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　　Ballpoint pen have made life easier for millions of people. At one time (1)______ did not like their students to (2)_____ with them. Perhaps it was too easy. Pens can leak(漏) and it is (3)______ to spill the ink. And it is hard to write on thin or cheap paper with them.
　　Ladislao Biro (4)______ for a newspaper in Budapest. He spent all day (5)_____ his desk. Day in and day out, he corrected (6)_____ of thin, cheap paper with a pen and ink. He often had to stop to (7)_____ his pen and it did not write (8)______ on the thin paper. He and his brother George (9)_____ some experiments. They wanted a pen that did not leak, with ink that it did not spill. Why not (10)______ a little ball at the end?
　　Two Englishmen, Henry Martin and Frederick Miles, liked the (11)_____. It was the (12)______ of the Second World War. The Air Force (空军) (13)_____ a non-leak, non-spill pen for the men to write with in (14)______. Martin and Miles made and (15)______ many thousands of Biro “writing-sticks” to the Air Force.
　　( )1. A. factories B. schools C. shops D. restaurants
　　( )2. A. play B. write C. come D. meet
　　( )3. A. easy B. hard C. free D. popular
　　( )4. A. left B. waited C. looked D. worked
　　( )5. A. on B. near C. at D. in
　　( )6. A. mistakes B. books C. pages D. diaries
　　( )7. A. mend B. fill C. brush D. change
　　( )8. A. well B. down C. out D. up
　　( )9. A. kept B. finished C. began D. studied
　　( )10.A. find B. wear C. grow D. use
　　( )11.A. matter B. result C. meaning D. idea
　　( )12.A. day B. time C. break D. year
　　( )13.A. bought B. took C. needed D. preferred
　　( )14.A. planes B. ships C. trains D. buses
　　( )15.A. sold B. lent C. moved D. passed
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　　题解与分析：
　　这是一篇说明文，文章主要介绍了圆珠笔的发明和使用。
　　1.B. 根据句中的students 可以判断出这是在学校里发生的事情。
　　2.B. 用圆珠笔肯定是写字的。
　　3.A. 钢笔中的墨水是很容易漏出来的，这是一个实际情况。
　　4.D. 根据所给词语的词义可知答案。
　　5.C. 在报社工作，肯定是要坐在办公桌旁的，介词at就是这种用法。
　　6.C. Biro在报社的工作是校对稿件，根据后面的paper可以看出他不是在修改错误，而是在校对报纸。
　　7.B. 钢笔是需要注水的，这里用fill非常恰如其分。
　　8.A. 钢笔在比较薄的纸上写字是很困难的，这是一个事实。
　　9.C. 由于钢笔有很多缺点，所以Biro和George才开始研制一种新型的笔。
　　10.D. 这里的the little ball是被安在笔的最前部的。
　　11.D. 这两个人是对这种想法感兴趣。
　　12.B. 这句话是说发明这种笔的时候正好是在第二次世界大战的时期。
　　13.C. 由于以前的笔使用不方便，所以当时的空军应该是需要这种笔。
　　14.A. 空军在飞机上作战，所以这种笔应该是在飞机上使用。
　　15.A. Martin 和Miles 是做好了笔然后卖给空军部队的。