Light for the City
Edison and his assistants came to New York to set up an electric power system. They hoped it would provide enough electricity to light up a part of the great city.
They bought several machines with them. These were called generators(發(fā)電機), which produced electricity power for lamps in Edison’s building.
Soon there were lights for the building. Edison lived in a room facing the street and he often worked over night. The light burned brightly and steadily and he often worked over night. People often came and stopped their horse-drawn carriage to look. Everyone knew that Thomas Edison was in town.
First, the inventor and his assistants produced several large generators. A great deal of power would be needed to light up even a small part of the city. Then the workers were busy digging deep trenches in the hard earth below the city streets, and Edison had fourteen miles of wire laid into the trenches. The wire connected each building to a generator.
Setting up an electric power system was not an easy job. It took a year and a half. In September, 1882, the job was finished.
A small group of men stood around Edison inside the power house. The big moment came at last. The inventor, taking a deep breath, pulled a switch. The electric lights flashed up.
“Very good! Very good!” a man nearby shouted to praise Edison for what he had done.
“Sir,” said Edison, “this is only the beginning!” And Edison was right. Soon Edison’s lamp were lighting up cities all over the world.                
小題1:The generators they brought with them could produce as much as electricity as ______ needed.
A．Edison’s buildingB．a(chǎn) small part of the city
C．the whole cityD．the world
小題2:Trenches were dug to ______.
A．set up generatorsB．lay wiresC．built city streetsD．build a power house
小題3:It took a year and a half to ______.
A．set up the electric system
B．produce several large generators
C．dig the deep trenches
D．lay fourteen miles of wire into the trench
小題4:Edison took a deep breath before pulling a switch, which showed that he was ______.
A．excitedB．frightenedC．uneasyD．light-hearted

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:A
本文講解的是Edison和他的助手努力實現(xiàn)城市的大部分地區(qū)都可以用到電。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題 根據(jù)第二段可知是Edison's building所需的電力。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題 根據(jù)第四段中“Then the workers were busy digging deep trenches in the hard earth below the city streets, and Edison had fourteen miles of wire laid into the trenches. ”可知，挖溝是為了鋪線。因此選B。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題 根據(jù)第五段可知選A。
小題4:細節(jié)理解題 根據(jù)最后一段中“The inventor, taking a deep breath, pulled a switch. The electric lights flashed up.”可知inventor深呼吸了一下。
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