成考英语完型填空答题技巧二(4)

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江西成考网
发布日期
2006年09月22日

摘要:  Passage 14   What is the biggest city in the world? That is, __1__ city has the largest population? This seems like __2__ question to answer, but actually it isn't.   It's actually rather difficult to say which cities __3__ the largest. There are tw

to work instead to make life better.

  In the second half of the 19th century many great inventions were made. Among them were the camera, the electric light and the radio. These all became a big part __4__ our life today.

  The first part of the 20th century saw more great inventions: the helicopter in 1909, movies with sound in 1926, the computer in 1928, and jet planes in 1930. This was also a time __5__ a new material was first made. Nylon came out in 1935. It changed the kind of clothes people wore.

  The middle part of the 20th century brought new ways to help people __6__ disease. They worked very well. They made people healthier and let them live __7__ lives. By the 1960's most people could expect to live to be at least 60.

  By this time most people had a very good life. Of course new inventions continued to be made. Man began __8__ ways to go into space. Russia made the first step. Then the United States took a step. Since then other countries, including China and Japan, hav