2013年职称英语考试综合类完形填空练习(10)
<p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Invention">Invention</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="telephone">telephone</span></p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nineteenth">nineteenth</span> <span word="century">century</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="invention">invention</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="telegraph">telegraph</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="possible">possible</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="send">send</span> <span word="noises">noises</span>, <span word="signals">signals</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="music">music</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="wires">wires</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="another">another</span>. <span word="However">However</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="voice">voice</span> __1__ <span word="this">this</span> <span word="way">way</span>. <span word="Many">Many</span> <span word="inventors">inventors</span> <span word="tried">tried</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="a">a</span> __2__ <span word="to">to</span> <span word="send">send</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="voice">voice</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="wires">wires</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1876 <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="crowned">crowned</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="success">success</span>. ___3___ <span word="American">American</span> <span word="inventors">inventors</span>, <span word="Alexander">Alexander</span> <span word="Graham">Graham</span> <span word="Bell">Bell</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Elisha">Elisha</span> <span word="Gray">Gray</span>, __4__ <span word="at">at</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="time">time</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="Supreme">Supreme</span> <span word="Court">Court</span> <span word="finally">finally</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="decide">decide</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> __5__ <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="inventor">inventor</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="telephone">telephone</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Court">Court</span> <span word="decided">decided</span> __6__ <span word="Bells">Bells</span> <span word="favor">favor</span>.</p><p> <span word="Born">Born</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Edinbrug">Edinbrug</span>, <span word="Scotland">Scotland</span>, <span word="Bell">Bell</span> <span word="grew">grew</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="family">family</span> __7__ <span word="was">was</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="interested">interested</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="teaching">teaching</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="speak">speak</span>. <span word="His">His</span> <span word="grandfather">grandfather</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="actor">actor</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="left">left</span> __8__ <span word="to">to</span> <span word="teach">teach</span> <span word="elocution">elocution</span>; <span word="his">his</span> <span word="father">father</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="teacher">teacher</span> __9__ <span word="deaf">deaf</span>-<span word="mutes">mutes</span> <span word="learn">learn</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="speak">speak</span>.</p><p> <span word="However">However</span>, <span word="probably">probably</span> <span word="none">none</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> __10__ <span word="inventions">inventions</span> <span word="gave">gave</span> <span word="Bell">Bell</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="feeling">feeling</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="triumph">triumph</span> __11__ <span word="he">he</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="spilled">spilled</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="acid">acid</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="batteries">batteries</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="months">months</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="ways">ways</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="send">send</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="more">more</span> __12__<span word="metallic">metallic</span> <span word="twangs">twangs</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wires">wires</span>. <span word="Thinking">Thinking</span> <span word="Watson">Watson</span>, __13__, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="room">room</span>, <span word="Bell">Bell</span> <span word="called">called</span>, <span word="Mr">Mr</span>. <span word="Watson">Watson</span>, __14__. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="you">you</span>. <span word="Watson">Watson</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="room">room</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="laboratory">laboratory</span>, __15__ <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="receiver">receiver</span>. <span word="To">To</span> <span word="Watsons">Watsons</span> <span word="surprise">surprise</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="heard">heard</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="words">words</span> <span word="perfectly">perfectly</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="ran">ran</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="tell">tell</span> <span word="Bell">Bell</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="news">news</span>: <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wires">wires</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="carried">carried</span> <span word="Bells">Bells</span> <span word="voice">voice</span> <span word="perfectly">perfectly</span>.</p>
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