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  3. The word horsepower was first used two hundred years ago. James Watt had made the world’s first widely used (11) . He had no w

The word horsepower was first used two hundred years ago. James Watt had made the world’s first widely used (11) . He had no w

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问题    The word horsepower was first used two hundred years ago. James Watt had made the world’s first widely used  (11)  . He had no way of telling people exactly how powerful it was, for  (12)  there were no units for measuring power.
   Watt decided to find out how much work one strong horse could do in  (13)  . He called that unit one horsepower. With this unit he could measure the work his steam engine could do.
   He discovered that a horse lift a  (14)  weight 10 feet in one minute. Because his engine did  (15)  as much as the horse, Watt called it a ten-horsepower engine.

  
The word horsepower was first use two hundred years ago. James Watt had made the world’s first widely used steam engine. He had no way of telling people exactly how powerful it was, for at that time there were no units for measuring power.
   Watt decided to find out how much work one strong horse could do in one minute. He called that unit one horsepower. With this unit he could measure the work his steam engine could do.
   He discovered that a horse lift a 3300-pound weight 10 feet in one minute. Because his engine did ten times as much as the horse, Watt called it a ten-horsepower engine.
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答案one minute
解析 该题既测试听清词组读音的能力，也测试科学常识的掌握情况。本文所讲的是计量单位“马力”的概念。计算“马力”的公式是一匹马在一分钟里所做的功。因此，结合读音和常识就能够判断出正确答案。
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