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Thomas Edison was a great American inventor. When he was 7 years old, his mother had an appendectomy(阑尾手术). But it was too dark. So Edison put mirrors near oil lamps to light up the room.

The story is in a Chinese textbook for primary school students by People’s Education Press. But the publisher recently said it will remove(去除) the story. That’s because many people think it’s not true. Many believe that the world’s first appendectomy was in 1886. But when Edison’s mother had the so-called appendectomy, it was 1854.

The publisher also said it will avoid using some other fake(假的) stories. For example, there’s a story about the first US President George Washington. The story says young Washington cut down a cherry tree in the yard of his house. But in fact, there was no cherry tree in the area at that time.

So what’s the problem? Experts say that some editors care too much about the educational meaning of a story and fail to check first if the story is true.

The publisher says, in the future, they will pay greater attention to the truth of the stories in the textbook. “We will invite experts to check our stories,” it said in a statement.

1.The information about Tomas Edison is true EXCEPT ________.

A.He was from America. B.He was great.

C.He was a president. D.He was an inventor.

2.Tomas Edison born in ________.

A.1861 B.1847 C.1886 D.1854

3.Why will publisher remove these two stories?

A.Because they are not interesting.

B.Because they happened a long time ago.

C.Because they are true.

D.Because they are not true.

4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A.People didn’t have appendectomy until 1886.

B.Thomas Edison was very smart when he was 7.

C.Young Washington couldn’t cut down a cherry tree in his yard.

D.Thomas Edison didn’t put up mirrors near oil lamps to light up the room.

5.What is the main idea of the story?

A.Expert will be invited to check the stories before they are put into use.

B.Some editors care about the educational meaning as well as the truth of the stories.

C.Even educational stories will be cut off Chinese textbooks if they fail to be true.

D.Students should learn from the great men’s stories because they have educational meaning.

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Thomas Edison was a great American inventor. He was born to a poor family in 1847. His mother taught him at home. He often observed things carefully and he made over 1,300 inventions during his life time. He was often said to be the greatest genius(天才) of his age. There are only a few men in all of history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be happy only because someone said he was a genius. “There is no such thing as genius,” Edison said. He also said that what people called genius was mostly hard work. But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature. Nature, he often said, is full of secrets. He tried to understand them; then, he tried to learn what could usefully be done with them.

Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people will do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking can give men enjoyment and pleasure.

Edison could not understand how anyone could be uninterested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what ideas he had about life. “Work, ” he answered back, “discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier.” He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.

1.Edison was______________.

A．interested in changing people’s ideas

B．interested in discovering the secrets of nature

C．very much uninterested in nature

D．uninterested in making people happier by discovering the secrets of nature

2.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A．Many other people have changed Edison’s life.

B．Edison has changed the lives of many other people.

C．Only a few men in history can change other people’s lives.

D．Edison invented the electric light.

3.The last sentence in the passage most probably implies(意指)___________.

A．people of his time were ready to give Edison another 100 year’s work

B．Life is too short for Edison to invent more for human beings

C．Edison made 100 inventions in his life

D．Edison was able to live and work for 100 years

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阅读表达。

Thomas Edison was a great American inventor. He was born on February 11th in 1847 at Milan, Ohio and died on October 18, 1931. When he was a child he was always trying out new ideas.

One day when he was five years old, his father saw him sitting on some eggs. He asked him why he was doing that. Tom did not answer. Instead, he asked his father: “Hens are able to have chicks. Why can’t I?”

Young Tom was in school for only three months. During those three months he asked a lot of questions. Most of these questions were not about his lessons. His teacher did not understand him. The boy had so many strange questions. The teacher could not answer all of them. So he wanted to send Tom away from school. He told Tom’s mother that Tom was not clever, and he asked her to take the boy out of school.

So Tom’s mother took him out of school, and taught him herself. She taught him to read and write, and she found him a very good student. He learnt very fast. Even before he was ten he became very interested in science. He grew vegetables in his garden and sold them. With the money he set up a chemical laboratory in his home in 1857.

Thomas Edison had 1,368 inventions during his lifetime.

His first patented invention was an electrical recorder in 1868.

1876—1877, invented the phonograph (留声机).

1891, invented the camera.

1897, invented the first electric lamp.

1900—1910, invented the storage battery.

根据短文内容,回答下列问题。

1.Did Tom’s teacher like him? Why?

____________________________________________

2.Who taught Tom to read and write out of school?

_____________________________________________

3.When did Tom become interested in science?

_____________________________________________

4.How did he build his science lab?

_____________________________________________

5.What were invented by Tom?

_____________________________________________

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阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号内所给单词的正确形式（每空最多不超过3个单词）。

Thomas Edison was a great American 1. (invent).When he was2.child, he was always asking questions and trying out new ideas. No matter3. hard it was, he never gave up.

Young Tom was in school for only three 4. (month). His teacher didn’t understand why he had so many strange questions. Most of 5.(they) were not about his lessons. The teacher didn’t want to teach Tom any more. He asked Tom’s mother to take the boy home. Tom’s mother taught him 6. (read) and write, and she found him a very good student. He learnt very fast and became very 7.(interest) in science.

One day, he saw a little boy 8.(play) on the railway tracks (铁轨) at a station. A train was coming near quickly, and the boy was too frightened (恐惧) to move. Edison rushed out and took him away 9. (safe). The boy’s father was so thankful that he taught Edison to send messages10.telegraph (电报).

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Thomas Edison was born in 1837. He was a famous American ______. When he was a child, he liked to find out how things worked. He was in school for only three months. He asked his teacher many strange questions. Most of them had ______ to do with his lessons. The teacher thought the boy was not ______ and was not worth ______. When he told this to Edison’s mother, she _____ her son out of school. As she had been a teacher, she taught him at home. The boy read _____, soon he became very interested ______ science when he was ten, Edison had already built a chemistry lab for ______. Ever since then, he never stopped ____ for new and better ways ______ things.

1.A．scientist　　 B．artist　　　　 C．musician　　　　 D．chemist

2.A．anything　　　 B．something　　　 C．everything　　 D．nothing

3.A．honest　　　　 B．foolish　　　　 C．clever　　　　　 D．brave

4.A．to teach　　　 B．taught　　　　　 C．teaching　　　　 D．of teaching

5.A．took　　　　　　 B．had taken　　　 C．have taken　　 D．takes

6.A．lots of　　　　 B．of　　　　　　　　 C．a little　　　　 D．a lot

7.A．on　　　　　　　 B．in　　　　　　　　 C．of　　　　　　　　 D．at

8.A．herself　　　　 B．itself　　　　 C．yourself　　　　 D．himself

9.A．searching　　 B．searched　　　　 C．search　　　　　 D．to search

10.A．done　　　　　 B．to do　　　　　　 C．doing　　　　　　 D．to be done

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Edison was a great inventor. He invented over 1，000 inventions in his l1..

He 2. (pass) away when he was eighty-four years old. He lit up the world with his inventions. He was a p3.of this field. He never stopped 4. (invent) things.

To achieve his goal, of course, he made 5. (mistake).

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短文填空。

根据下面短文内容, 在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词, 使短文完整、通顺。

Thomas Edison was a famous American inventor. During his lifetime he 　 1. 　 1,093 inventions. That’s amazing, isn’t it? Many of his inventions have changed our life. You may ask　　 2.　　 Edison was able to make so many inventions. That’s because he was the man who never 3. up. He always thought that no matter how　　 4. the problem seemed, he could find the answer. He believed that nothing was difficult 　 5.　 you put your heart into it. That is true. When he was a child, he was always asking strange questions and trying out new ideas. Many of his questions made his teachers unhappy or angry, 　 6. the strange questions were not about his lessons. He couldn’t study at school, so his mother taught 7.　 at home. He was interested 　 8. science and learned very fast.

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短文填空。（每空2分，共16分）

根据下面短文内容, 在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词, 使短文完整、通顺。

Thomas Edison was a famous American inventor. During his lifetime he 　 1. 　 1,093 inventions. That’s amazing, isn’t it? Many of his inventions have changed our life. You may ask　　 2.　　 Edison was able to make so many inventions. That’s because he was the man who never 3. up. He always thought that no matter how　　 4. the problem seemed, he could find the answer. He believed that nothing was difficult 　 5.　 you put your heart into it. That is true. When he was a child, he was always asking strange questions and trying out new ideas. Many of his questions made his teachers unhappy or angry, 　 6. the strange questions were not about his lessons. He couldn’t study at school, so his mother taught 7.　 at home. He was interested 　 8. science and learned very fast.

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The boy wants to be a/an　　 like Thomas Edison when he grows up.

A. teacher　　 B. inventor　　 C. doctor　　 D. driver

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1._______(安全)is the most important thing at the moment.

2.Thomas Edison was a great American __________ (发明家).

3.Travelling by train is much cheaper and far more ________ (愉快) than a rushed trip by air.

4.I’m afraid that Tom will forget it if he ________(错过) so many lessons.

5.They went aboard last week with _________(高兴).

6.The teacher is so kind to her students that her students r________ her as their mother.

7.“What’s the p________ of the coat?” “One hundred yuan”.

8.Now we can get i________ from a lot of ways, such as newspapers, TVs and the internet.

9.China is still a developing country, while the USA is a more d________ country.

10.The cake t_______ delicious. Would you pass me one more?

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