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　　托福阅读句子简化题：The History of Waterpower

　　【Paragraph 5】The growth of the electric-power industry was the result of a remarkable series of scientific　discoveries and development in electrotechnology during the nineteenth century, but significant changes in what we　　might now call hydro (water) technology also played their part. In 1832, the year of Michael Faraday’s discovery that a　　changing magnetic field produces an electric field, a young French engineer patented a new and more efficient　waterwheel. His name was Nenoit Fourneyron, and his device was the first successful water turbine. (The word turbine　　comes form the Latin turbo: something that spins). The waterwheel, unaltered for nearly 2,000 years, had finally been　superseded.(The History of Waterpower)

　　Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in the passage?　Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.

　　○ The growth of the electric-power industry stimulated significant changes in hydro technology and scientific　progress in electrotechnology in the nineteenth century.

　　○ The changes in hydro technology that led to the growth of the electric-power industry also led to discoveries and　developments in electrotechnology in the nineteenth century.

　　○ Advances in electrotechnology in the nineteenth century and changes in hydro technology were responsible for　the growth of the electric-power industry.

　　○ In the nineteenth century, the scientific study of electrotechnology and hydro technology benefited greatly from the　growth of the electric-power industry

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