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    　　George Stephenson's father was a stoker(司炉)of a coal engine near Newcastle-upon-Tyne in England．When George was fourteen, he became his father's assistant at a shilling a day．He loved engines and spent all his spare time studying them．That was in 1795, and in those days all steam engines were stationary(不动)．They were used to pull trucks along rails with a chain or rope．

    　　In 1840, Richard Trevithick built an engine on wheels, and several other engineers built locomotives(火车头), as they were called, each one trying to make a better machine than the others．George Stephenson set himself to build a locomotive．

    　　Stephenson built his first locomotive in 1814, and he kept on trying to improve it．When the first public railway was opened between Stochton and Darlington in 1825, it was his engine, called Locomotion that pulled the first good train in the world, with a few passengers on board．

    　　Stephenson's most famous engine was The Rocket, which his son Rocket, helped to design．In 1829, a prize of 500 pounds was offered to the designer of the best locomotive．Five engines took part in the tests and The Rocket proved to be the best in every way．It astonished everyone by pulling a train at the wonderful speed of 30 miles an hour．With Robert, George Stephenson became the leading railway engineer in the world, both for building engines and making railways．

    (1)

    George Stephenson's interest in engines started from ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    his love of engines at his time

    B．

    his study of engines at spare time

    C．

    his one-shilling income from his father

    D．

    his experience of working with his father

    (2)

    Engines could be used to carry passengers ________ after the building of engines on wheels．

    [　　]

    A．

    ten years

    B．

    twenty-five years

    C．

    twenty-one years

    D．

    thirty years

    (3)

    Who played an important role in Stephenson's success in the engine tests?

    [　　]

    A．

    His father．

    B．

    Trevithick．

    C．

    The early engineers．

    D．

    His son．

    答案：1．D;2．C;3．D;
    解析：

    (1)

    文章第一段指出：斯蒂芬森从十四岁起做父亲的助手，并且把所有的空闲时间都花在研究火车引擎上面，由此可见，他的兴趣是从跟随父亲工作开始的，故选D项。

    (3)

    文章最后一段指出：斯蒂芬森在儿子罗伯特的帮助下设计了Rocket，并且成为世界著各的铁路工程师，由此推出D项为正确选项。


    提示：

    推论题。第二段提到：1804年，理查德·特里维西克制造了火车头，第三段又讲到：1825年，火车运送了第一批货物和乘客，通过推算，可知二者之间间隔是21年。故C项为正确答案。


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