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Electricity plays an essential part in our life. No one can deny that electric light is necessary for people’s life. However, ca
Electricity plays an essential part in our life. No one can deny that electric light is necessary for people’s life. However, ca
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2011-02-08
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Electricity plays an essential part in our life. No one can deny that electric light is necessary for people’s life. However, can you imagine such a world where there is no【21】______of electric light? As darkness falls over, children read in the light given by oil lamps and candles. Youths【22】______time only by talking instead of watching TV. Everything is surrounded by【23】______shadows.【24】______, we have a man named Edison. He created bulb that【25】______for two days before burning out. He also developed successfully a system for【26】______electricity from a central power house. It is he that gives us electric light, gramophone, moving pictures—all those we take【27】______granted.
After the invention of electricity, manufacturers increasingly applied the findings of invention to their businesses,【28】______generating new industrial growth. Development of electricity leads to the【29】______creations of new products and materials. In the past century and a half, electricity has steadily【30】______. At first, it is scientific curiosity, then to a luxurious part of the【31】______, and then to being necessary in every one’s life. Electricity has been common in the latest fifty years. Simple tasks, such as setting alarm clock to wake up at a【32】______time or enjoying a piece of music, are accomplished via electronic means.
We live with the benefits of electricity every day. As a result, we always think that whenever we【33】______our gadgets into the wall socket, the power will be there. For most modern people, the loss of power means the complete loss of【34】______. Their lifestyle is so dependent upon the grid’s constancy【35】______they do not know how to live without it. How do you cook a meal without electricity if your gas stove has an electric ignition? Please imagine the life without electricity further. What do you do with a freezer full of food in a hot day? How do you find out what is happening in your area with the TV and radio off? These are questions which should be seriously considered. Let us imagine the【36】______of a short power outage together. Factories close down; phones and computers go dead; food【37】______in refrigerators. What a disordered life that would be!
All the convenience which electricity has brought to our life should owe to Edison. When Edison died at his home in New Jersey in 1931, the whole United States were switched off to mark his passing, and in【38】______of the man whose discoveries had so changed and improved the life of people everywhere. For a moment, all was【39】______as the world had always been before, until Edison【40】______on the light.
【24】
选项
A、But
B、Therefore
C、However
D、Therefore
答案
C
解析
该段前半部分假设没有电的世界是怎样的,后半部分提到爱迪生对电的发明,由此可以推断出两者之间是转折关系,but位,于句首时后面一般不跟逗号,故正确答案为C选项。
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