(2020·湖南师大附中高三摸底考试)I have invented robots that crawl through pipes to inspect them for damage. Two of my __1__ allow cars to be used as power plants on wheels. I __2__ building things when I was a kid. It wasn't until I learned about Thomas Edison, though, that I really became __3__ about inventing.
When I was in fourth grade, our teacher gave us a __4__. We had to write to a company and learn about the __5__ it made. Each student would then give a report in front of the class. Thomas A. Edison Company was the priority on my __6__.
Soon after I wrote to the company, our mailman __7__ a package to me. It contained a book about the life of Thomas Edison. How I __8__ reading and rereading about his inventions! The ones that __9__ me most were movie cameras, sound recorders and the electric light. Edison became my hero.
My dad noticed my __10__ for inventing and inspired me. He showed me how to turn my ideas into plans and __11__ into new things.
Together, my dad and I __12__ radios and televisions. Once, I surprised my dad with a tool to __13__ the brakes of our car. Later, we found a similar tool in a store. That's when I learned that __14__ inventors often invent similar things. It is not __15__ for this to happen. I learned, too, that not all great ideas turn out practical. __16__ is a common part of the inventing process.
As my father and I worked together, I began to __17__ that my dad was quite an inventor himself. His guiding hands, __18__ with my interest in inventing, led me to become an engineer and an inventor. But I am __19__ to Thomas Edison, too, for first __20__ that bulb inside me.
篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者从小对发明产生兴趣，通过做学习课题任务，他更加热爱发明和崇拜爱迪生。最后在爸爸的影响和帮助下，他成了一名发明家。
1．A.approaches B．experiments
C．inventions D．conclusions
答案：C 根据第一句中的“have invented robots”及下文中的“building things”并结合四个选项可知此处指发明东西这件事，故选C。
2．A.ran across B．took up
C．figured out D．turned around
答案：B 联系下文可以看出作者从小就喜欢发明。take up在这里是“开始从事”的意思。其余三项run across “遇到”；figure out “弄清楚，弄明白”；turn around “转身”均不符合文意。
3．A.skeptical B．confident
C．hopeless D．excited
答案：D 根据第三段最后一句“Edison became my hero.”及文章结尾处作者将自己的进步归于爱迪生对他的启迪可知，他自了解爱迪生后就对发明更加感兴趣。
4．A.project B．lesson
C．surprise D．present
答案：A 根据下文内容，每名学生要在全班同学面前做一个报告可知，这是学校里老师分配给学生做的课题，project符合语境。
5．A.decisions B．products
C．orders D．reports
答案：B 此处指了解公司产品。
6．A.program B．letter
C．show D．list
答案：D on one's list “在某人名单上”，此处指作者将爱迪生公司列为首选。
7．A.opened B．offered
C．delivered D．lent
答案：C 由“mailman”可知delivered符合语境，这里是派送包裹的意思。
8．A.enjoyed B．minded
C．avoided D．hated
答案：A 作者非常崇拜爱迪生，因此喜欢反复阅读有关他发明的书，enjoy “喜爱”。
9．A.worried B．impressed
C．reminded D．alarmed
答案：B 这些发明中，最打动作者让其印象深刻的就是电影摄影机、留声机和电灯，impress “给某人深刻印象”。
10．A.value B．urge
C．benefit D．passion
答案：D 根据下文爸爸鼓励作者发明创造可知爸爸察觉到了作者对于发明的热情，passion “热情”。
11．A.finally B．luckily
C．typically D．regularly
答案：A 根据“ideas”， “plans”及“new things”这一变化过程可知finally “最终”符合语境。
12．A.received B．bought
C．repaired D．deserted
答案：C 根据下文作者发明出一种工具可判断作者一开始先和爸爸修理收音机和电视机，repair “修理”。
13．A.adjust B．search
C．swing D．shut
答案：A 作者发明了一种工具，可对汽车的刹车进行调节，adjust “调节”。
14．A.young B．different
C．great D．unusual
答案：B 作者发明了一种新工具，没想到在商店里发现了同样的工具，所以这里指作者了解到不同的人也会发明一样的东西。
15．A.reasonable B．improper
C．practical D．unusual
答案：D 根据前一句中的“often”可知，这种情况很常见。
16．A.Imagination B．Failure
C．Happiness D．Wealth
答案：B 根据上一句“I learned, too, that not all great ideas turn out practical.”可知，不是所有的好主意都能实现，因此Failure符合语境。
17．A.hope B．suggest
C．realize D．consider
答案：C 作者在和爸爸合作的过程中意识到爸爸也是一位发明家。
18．A.satisfied B．compared
C．related D．combined
答案：D 爸爸的指导，加上我对发明的兴趣，使我成为了一位工程师和发明家。combine with “相结合”。
19．A.grateful B．addicted
C．appealing D．equal
答案：A 作者内心很感激爱迪生对他的启发。grateful符合语境。
20．A.permitting B．operating
C．lighting D．creating
答案：C 是爱迪生第一个点燃了作者内心发明的那盏灯。lighting符合语境。
