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【題目】 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 over1,200 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 train. He did experiments on the train in his spare time. Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well. They fired him 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(專利權(quán)) 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 world “fired” in the passage means “_＿＿＿＿”

A. Gave somebody a job. B. Set fire to somebody.

C. Let somebody down. D. Forced somebody to leaves 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 sentences is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Edison had only 8hours’rest each day after his deafness.

B. Edison got his education mostly by self-teaching.

C. Edison had his first job in 1986.

D. Edison’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.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：該文介紹了大發(fā)明家愛迪生的故事。愛迪生出生于1847年，他在學(xué)校接收教育僅三個月，多數(shù)時候都是他自學(xué)的。愛迪生一生有1200多項(xiàng)發(fā)明，平均每兩周就有一項(xiàng)發(fā)明問世。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段最后一句About every two weeks he created something new.可看出他每兩周就有一項(xiàng)新的發(fā)明，故答案為A

【2】詞匯釋義題。題根據(jù)文中的句子Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well.(不幸的是，他的第一份工作結(jié)果并不好。) 及Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, …(然后愛迪生作為一名電報(bào)員工作了五年，…)可推測出該詞義為“解雇”，故選D。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章中的句子…, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways.(但是他認(rèn)為耳聾是上帝在許多方面對他的袒護(hù)。)可看出他認(rèn)為自己一個耳朵聾了是上帝對自己的袒護(hù)，故選B。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。根據(jù)文中的句子He always worked 16 out of every 24 hours.可看出愛迪生每天只有8小時的休息時間，故A項(xiàng)說法正確；從第二段He attended school for only three months. …, but Thomas was mostly self-educated.看出他僅上了三個月學(xué)，但是愛迪生多數(shù)時間都是通過自學(xué)獲得知識的，因此選項(xiàng)B說法也是正確的；由文章最后一句話He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.可看出他的發(fā)明大大提高了人們的生活水平，故D說法也正確；愛迪生生于1847年，在他12歲時，他獲得了第一份工作，所以這一年應(yīng)該是1859年，而不是1969年，故選項(xiàng)C法錯誤。

【5】主旨大意題。本文通篇介紹了愛迪生的一生，介紹了他的生平，教育以及干的工作、作出的發(fā)明等等，因此正答案選D。