五、首字母填空
Before electricity lit up our lives, the streets of even the world’s greatest cities were very dark at night. Not only were the streets dark, but also they were (1) d for pedestrians (行人). People were brave or foolish enough to walk in the night streets, (2) c torches or lanterns to light their way.
Over time, bright (3) m came up with bright ideas to solve this problem. Back in the fifth century, oil lamps were hung on ropes across the streets of Antioch in Syria. In China, natural gas was carried (4) t bamboo pipes to light street lamps.
It wasn’t until the nineteenth century, though, that gas lighting was used in Europe. The (5) f gas streetlights appeared in London in 1807. By 1820, gas lamps lit streets in Paris, France, and Baltimore, Maryland. With gas lighting, a new (6) j was created—the lamplighter (点灯人). In cities and town, the lamplighter made a (7) l by carrying his ladder and lantern everywhere.
Electric streetlights came along in 1841. The first of these were installed (安装) in Paris. These electric lamps (8) p a strong light. However, they had to be replaced every few hours. The true (9) b of the age of electricity for street lighting came in 1879. Thomas Alva Edison had invented a longer lasting light bulb.
With the spread of electric streetlights, the (10) n for lamplighters became less and less. These familiar figures (身影) slowly went away from the evening streets.

(1) dangerous
(2) carrying
(3) minds
(4) through
(5) first
(6) job
(7) living
(8) provided
(9) beginning
(10) need

1. 根据前文“街道黑暗”的语境，此处表示街道对行人很危险，结合首字母d，填dangerous（危险的）。
2. 此处为现在分词作伴随状语，描述行人走路时“拿着”火把或灯笼的状态，首字母c，填carrying。
3. “bright minds”是固定表达，指有智慧的人，结合首字母m，填minds。
4. 表示“通过竹子管道”输送天然气，用介词through，首字母t，填through。
5. 根据语境，这里指“第一个”煤气路灯出现在伦敦，首字母f，填first。
6. 后文提到的“点灯人”是一种新职业，结合首字母j，填job（工作，职业）。
7. “make a living”是固定搭配，意为“谋生”，首字母l，填living。
8. 句意为这些电灯“提供”强光，文章为过去时态，首字母p，填provided。
9. 此处指街道照明的电力时代真正的“开端”，首字母b，填beginning。
10. “the need for...”是固定搭配，意为“对……的需求”，结合语境，对点灯人的需求逐渐减少，首字母n，填need。