专题02 完形填空(第二期)-备战2024年高考英语名校模拟真题速递(江苏专用)

备战2024年高考英语名校模拟真题速递(江苏专用) 第二期 专题02 完形填空 （2023秋·江苏南通·高三统考开学考试）The first cable car originated from San Francisco. They were invented before the automobile in the days when horse-drawn streetcars were the popular public transportation. One day, Andrew Hallidie, whose father was the inventor of the wire rope, witnessed a terrible 1 involving a streetcar for which it was that 2 the idea of the cable railway. He was wandering around the street when he noticed a horse struggling to 3 the streetcar up Jackson Street. It’s 4 and was dragged back down a hill, passengers and goods 5 out of the carriage. This scene triggered Hallidie to find a 6 way to transport people and things. Back home, Hallidie 7 strands of wire ropes to make wire cables, believing the cables would be 8 enough to pull the cable cars. Then he found someone to help him 9 the cars, with difficulty but successfully. He also managed to get the help of William E. Eppelsheimer, a German engineer, who 10 the first cable car line. Finally, Hallidie obtained a formal 11 from a lawyer named Benjamin Brooks to build a valid system. August 2, 1873 saw the first trial of the cable car. Originally, Hallidie hired a grip man to operate the car. But after looking down the 12 hill, the man refused firmly. Hallidie decided to 13 it by himself from Jones Street to Kearney Street by way of Clay Street, known as the Clay Street Hill line today. About one month after the test run, the Line opened for 14 use. From then on, other lines opened in San Francisco as well as in other U.S cities and cities overseas. Till now, San Francisco is the only city where the cable car still 15 . 1．A．accident B．horse C．quarrel D．game 2．A．reminded B．conceived C．recalled D．convinced 3．A．catch B．push C．kick D．pull 4．A．slipped B．slid C．ran D．jumped 5．A．collapsing B．falling C．erupting D．unfolding 6．A．wiser B．rougher