阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1—10各题所给的A、B、C和D项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of one of the country’s greatest machines was actually born in a log cabin, 1 to high school on horse back and without 2 of university degree（indeed, at age 14）, thought of the idea of electronic television. In 1906 Farnsworth was born in a munity near Beaver City, Utah, 3 by his grandfather. 4 he was 12, his family moved to a ranch （大牧场）in Rigby, Idaho, which was four miles from, the nearest high school, 5 necessitating（使成为必要）his daily horseback rides. Because he was interested in the electron and electricity, he persuaded his chemistry teacher, Justin Tolman, to give him 6 instruction and to allow him to listen to a senior course.
The death of his father forced him to leave at the end of his second year, but, as it 7 , at no great intellectual cost. There were, at the time, no more than a handful of men 8 the planet who could have understood Farnsworth’s idea for building an electronic television system, and it’s 9 that any of them were at this local munity. One such man was Vladimir Zworykin who had moved to the US from Russia with a Ph. D in electrical engineering. He went to work for Westinghouse with a dream of building an all-electronic television system. But he wasn’t 10 to do so.
【小题1】A．rodeB．ranC．droveD．jumped【小题2】2,4,6
A．sakeB．applicationC．benefitD．significance【小题3】A．livedB．settledC．inheritedD．occupied【小题4】A．BecauseB．WhenC．HoweverD．Until【小题5】A．thusB．thenC．finallyD．yet【小题6】A．importantB．interestingC．specialD．vivid【小题7】A．turned outB．showed upC．bore outD．reflected on【小题8】A．inB．withinC．aroundD．on【小题9】A．necessarilyB．essentialC．falseD．unlikely【小题10】A．possibleB．capableC．thoughtfulD．ableA
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解析：
本文讲述的是电视的发明者Philo Farnsworth的成长经历，告诉我们，即使没有大学文凭，也一样可以有所作为。
【小题1】考查动词词意辨析和语境的理解。从后面的to high school on horse back知道是骑马上学的。
【小题2】考查语境的理解。从语境知道，Philo Farnsworth小时候骑马上学，没有大学文凭带来的种种好处，却产生了发明电视的主意。
【小题3】考查动词词意辨析和语境的理解。Philo Farnsworth出生那个地方，是他的爷爷辈定居的。
【小题4】考查语境的理解。这里表示时间，在Philo Farnsworth12岁时，他们家搬到Rigby的大牧场。
【小题5】考查副词词意辨析和语境的理解。这里表示因果关系，由于住在大牧场，离最近的学校有4英里远，因此，骑马上学成为必要的。
【小题6】考查形容词词意辨析和语境的理解。从语境上知道他对电子和电力特别敢兴趣，希望老师给他专门的指导。
【小题7】考查语境的理解。从语境知道，就像后来证明的那样。
【小题8】考查语境的理解。on the planet在地球上，这里表示“世界上”。
【小题9】考查形容词词意辨析和语境的理解。从语境知道，当时几乎没有人理解他的想法，在这个领域更不可能有人了。
【小题10】考查语境的理解。从文中知道Vladimir Zworykin曾经有这个梦想，但是最后没有成功。