A land free from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labor supply-all these were important ____1____ in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution. ____2____ they were not enough.

　　Something ____3____ was needed to start the industrial process. That "something special" was man ____4____ individuals who could invent machines, find new ____5____ of power, and establish business organizations to reshape society.

　　The men who ____6____ the machines of the Industrial Revolution ____7____ from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were ____8____ inventors than scientists. A man who is a ____9____ scientist is primarily interested in doing his research ____10____ . He is not necessarily working ____11____ that his finding can be used.

　　An inventor or one interested in applied science is ____12____ trying to make something that has a concrete ____13____ . He may try to solve a problem by using the theories ____14____ science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless of his method, he is working to obtain a ____15____ result; the construction of a harvesting machine, the burning of a light bulb, or one of many other objectives.

　　Most of the people who developed the machines of the Industrial Revolution were inventors, not trained scientists. A few were both scientists and inventors. Even those who had little or no training in science might not have made their inventions if a groundwork had not been laid by scientists years before.

　　1. A. cases B. reasons C. factors D. situations

　　2. A. But B. And C. Besides D. Even

　　3. A. else B. near C. extra D. similar

　　4. A. generating B. effective C. motivation D. creative

　　5. A. origins B. sources C. bases D. discoveries

　　6. A. employed B. created C. operated D. controlled

　　7. A. came B. arrived C. stemmed D. appeared

　　8. A. less B. better C. more D. worse

　　9. A. genuine B. practical C. pure D. clever

　　10. A. happily B. occationally C. reluctantly D. accurately

　　11. A. now B. and C. all D. so

　　12. A. seldom B. sometimes C. usually D. never

　　13. A. plan B. use C. idea D. means

　　14. A. of B. with C. to D. as

　　15. A. single B. sole C. specialized D. specific

　参考答案：

　　1、C　2、A　3、A　4、D　5、B　6、B　7、A　8、C

　　9、C　10、D　11、D　12、D　13、B　14、A　15、D