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  3. A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply— all these were important factors in helping Engl

A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply— all these were important factors in helping Engl

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问题     A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply— all these were important factors in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution.【C1】______ they were not enough. Something else was needed to start the industrial process. That "something special" was men—【C2】______ individuals who could invent machines, find new sources of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.
    The men who【C3】______ the machines of the Industrial Revolution come from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were more inventors than scientists. A man who is a【C4】______ scientist is primarily interested in doing his research【C5】______ He is not necessarily working so that his findings can be used.
    An inventor or one interested in applied science is usually trying to make something that has a concrete【C6】______ He may try to solve a problem by using the theories of science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain a【C7】______ result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of many other objectives.
    Most of the people who【C8】______ the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not trained scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had【C9】______ or no training in science might not have made their inventions【C10】______ a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years before.
【C9】
选项 A、little
B、much
C、some
D、any
答案A
解析 本题要求选用的是与no意义相近的不定代词，在所给的四个选项中，只有A项little(几乎没有)符合题意，因而是答案。在英语中，little是"很少，几乎没有"的意思，表示否定的概念；它可用于修饰不可数名词，也可直接用作不可数名词。a little则是"一些，一点"的意思，表示的意义是肯定的。它可以用来修饰不可数名词，也可以直接用作不可数名词。另外，否定词little也常与no连用，表示进一步否定。B项much，C项some或D项any，这三个不定代词都不带否定意义，因而在本句中都不能选用。
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