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. 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 24hours. 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.
【小題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 |
| A．Gave somebody a job | B．Set fire to somebody |
| C．Let somebody down | D．Forced somebody to leave his job |
| A．something bad | B．a(chǎn) gift from god | C．a(chǎn) kind of ability | D．a(chǎn) disadvantage |
| 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 |
| A．The function of the electric light | B．Edison and his experiments |
| C．The importance of inventions | D．The whole life of Edison. |
【小題1】A
【小題2】D
【小題3】B
【小題4】C
【小題5】D
解析試題分析：愛迪生生于 1847，在84歲時去世。他主要是自學(xué)成才。12歲時就開始工作做實驗。他的耳朵幾乎失聰，但是他依然明天工作16個小時。他一生發(fā)明有1200多種，許多發(fā)明如電燈、動態(tài)圖片的照相機等都極大地改善了人們的生活。
【小題1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)About every two weeks he created something new.可知 愛迪生每兩周就有新的發(fā)明。故選A。
【小題2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well.可知他的第一份工作沒有好結(jié)果。when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train.當(dāng)他偶然防火燒了火車的地板時，當(dāng)然是被解雇了。He forced somebody to leave his job.他被迫離開他的工作。相當(dāng)于fire（解雇）。故選D。
【小題3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways.可知他認為他的失聰在很多方面是上帝的恩賜。故選B。
【小題4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)He always worked 16 out of every 24hours.可知，他每天休息8個小時，所以A的陳述正確；根據(jù)His mother taught him at home, but Thomas was mostly self-educated.可知，愛迪生主要是自學(xué)成才的，所以B的陳述正確；Thomas Edison生于 1847， 12歲時（1859年）他得到第一份工作, 所以C的陳述不正確；根據(jù)He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.可知，愛迪生的許多發(fā)明都極大地改善了人們的生活。所以D的陳述正確；本題要求找出陳述不正確的選項，故選C。
【小題5】主題歸納題。通讀全文可知，本文主要講的是愛迪生的一生。故選D。
考點：人物類短文閱讀。
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| A．Because the weather changed each day. |
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| C．Because he did not like to stand in front of the camera. |
| D．Because he felt that his job was always the same. |
| A．Because he thought that his job did not matter much to anyone. |
| B．Because he only worked for a small televison station. |
| C．Because he did not like his boss. |
| D．Because the weather report was boring. |
| A．Because he felt excited. |
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| C．Because he realized that his job was actually very important. |
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| D．Because he was going to stand in front of the camera. |
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| B．He got better pay after he did the weather report. |
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