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How the First Swiss Watch Was Made?

Now， most people have watches. As we know， Switzerland (瑞士)is___l___ its watches. However，this country didn't___2___ the watch. It was the British who did. Here is a story of___3___the watch was brought to Switzerland.

Many years ago， an Englishman travelled to Italy(意大利)and onhis___4___he went through a small town in Switzerland near Geneva(日內(nèi)瓦). At that time___5___wore a watch. This Englishman travelled in a carriage(馬車)inside___6___there was a carriage watch. This was___7___kind of watch. A blacksmith' s (鐵匠) assistant hoped to see the watch. He___8___what it was.So he asked the Englishman about it___9___he hadn't seen such a thing by then. \"It is a carriage watch，\" said the man. \"This machine can tell the___10___ but now it isn't working.\"

At once the blacksmith's assistant decided to try to___11___it. So the traveller handed him the watch. The assistant was a very___12___man. So it was not surprising that he was successful in showing it right. He even___13___how it was made. As soon as the traveller had gone on his way， he made a watch of exactly(準(zhǔn)確地)the___14___type.

Thus the watch-making was started in Switzerland. Today Swiss watches are___15___in countries all over the world.

二

It was a Sunday in summer and all the trains were full of people. An old man was looking___1___a seat through the windows. Suddenly he saw___2___and got on the train. A small bag was lying on the seat and a young man was sitting beside

\"___3___sit here?\" asked the old man. \"No， it's taken，\"the young man an- swered. \"The person has gone to buy a newspaper. He will be___4___soon.\"

\"Well，\"said the old man，\"I'll sit here___5___he gets back.\"

Ten minutes passed. The train___6___. \"Too bad! He's missed___7___，\"said the old man， \"but he shouldn't lose___8___bag.\" With these words he took the bag and started to throw___9___out of the window.

The young man jumped up. \"Don't do that!\"， he cried out， \"That's... my ___10___.\"

三

After breakfast Mr Chaucer began to dig in his garden. He dug for___1___and then he found something on the ground___2___his feet. He___3___it. It was a coin (硬幣) of one yuan. He put it in one of his pockets and began to ___4___. Then he found another coin， it was another coin of one yuan! He was so happy that he put it in the pocket ___5___. He thought，in this way，he would be a very rich man someday! He began to___6___more money on the ground. But then he felt___7___in his trousers. It ran___8___like cold water. Mr Chaucer put his hand down quickly--and a coin of one yuan___9___into his hand. There was a hole in his pocket! The coin of one yuan had been put in his pocket the___10___!

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1—5C B D A B6—10D A C D A

11—15B C B D C

1. C. 大家都知道，瑞士以生產(chǎn)手表聞名于世。

2. B. 從這個故事可以看出，手表并不是瑞士人發(fā)明的。

3. D. 這篇短文告訴大家的是，手表是怎樣傳到瑞士的。

4. A.從文章內(nèi)容可以得知，這鐵匠是在路上發(fā)現(xiàn)車載手表的。on one'sway是固定短語，意為“某人在去……的路上”。

5. B. 在此之前，還沒有人戴手表。

6. D. 從該句的結(jié)構(gòu)來看，后面是一個定語從句，因此要用which來引導(dǎo)從句。

7. A.從短文的內(nèi)容可以看出，這是世界上最早的手表。

8. C. 這個鐵匠并不知道這是干什么用的，因此要問個明白。

9. D. 從句子結(jié)構(gòu)能夠得知，后面所接的是原因狀語從句，故要用because來引導(dǎo)。

10. A. 我們知道，手表是用來告訴大家時間的。

11. B. 從后面的“…showing it right.”就能得知，那個鐵匠把鐘表修好了。

12. C. 從那個鐵匠把表修好，并學(xué)會怎樣制作手表就能知道，他非常聰明。

13. B. 鐵匠要造出手表，就必須記住它的構(gòu)造。

14. D. 鐵匠制造出手表，自然先是仿照他在馬車上所看到的手表。

15. C. 眾所周知，現(xiàn)在在世界各地都能夠買到瑞士手表。

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1—5B C D A C6—10B C A A D

1. B. 一位老人正在尋找座位，應(yīng)用look for“尋找”之意;look after為“照顧、照看”之意;look around“環(huán)顧，四處看”之意。

2. C. one用來代替可數(shù)名詞，可以指人，也可以指物，此處指seat，是泛指，不是特指。

3. D. can此處表示請求別人允許自己做某事。

4. A. be back為“回來”之意。

5. C. 四個選項中if可以用來引導(dǎo)條件狀語從句;when、after、until用來引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句，主句用將來時，從句用一般現(xiàn)在時。根據(jù)句意，“我將坐在這兒直到他回來”，選用連詞until，until引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句，主句動詞應(yīng)是延續(xù)性動詞。

6. B. begin、start表示“開始”時?？苫Q，但start還可表示火車“發(fā)動”，此時不能用begin。

7. C. 上文講火車發(fā)動了，老人說“他”錯過火車。

8. A.“他”沒趕上火車，必然會丟掉“他的”包。

9. A. it指包，指代上文提到的the bag。

10. D. 意為他喊著:“那是……我的包?！?/p>

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1—5B A D C B6—10A D C D A

1.B.“半小時”為half an hour。

2. A. near為介詞，意為“在……附近”。

3. D. 1ook at為“看……”之意，look for“尋找”之意，look after為“照顧、照看”之意，上文為他發(fā)現(xiàn)在腳附近的地上有東西，應(yīng)是看看它，故選look at，由上下文判斷應(yīng)用過去式。

4. C. begin to do sth.開始做某事，to后面應(yīng)接動詞原形。

5. B. 此處用來修飾動詞put，應(yīng)用quick的副詞形式。

6. A. 此處句意是開始尋找更多的錢。

7. D. 此句根據(jù)上下文判斷應(yīng)為肯定句，故有nothing選項應(yīng)排除，另外修飾不定代詞的形容詞應(yīng)放在不定代詞之后，故D為正確選項。

8. C. 雨應(yīng)是從天上下來，“向下”，只有down符合題意。

9. D. and連接并列謂語，前面為過去式，后面也應(yīng)用過去式，fall過去式為不規(guī)則變化，為fell。

10. A.before在……之前，常置于時間之后，與完成時態(tài)連用。