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Question

When he was a little boy Christopher Cockerell once watched his mother turning the wheel of her sewing ­ machine with her hand.

“ Wouldn't it work quickly if a machine (1)________ (turn) the wheel for you ？ ” he asked.

“ I suppose it would ， ” said his mother without paying any attention to him.

Christopher (2)________ (know) she always had a lot of work and he wanted to help.In his bedroom there was a toy steam ­ engine which his father (3)________ (buy) him as a gift. “ I (4)________ (make) better use of it ， ” little Christopher said to himself.So when his mother (5)________ (not use) her sewing ­ machine he fixed the toy steam ­ engine onto it.When the job (6)________ (finish) he was quite pleased thinking his mother (7)________ (like) it.

“ Very clever ， ” his mother said when she saw it.Then she sat down and went on turning the wheel by hand. “ I (8)________ (work) like this for too many years ， ” she explained.

This taught Christopher the lesson that anyone who (9)________ (try) to improve anything (10)________ (have) to learn: Many people don't like new ideas.

Answer 1

1.turned 　 2.knew 　 3.had bought

4 ． will/shall make 　 5.was not using 　 6.was finished

7 ． would like 　 8.have been working 　 9.tries

10 ． has