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11．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 news boy on a train．He did experiments on the train in his spare time．Unluckily，his firstwork experience did not end well．They firedhim 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．

46．How often did Edison make a new invention？A
A．About every fourteen days     
B．Aboutevery seven days    
C．About once aweek      
D．About twice a week
47．The underlined word"fired"in the passage means"D"
A．Gave somebody a job          
B．Setfire to somebody   
C．Let somebody down           
D．Forced somebody to leave his job
48．Edison considered his deafness asB．
A．something bad           
B．a(chǎn) gift from god        
C．a(chǎn) kind of ability        
D．a(chǎn) disadvantage
49．which of the following sentence is NOT true according to the passage？C
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
50．What does the passage mainly talk about？D
A．The function of the electric light       
B．Edison and his experiments 
C．The importance o f inventions            
D．The whole life of Edison．

Answer 1

分析 愛迪生托馬斯用電燈的發(fā)明點亮了世界，沒有他，世界可能還在黑暗中．然而，電燈并不是他唯一的發(fā)明，他還發(fā)明了運動圖象照相機和其他1200件發(fā)明．大約每兩星期他就能創(chuàng)造出新的東西．
托馬斯愛迪生生于1847年，他只有三歲時就去開始學(xué)習(xí)了．他母親在家里教他．但是托馬斯幾乎都是自學(xué)．他很小的時候就開始做實驗．
當(dāng)他12歲時，他得到了他的第一份工作，他成了火車上的報童．他空閑時間在火車上做實驗．不幸的是，他的第一次試驗沒有成功．當(dāng)他意外的點燃火車上的地板時，他們解雇了他．愛迪生當(dāng)了五年的電報員，但他繼續(xù)花費大部分時間去做實驗．他第一個發(fā)明專利是在1868年發(fā)明的由電運行的投票記錄器．
愛迪生托馬斯有一年一只耳朵完全聾了并且另一只耳朵很難聽見東西．但是很多年他都認為耳聾是一件好事．它可以讓談話的時間縮短，所以他可以有更多的時間工作，他每24個小時都要工作16個小時，有時他的妻子不得不提醒他睡覺和吃飯．
愛迪生托馬斯在84歲去世，他留下了許多發(fā)明，大大提高了世界各地的生活質(zhì)量．

解答 46．A 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)"About every two weeks he created something new．"可知每兩周就有一個新發(fā)明．兩周也就是十四天，故選A．
47．D 細節(jié)推測題．根據(jù)"when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train．"和"Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator，"可知當(dāng)他意外點燃了火車地板的時候，他們將他解雇．然后他才能作為電報員工作了五年．A選項意為給某人一份工作；B選項意為點燃他人；C選項意為讓某人失望；D選項意為強制別人離開工作．故選D．
48．B 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)"It kept conversations short，so that he could have more time for work．"可知他認為耳聾對他的實驗來說是個好事．A選項意為壞事；B選項意為來自上帝的禮物；C選項意為一種能力；D選項意為一個缺點．故選B．
49．C 計算推測題．根據(jù)"When he was 12 years old，he got his first job．"和"Thomas Edison was born in 1847．"可知他得到第一份工作是在1847+12=1859年．故C選項表達錯誤．故選C．
50．D 總結(jié)大意題．根據(jù)"Thomas Edison was born in 1847．He attended school for only three months．""Thomas Edison died at the age of 84．"等句子，可知本篇文章介紹了他的出生，童年，工作，實驗，耳聾，死亡．是在介紹愛迪生的一生．故選D．

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