gas"可知,最初进入隧道的人被燃气呛晕了。C项意为"被(烟或气体)熏得失去知觉,被呛晕",符合语境,故C项正确。A项意为"点燃,燃烧";B项意为"提供动力";D项意为"使过热"。
2.A.changeable B.remarkable
C.cautious D.poisonous
D 解析:根据下文第三段尾句中的"poisonous smoke"并结合该句中的"for hours no one else dared to enter the suffocating(使人窒息的), ______ deathtrap"可知,几个小时都没有其他人敢进入这个使人窒息的、有毒的危险之地。D项意为"有毒的",故D项正确。A项意为"可变的";B项意为"不寻常的,显著的";C项意为"小心的,谨慎的"。
3.A.show off B.send for
C.rule out D.take away
B 解析:根据下文第五段第一句"Called to the scene on the night of the tunnel explosion, Garrett arrived with samples of his safety hood."可知,在隧道爆炸的夜晚,Garrett Morgan带着他的安全面罩来到现场。结合该句"Then...Garrett Morgan and his new invention."可知,该处指派人去请来Garrett Morgan,并让他带上他的新发明--安全面罩。B项意为"派人去请",故B项正确。A项意为"炫耀,卖弄",C项意为"排除",D项意为"带走",都与语境不符。
4.A.factory B.slave
C.restaurant D.store
A 解析:根据该段尾句中的"a tailoring factory with 32 employees"可知,Garrett Morgan是一个工厂的所有人。A项意为"工厂",故A项正确。B项意为"奴隶";C项意为"饭店";D项意为"商店"。
5.A.declined B.decided
C.expanded D.exported
C 解析:根据该句中的"Morgan had opened his own sewing machine shop, which he soon ______to a tailoring factory with 32 employees"可知,Garrett Morgan开了自己的缝纫机店,很快就把它扩大为一家有32名员工的裁缝工厂。C项意为"扩展,扩大",故C项正确。A项意为"下降,衰退,衰落",B项意为"决定",D项意为"出口",都与语境不符。