conflict
B.confusion
C.conquest
D.conduct
问题15选项
A.destruction
B.deterioration
C.devotion
D.explosion
问题16选项
A.provided
B.furnished
C.supplied
D.introduced
问题17选项
A.changed
B.affected
C.mixed
D.confused
问题18选项
A.alter
B.vary
C.alternate
D.differ
问题19选项
A.particular
B.short
C.consequence
D.end
问题20选项
A.fascinating
B.challenging
C.amusing
D.overwhelming
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