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Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him, the world might still be in the dark. However, the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented the motion picture camera and 1200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.
Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He attended school for only three months. His mother taught him at home, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. He started experimenting at a young age.
When he was 12 years old, he got his first job. He became a newsboy on a train. He did experiments on the train in his spare time. Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well. Theyfiredhim when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train. Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time in experimenting his first patent(专利权) in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity.
Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He always worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.
Thomas Edison died at the age of 84. He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.
1.How often did Edison make a new invention?
A. About every fourteen days B. About every seven days
C. About once a week D. About twice a week
2.The underlined word “fired” in the passage means “__________”
A. Gave somebody a job B. Set fire to somebody
C. Let somebody down D. Forced somebody to leave his job
3.Edison considered his deafness as______.
A. something bad B. a gift from god
C. a kind of ability D. a disadvantage
4.Which of the following sentence is NOT true according to the passage
A. Edison had only 8 hours rest each day after his deafness ?
B. Edison got his education mostly by self-teaching
C. Edison had his first job in 1869
D. Edison’s inventions greatly improved the quality of people’s life
5.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. The function of the electric light
B. Edison and his experiments
C. The importance of inventions
D. The whole life of Edison.
The Great Wall of China is ______ to people all over the world . It ______“The Ten-Thousand-Li Great Wall” in Chinese . Do you know the famous Chinese saying “He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a_______ man ”?The great Wall is_________ Wall in the world . It is more than 6,000 kilometres long and between four and five metres ________ . In most places it is wide enough for five horses or ten man ______side by side along the top. It was very difficult to build such a great wall ______ our modern machines . All the work had to be done by hand. Many people ______to work on the wall far away from their homes. Thousands of men ______and were buried(埋葬) under the wall. The Great Wall was made not only _____ stone and earth, but also from the flesh and blood(血肉)of millions of men..
1.A. helpful B. famous C. kind D. known
2.A. calls B. called C. is called D. calling
3.A. good B. important C. true D. clever
4.A. long B. high C. the longest D. the highest
5.A. long B. wide C. high D. deep
6.A. walk B. walking C. walked D. to walk
7.A. with B. without C. by D. in
8.A. is made B. was made C. are made D. were made
9.A. die B. died C. dead D. were dead
10.A. by B. in C. of D. from
I’ve just run one thousand meters and beaten everyone
----- ______
A. Enjoy yourself B. Good luck
C. Have a nice trip D. Well done
The government of Chongqing is building ________ cheap and good houses for the people.
A. thousand B. thousands C. thousand of D. thousands of
---I think reading is important for us every day. Do you agree me?
---Yes, you are right.
A. on B. with C. to D. of
--Why are you in such a hurry , John ?
---There ______ a basketball match between Class Three and our class in ten minutes.
A. is going to be B. is going to have C. will have D. is having
