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【題目】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(鏡子)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(電報(bào)學(xué))．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. 護(hù)士 B. 醫(yī)院 C. 手術(shù) D. 救護(hù)車(chē)

【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

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】這篇短文給我們介紹了著名的發(fā)明家愛(ài)迪生，愛(ài)迪生很小的時(shí)候就對(duì)科學(xué)感興趣，他在學(xué)校里只呆了三個(gè)月，很小的時(shí)候就做過(guò)很多不同的工作。他有很多偉大的發(fā)明。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)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，愛(ài)迪生坐在雞蛋上，當(dāng)他的爸爸問(wèn)他的時(shí)候，他沒(méi)有回答，反而問(wèn)他的爸爸他為什么不能像母雞那樣孵小雞。由此可以推斷，愛(ài)迪生是想孵小雞。故應(yīng)選A。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段中Edison was in school for only three months可知，愛(ài)迪生在學(xué)校只呆了三個(gè)月。由此可知應(yīng)選D。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)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，到愛(ài)迪生10歲的時(shí)候，他就已經(jīng)建立了自己的一個(gè)小實(shí)驗(yàn)室。由此可知選B。

【4】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)劃線單詞所在的句子Once his mother was ill．The doctor said she needed an operation at once可知，愛(ài)迪生的媽媽生病了，醫(yī)生說(shuō)需要…，operation應(yīng)該跟治病有關(guān)，故應(yīng)選C，是手術(shù)的意思。

【5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文第五段的內(nèi)容可知，在愛(ài)迪生12歲的時(shí)候，他做過(guò)各種各樣的工作，這一段里并沒(méi)有說(shuō)他去不同的城市里工作，故D選項(xiàng)不對(duì)。根據(jù)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是正確的；根據(jù)He showed special interest in science可知B是對(duì)的；根據(jù)短文最后一段的描述可知C是對(duì)的。