1. 居里夫人和她的丈夫由于發(fā)現(xiàn)了鐳而于1903年獲得 了諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)。

Madame Curie and her husband won the Nobel Prize in 1903  radium.

10. The   ( discover) of oil made this island a busy place.

9. His name was (known) to people two months ago.But he became famous shortly after his book came out.

8. My cousin is very helpful.He is willing to do something to   (服務(wù)) others.

7. A   (飛竹員) should be able to stay calm when anything dangerous happens.

3. (2014 江蘇泰州中考) Paper making is a great  (invent) of ancient China.

2. (2015江蘇鹽城鹽都區(qū)期末) With the   (發(fā)展) of our country,more and more people can afford to study a-hroad.

1. (2015江蘇鹽城建湖期末) The hybrid rice had many   (好處，優(yōu)點(diǎn)) over others.

                          (C)

  Last year,I did not like my English class. Every class was like a bad dream. The teacher spoke so quickly that I didn't understand her most of the time. I was afraid to ask questions because I didn't know how to pronounce words correctly. I just hid behind my textbook and never said anything.

   Then one day I watched an English movie called Toy Story.I fell in love with this exciting and funny movie!So I began to watch other English movies,too. Although I could not understand everything the characters said,their body language and the expressions on their faces helped me to get the meaning. I also realized I could get the meaning by listening for just the key words. My pronunciation improved as well by listening to the conversations in English movies.I discovered that listening to something interesting is the secret to language learning. I also learned useful sentences like “It's a piece of cake” or “It serves you right”. I did not understand these sentences at first. But because I wanted to understand the story,I looked them up in a dictionary.

   Now I really enjoy my English class.I want to learn new words and more grammar so that I can have a better understanding of English movies.

                          (B)

   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 pic- ture camera and over 1 ,200 other things.

About every two weeks he created something new.

   Thomas Edison was bom in 1847.He attended school for only three months. His mother taught him at home,hut 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 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.

6. 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.

7. The underlined word ‘‘ fired ” in the passage means “ ”

   A. Gave somebody a job

   B. Set fire to somebody

   C. Let somebody down

   D. Forced somebody to leave his job

8. Edison considered his deafness as  .

   A. something bad   B. a gift from God

   C. a kind of ability   D. a disadvantage

9. Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage?

   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.

10. 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.