山西忻州一中高二下期末英语试卷（带解析）_3

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Alexander Bell is one of the most famous people in【小题1】_______ history of the United States. He is famous for the invention of the first telephone in the world. He is known for the invention of the first telephone in the world, 【小题2】________ changed the way people communicate.
 
Telegraph lines could no longer meet the needs of the United States as a result of the rapid economic 【小题3】_______ (develop). So new lines had to be constructed【小题4】_______(improve) the communication. The U.S. turned to inventors for help and asked them to design a line sending several messages at once. Bell went to inventors to get support for his new idea, the telephone, and he got the money 【小题5】______(need) for his work.
 
On March 10, 1876, Bell’s invention【小题6】_________(put) to the test. The first words spoken 【小题7】______ a phone were to his assistant. “ Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.” Watson heard Bell’s words【小题8】________(clear) in the next room, and the telephone was born.
 
Bell’s greatest invention is the telephone, 【小题9】_________it is funny that he refused to have a phone in his work area. He felt phones were 【小题10】_________(annoy).