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We went to see her ______ our teacher was ill in hospital. A. when B. during C. because D. however ( )14. He said that he thought of a person _____ one idea and makes it work. A. has B. had C. who has D. who had ( )15. We brought the children to _______ yesterday evening. A. safe B. safety C. safely D. safeness II.. 完形填空。 Thomas Edison 1 the first job. For the next five years he went around the count ry 2 job 2 job. At last Edison went to New York. He had 3 money. He could not buy enough food to eat. He has no place to sleep. For many days Edison 4 work. He was hungry. At last he found work fixing machines. He could mend the old machines. He also 5 new ones. The head man liked Edison’s new machines. He was going to give Edison $40,000 for them. Edison would now have money to do 6 he wanted. Thomas Edison was then 23. He used the money to build a shop in New Jersey. He had many people 7 him. But he worked more than 8 of them. He rested very littl e. Soon he was making more than 40 new things 9 . In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell made a telephone. But it could carry voices only a little way. Edison wanted to make 10 telephone. He soon made one. It could carry voices a long way. ( )1. A. found B. lost C. looked for D. had ( )2. A. from, to B. between, and C. neither, or D. both, and ( )3. A. much B. some C. a little D. little[ ( )4. A. found B. got C. looked for D. paid for ( )5. A. made B. invented C. fixed D. started ( )6. A. that B. what C. how D. if ( )7. A. working on B. work on C. working for D. work for ( )8. A. some B. many C. most D. any ( )9. A. at one time B. at a time C. at the time D. at no time ( )10. A. better B. the better C. a better D. the best III.. 閱讀理解。 A Man invented a lot of sports equipments(器材 ). The first true piece was the ball. Thousands of years ago, in Egypt(埃及 ), throwing stones was children’s favourite game. But a badly thrown stone could hurt a child. Looking for something less dangerous to throw, the people in Egypt made the first balls. At first, they used tree leaves to make balls. They used vines(藤 ) to keep the leaves together. Later they began to use pieces of animal skin and fill them with some light things. These balls were much be