二、完形填空。
阅读短文，从A、B 、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
Have you ever made something that no one else had made before? People who make something new are called 16. Victor Ochoa was one of these people. He 17 many things and one of them was a flying machine. In 1908, he was 18 how birds used their wings to go into the sky because he hoped to make a machine that 19 like a bird. Soon he took action and began to look at birds 20 to learn how their wings worked.
Finally, he used what he had learned to build a plane. The body of the plane was made of two 21 side by side. The plane had a small motor（发动机）that sat between the two bikes. The back was shaped like a bird’s tail.
The wings were also 22 from a common plane. They could even be folded（折叠）down like a bird’s wings. Amazing!
Victor wanted to help people with his ideas. His 23 was like a motor that never turned off. He was always trying to make people’s lives better and easier. He did not let any 24 stop him from making new things.
However, not all of his ideas worked. No one who tries something new can be 25 every time. The most important method is to keep trying and never give up.
()16. A. teachers B. visitors
C. inventors D. actors
()17. A. completed B. printed
C. sold D. made
()18. A. finding out
B. thinking about
C. looking up
D. pointing at
()19. A. ran B. rushed
C. flew D. swam
()20. A. carefully B. completely
C. certainly D. correctly
()21. A. bikes B. books
C. boxes D. boards
()22. A. false B. free
C. negative D. different
()23. A. blood B. level
C. mind D. prize
()24. A. dreams B. difficulties
C. mistakes D. honors
()25. A. awful B. colorful
C. successful D. helpful

16. C 句意为“那些能够制造出新的东西的人被称为发明家”。inventor意为“发明家”。
17. D 18. B
19. C 句意为“……因为他希望制作出一个能像鸟一样飞行的机器”。flew意为“飞”。
20. A
21. A 句意为“飞机的机身是由两辆自行车组成的”。
22. D 23. C 24. B
25. C 句意为“没有人每一次尝试新东西时都会成功”。successful意为“成功的”。

【分析】做完形填空需先通读全文把握主旨（本文讲述发明家Victor Ochoa制作飞行器的经历，强调坚持创新的重要性）；再逐题结合上下文语境、词义辨析、词汇搭配等分析选项：16题对应“制造新事物”的职业；17题对应前文“制作”的动作；18题结合研究鸟翅膀的动作选合适动词短语；19题对应飞行器的功能；20题选修饰观察的副词；21题根据后文提示选名词；22题结合翅膀的特点选形容词；23题对应“像发动机”的名词；24题选阻止创新的名词；25题结合尝试新事物的结果选形容词。
【解析】16. 句意为“制造新事物的人被称为发明家”，inventor（发明家）符合语境，选C；17. 句意为“他制作了很多东西，其中一个是飞行器”，made（制作）对应前文“make”的动作，选D；18. 句意为“他在思考鸟如何用翅膀飞向天空”，thinking about（思考）符合语境，选B；19. 句意为“他希望制作像鸟一样飞行的机器”，flew（飞）对应飞行功能，选C；20. 句意为“他开始仔细观察鸟以了解翅膀的工作原理”，carefully（仔细地）修饰观察动作，选A；21. 句意为“飞机机身由两辆自行车并排组成”，后文提到发动机在两个自行车之间，选A；22. 句意为“翅膀和普通飞机不同”，different（不同的）符合语境，选D；23. 句意为“他的头脑像永不关闭的发动机”，mind（头脑）符合语境，选C；24. 句意为“他不让任何困难阻止他制作新东西”，difficulties（困难）符合语境，选B；25. 句意为“尝试新事物的人不可能每次都成功”，successful（成功的）符合语境，选C。
【答案】16.C 17.D 18.B 19.C 20.A 21.A 22.D 23.C 24.B 25.C
【知识点】完形填空、词义辨析、语境理解
【点评】本文围绕发明家的创新经历展开，考查学生对词汇在具体语境中的运用能力，需结合上下文逻辑和词义辨析解题，是常见的初中英语完形题型。
【难度系数】0.6