Question

Thomas Edison was born in 1847．When he was a child，he liked to find out how things worked．One day when he was five，his father saw him sitting on some eggs，and asked what he was doing that for．He did not reply(回答)．Instead he asked why he was not able to hatch(孵化)chickens while the hens could．

    Edison was in school for only three months，but he asked a lot of strange questions．His teacher did not understand him and said that he was not bright and was not worth teaching．His mother took him out of school and taught him herself．The boy was soon reading books for grown—ups．He showed special interest in science．

    By the time he was ten，he had already built a small chemistry lab of his own．He planted vegetables in his garden and sold them to buy chemicals．

Once his mother was ill．The doctor said she needed an operation at once．But it was night and the oil lamp in the room gave poor light．Edison thought hard and had an idea．He put all the oil lamps he could find on a long table．Then he placed a big mirror(镜子)behind them．The room became quite bright．So the doctor could operate，and his mother was saved．

    At the age of twelve，Edison began selling candy，sandwiches and newspapers on a train．In his spare time，he printed a newspaper on the train and sold copies to the railway workers．

    One day in August，1862，Edison saw a boy playing on the tracks at a station．A train was coming near quickly，and the boy was too frightened to move．Edison rushed out and carried the boy to safety．The boy’s father was the station master．He was so thankful that he taught Edison railway telegraphy(电报学)．Edison soon became very good at it and later he left home to work in different cities．This gave him a start in his life．He was then just a boy of sixteen．

1.One day when Edison was five．he was sitting on some eggs     ．

A. to hatch chickens    B. to lay an egg

C. to cook eggs    D. to eat the eggs

2.Edison was in school for       ．

A. three years    B. seven years    C. five years    D. only three months

3.Edison built his own chemistry lab        .

A. when he was five    B. at the age of ten

C. when he was sixteen    D. at the age of twelve

4.The underlined word“operation”in the passage means      .

A. 护士    B. 医院    C. 手术    D. 救护车

5.According to the passage．which of the following is NOT true?

A. Edison’s teacher thought that Edison was not bright and was not worth

         teaching．

B. Edison was interested in science when he was young．

C. Edison saved the station master’s son one day in Autumn，1 862．

D. Edison left his home to work in different cities when he was twelve．

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.D

【解析】这篇短文给我们介绍了著名的发明家爱迪生，爱迪生很小的时候就对科学感兴趣，他在学校里只呆了三个月，很小的时候就做过很多不同的工作。他有很多伟大的发明。

1.推理判断题。根据短文第一段中One day when he was five，his father saw him sitting on some eggs，and asked what he was doing that for．He did not reply(回答)．Instead he asked why he was not able to hatch(孵化)chickens while the hens could可知，爱迪生坐在鸡蛋上，当他的爸爸问他的时候，他没有回答，反而问他的爸爸他为什么不能像母鸡那样孵小鸡。由此可以推断，爱迪生是想孵小鸡。故应选A。

2.细节理解题。根据短文第二段中Edison was in school for only three months可知，爱迪生在学校只呆了三个月。由此可知应选D。

3.细节理解题。根据短文第三段中By the time he was ten，he had already built a small chemistry lab of his own．可知，到爱迪生10岁的时候，他就已经建立了自己的一个小实验室。由此可知选B。

4.词义猜测题。根据划线单词所在的句子Once his mother was ill．The doctor said she needed an operation at once可知，爱迪生的妈妈生病了，医生说需要…，operation应该跟治病有关，故应选C，是手术的意思。

5.推理判断题。根据短文第五段的内容可知，在爱迪生12岁的时候，他做过各种各样的工作，这一段里并没有说他去不同的城市里工作，故D选项不对。根据短文第二段中His teacher did not understand him and said that he was not bright and was not worth teaching可知，A是正确的；根据He showed special interest in science可知B是对的；根据短文最后一段的描述可知C是对的。

点睛：这篇短文给我们介绍了著名的发明家爱迪生的故事，是一篇记叙文，文章内容比较简单，学生们可以很好的理解。下面的题目设置涉及了细节理解、推理判断和词义猜测，考查的题型比较全面。细节理解题可以在短文中之间获得答案，推理判断题需要根据文章中的事实进行判断。第1小题和第5小题是判断题，第1小题的答案在短文中并没有直接提到，但是我们可以根据第一段的内容可以知道，爱迪生是想像母鸡那样孵小鸡。第5小题我们可以将四个选项所表达的内容从原文中依次找到做题的依据，然后进行判断。