There are many people who say Thomas Edison invented the twentieth century. Although there are those who may disagree, yet Edison was one of the greatest inventors in America.

Born in 1847 in Ohio, Thomas Edison attended school for only three months. After his teacher said that he could not learn, Edison’s mother decided to teach him at home. There he was allowed to study the subjects that most interested him. By age ten, Edison had built a science laboratory of his own.

Edison got his first job at age twelve on the railway selling candy and newspapers. There he once saved a boy whose father was the boss of the railway station. In return the boss helped him a lot.

In his late twenties, Edison built an “invention factory” where he and his business partners could devote all their time to inventing. After improving upon the telephone, Edison created the phonograph(留聲機(jī)). Although Edison did not actually invent the light bulb, he did create an electric lighting system which led to its widespread use.

Edison set up the first central electric power station in 1882, so New York became the first city in the world to have electric lights. This was the beginning of the modern world in which electricity became a way of life.

The following year, one of Edison’s engineers discovered electrons(電子), which at last led to electronics. Without electronics, we might not have radio, TV, computers, or space travel. The rest of Edison’s life was spent making and improving inventions.

Thomas Edison died at the age of eighty-four in 1931. Three days later, much of America dimmed(使暗淡) its lights in honor of the inventor—a man who had more impact (影響)on the development of present-day civilization than anyone else in history.

1. The passage tells us that ________.

A. Edison didn’t like to study at school

B. Edison invented the light bulb in his late twenties

C. even without electronics, we might have radio, TV, computers, or space travel

D. New York was the first city in the world to have electric lights

2.From the passage, we can infer that _________.

A. Edison’s teacher thought Edison was not worth teaching

B. Edison’s mother stopped Edison studying at school

C. Edison didn’t invent many things in all his life

D. Edison didn’t spend his life working on these inventions when he was old

3.Why did many Americans dim their lights when Edison died? ________.

A. Americans wanted to save more energy.

B. Americans were used to dimming their lights.

C. Americans dimmed their lights in memory of the great inventor.

D. Americans were made to dim their lights.

4.The best title for this passage is ________.

A. Edison, a Poor Man

B. Edison, a Great Inventor

C. Edison Died at 84

D. Edison and His Childhood

練習(xí)冊系列答案
相關(guān)習(xí)題

科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學(xué)年江蘇如皋中學(xué)高二下4月階段練習(xí)英語試卷（解析版） 題型：單項(xiàng)填空

—I’ve got to line up at the restaurant for a meal.

—_____? You can order food at Meituan on your phone.

A. So what A. How come C. Why bother D. Why not

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學(xué)年河北大名一中高二下期第二次月考英語試卷（解析版） 題型：完形填空

閱讀下面的短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

Having been out of work for two years because of poor health，I decided to look for a part time job. I _________ and interviewed again and again with no progress．I was getting pretty _________ .

It was freezing cold last Tuesday evening．I was waiting at a(n) _________ when I saw a young woman wearing just a T-shirt and no_________ . I asked if she needed any _________ ．She told me she had lost everything in a big fire and had been _________ for two days.

I dug in my _________ and took out $5.00 so she could get something to eat．I then took off my _________ and shoes and gave them to her. She looked at me and said, “Aren’t you，going to be cold?” I told her，it would be worth it if they could keep her a little bit _________ . She was moved to tears and thanked me with a _________ .

Then as I got on the bus the miracle(奇跡)of _________ kindness happened．When I was to _________ the fare, the bus driver said with a smile, “Madam, I saw what you just did and your _________ is on me．”

I _________ my thanks and was about to sit down when a lady dressed in a business suit said to me，“You just did the most 55 thing I have ever seen．What can I do for you?”I jokingly said a _________ job would be nice．She asked for my name and said she might be able to _________ something out．

The next day she _________ me，saying she had a part-time position _________ in her company and wanted me to come in and meet with the manager that day．I had started my act of kindness just to make myself feel good，but I never expected to get so much _________ !

1.A．dressed B．begged C．a(chǎn)pplied D．explained

2.A．surprised B．discouraged C．refreshed D．frightened

3.A．bus stop B．subway station C．local park D．office building

4.A．socks B．shoes C．gloves D．glasses

5.A．a(chǎn)dvice B．work C．information D．help

6.A．walking B．moving C．surviving D．starving

7.A．purse B．room C．book D．hand

8.A．glasses B．coat C．watch D．hat

9.A．happier B．smarter C．warmer D．healthier

10.A．scream B．hug C．jump D．gift

11.A．spreading B．praising C．enjoying D．a(chǎn)ccepting

12.A．change B．check C．borrow D．pay

13.A．bill B．debt C．rent D．fare

14.A．sent B．a(chǎn)ccepted C．felt D．expressed

15.A．unbelievable B．ordinary C．inspiring D．reasonable

16.A．paying B．comfortable C．tough D．challenging

17.A．work B．pick C．set D．keep

18.A．visited B．met C．heard D．called

19.A．empty B．open C．a(chǎn)bsent D．free

20.A．a(chǎn)fter all B．for nothing C．in return D．a(chǎn)bove all

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學(xué)年福建福州第八中學(xué)高二下期中英語試卷（解析版） 題型：短文改錯

單句改錯

每句一處錯。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（）劃掉。

修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

1.Do you aware that your son is having difficulties at school?

2.A chair made of steel is stronger than the one made of wood.

3.I have two sisters, both of them are doctors.

4.He always thinks it unlikely for his son to be made fun at school.

5.Aismov had an amazing mind which he searched for explanations of everything in the past and the present.

6.Mr. Herpin is one of the foreign experts who is working in China.

7.You’d better set down some time for exercise every day to keep fit.

8.Considered his age, the little boy reads quite well.

9.My grandpa seems to heard of the anecdote about the famous scientist.

10.I have bought the same dress which she is wearing.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學(xué)年寧夏育才中學(xué)勤行校區(qū)高一下6月考英語卷（解析版） 題型：書面表達(dá)

假如你是交換生李明，正在美國一所高中學(xué)習(xí)。近日你在學(xué)校網(wǎng)站上看到學(xué)校籃球體育俱樂部要招收一名成員的消息。要求如下：

1. 愛好并擅長籃球；

2. 英語流利；

3. 有一定的比賽經(jīng)歷。

請根據(jù)以上要點(diǎn)給俱樂部負(fù)責(zé)人Mr. Brown寫封信，表達(dá)你想加入該俱樂部的愿望。

注意：

1. 詞數(shù)：100詞左右

2. 行文連貫，不可逐字翻譯。

Dear Mr. Brown,

I am learning English painting in our school as an exchange student from China. Recently I read it from notice on our school website that

Yours,

Li Ming

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學(xué)年遼寧五校協(xié)作體高二下期中考試英語卷（解析版） 題型：短文改錯

短文改錯

假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（﹨）劃掉。

修改：在錯的詞下面劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出改正后的詞。

注意：1．每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；2．只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計(jì)分。

I am writing to express my interest in your recently advertised positions as a secretary of English. Here I would like to introduce me briefly. I am a 25-year-old young man graduated from the Foreign Languages Department of Jilin University. I have been a English guide for two years after graduation. As a result, my oral English is pretty well. I think the job is suitable for me. I had much confidence of myself. If I am given to the job, I promise I will do my best to do it well. I’d like to meet you at your convenient to discuss the possibility of working in your company. An early reply to my application will be high appreciated.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學(xué)年遼寧五校協(xié)作體高二下期中考試英語卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解

Six volunteers are about to find out what it would be like to live on Mars without ever leaving the Earth. Three men and three women will spend eight months living in a special place on the side of a volcano in Hawaii. They are part of an experiment that is designed to mimic（模仿）life on Mars. Their mission began on October 15, 2014. NASA says it could send astronauts to Mars as early as the 2030s. The mission would take more than two years, so NASA needs to know how people would react to living in a small group, isolated from the rest of the world, for such a long time. Some people may become depressed or bored living under those conditions. By studying people living in similar conditions here on Eares NASA hopes to learn how to choose the most suitable people for a space mission, and how to help them get along.

They will live in a two-story building. The ground floor is about 86 square meters, roughly the size of a small two-bedroom apartment. It includes shared areas like kitchen, dining room, bathroom, laboratory and an exercise room. The upstairs is less than half the size of the downstairs. It contains another bathroom and six small bedrooms. The building is located in an abandoned quarry（采石場）about 2,400 meters up the side of Mauna Loa, the second biggest volcano in the world. It is constantly monitored for signs of volcanic activity. NASA chose the location because the appearance looks very similar to Mars.

To make it more like being on Mars in the future, they are only able to communicate by email during the experiment. Meanwhile, there will be a 20-minute delay between the time when a message is sent and that when it is received. When they go outside, they will have to suit up in full spacesuits, just as if they were on Mars.

The commander is Martha Lenio, a 34-year-old Canadian. During the mission, she will run experiments on growing food. The other members have backgrounds in physics and so on. None of them are astronauts.

1.When will the six volunteers end their mission about mimicking life on Mars?

A. On June 15, 2015. B. On October 15, 2015.

C. On October 15, 2030. D. On June 15, 2032.

2.What’s the main purpose of the experiment?

A. To monitor signs of volcanic activity.

B. To prepare for a space mission to Mars.

C. To train the six people to become astronauts.

D. To study the difference between men and women.

3.Mauna Loa was chosen as the experimental site because ___________.

A. it is located near a rocket base

B. other people can hardly find the location

C. its landscape is so much like that of Mars

D. it is a safe place to conduct the experiment

4. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Martha is a famous expert on agriculture.

B. The six volunteers will be sent to Mars in 2030.

C. All the experimental activities are done in doors.

D. It takes about 40 minutes to get a reply to an email.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學(xué)年浙江紹興一中高二下期中考試英語試卷（解析版） 題型：聽力第三部分

The ocean is always moving：waves break on the surface, sea levels rise and fall with the tides, and currents flow below the surface. Although it looks as if the water in a wave is moving across the surface of the ocean, it is not. The water is actually moving up and down. This is why an object on top of a wave will bob up and down, but not move forward.

When a wave reaches the shore, however, the water does move forward. It surges(前進(jìn) )onto the shore. This is because the “bottom” of the wave drags on the sand and the “top” continues on, crashing onto the shore. This crashing water is called the surf. Most waves are caused by wind blowing across the ocean's surface. The size of a wave depends on how fast and how far the wind blows over the surface and on the depth of the wave. Small winds can cause ripples, while strong winds create large hurricane waves.

Along most shorelines. water levels rise and fall twice a day. These changes, called tides. are caused by the gravitational pull of the Sun and the Moon. The ocean surface lifts, or bulges(凸出), in two places: on the side of Earth that faces the Moon and on the side of Earth that faces away from the Moon. Both bulges cause a high tide on nearby shorelines. At the same time that the high tides occur, low tides occur between the two bulges.

Tides are also affected by the pull of the Sun, although the effect of the Sun is not as great as the effect of the Moon. When the Moon and Sun are lined up with Earth, the combined pull is the strongest, causing the highest high tides and the lowest low tides. These very high and very low tides are called spring tides. Weaker tides, called neap tides, happen when the Moon and the Sun are at right angles to Earth. High tides alternate with low tides. Along most shorelines, a high tide or low tide occurs about every six hours.

1.The word “alternate” in the last paragraph means .

A. appear suddenly

B. bob up and down

C. change or become quickly

D. happen or follow one after another

2.The best title for the passage is .

A. The Moving Ocean B. Tides and Waves

C. Ocean and Earth D. Waves and Currents

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學(xué)年江蘇鹽城中學(xué)高一下期中考試英語試卷（解析版） 題型：單詞拼寫

單詞拼寫

1.We should _________(分析) what they said and not just agree with everything.

2.As ancient _________（文明）, China and Egypt have long and splendid cultures, and both have made great achievements in modern culture and art.

3.It hurts us deeply to see half of all woodland and forests __________(毀壞).

4.The radio ______ (預(yù)報)said that the mist would become a thick fog in the afternoon.

5.The book is available on Amazon in both ______ (簡化) and traditional Chinese.

6.I’m f ______because the people I'm working with and learning from are true experts in their fields.

7.The bell for the class rang suddenly, i______ their heated discussion.

8.Teenagers should be encouraged to keep healthy m______ and physically.

9.The office reminded that graduates need to visit o______ sites of the competition – www.qccy.org or newjobs.com.cn for online application.

10.Donors and planters will have their names hung on the new trees in r______ of their efforts.

11.They feared that the mummy would fall to pieces when they cut it open, but fortunately this has not happened. The mummy successfully______the operation.

12.When my old friend Brian ______ me to accept a cigarette, it was more than I could bear.

13.I am used to traveling by air and only on one occasion have I ever felt _________.

14.There were six million visitors in all, and the ______from the exhibition were used to build museums and colleges.

15.Now, dressed in a blue uniform and with a rifle over his shoulder, the prisoner marched ______up and down in front of the camp.

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習(xí)冊答案