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A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply all these were important 【21】______ in helpin
A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply all these were important 【21】______ in helpin
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A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply all these were important 【21】______ in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution. 【22】______ they were not enough. Something 【23】______ was needed to start the industrial process. That "something special" was men, 【24】______ individuals who could invent machines, find new 【25】______ of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.
The men who 【26】______ the machines of the Industrial Revolution 【27】______ from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were 【28】______ inventors than scientists. A man who is a 【29】______ scientist is primarily interested in doing his research 【30】______ . He is not necessarily working 【31】______ that his findings can be used.
An inventor or one interested in applied science is 【32】______ trying to make something that has a concrete 【33】______ . He may try to solve a problem by using the theories 【34】______ science or by experiencing through trail and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain a 【35】______ result: the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a tight bulb, or one of 【36】______ other objectives.
Most of the people who 【37】______ the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not trained scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had 【38】______ or no training in science might not have made their inventions 【39】______ a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years 【40】______ .
【33】
选项
A、plan
B、use
C、idea
D、means
答案
B
解析
本题考查上下文理解。本题需结合上段的意思来确定答案,在四个选项中,只有use“用途”的意思是适合的。这句话的意思是:发明家或对应用科学感兴趣的人总是试图制造出某些有具体用途的东西。
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