Thomas Edison is a world- famous inventor(发明家...

Thomas Edison is a world- famous inventor(发明家).Here's1. heart-warming story about him and his mother.

One day Edison came home 2.a letter. He said, " My teacher gave this letter to me and told me to only hand it to you. " After reading the letter, his mother began to cry. “What does it say?" 3. Edison.“ Your son is truly talented. This school is too small for him and doesn’t have enough good teachers to train him. Please teach 4. yourself.”answered Edison’s mother. Edison was happy to hear that.

Many years 5., Edison became one of the greatest inventors in the world. One day 6. he was going through the old things at home, he found a piece of paper. It was the letter from his teacher to his 7.. The message in the 8. was,“ Your son is mentally(精神上)ill. We cannot let him study in our school anymore.” Edison was surprised when he read it. And then he 9.in his diary, "Thomas Edison was a mentally 10. child. His mother turned him into a talented inventor”

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February 11th is the birthday of the most famous American inventor,Thomas Alva Edison.Edison was born in 1847.He was not a good student when he was a young boy.His teacher said he was one of the most dumb headed(笨头笨脑的)students .He did badly in many subjects and left school after only three months.So his mother took him home and taught him herself.Edison didn’t like school at all,but he loved science.He liked to ask questions.

One day his father found him sitting on some eggs.His father asked him why.The boy didn’t answer.He asked his father instead,“Why can’t I hatch(孵化)chickens,but hens can?”

Edison invented 1328 things in his life,and these things made our lives more comfortable(舒适的)and the world more beautiful.People will never forget him.

1.Edison was born________.

2.Edison’s teacher said________.

3.Edison’s mother________.

4.One day Edison sat on some eggs.He________.

5.We now know Edison________.

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Thomas Edison was an American inventor. When he was 7 years old, his mother had anappendectomy(阑尾切除手术). But it was too dark. So Edison put mirrors(镜子)near oil lamps (油灯) to light up the room

The story is in a Chinese textbook for primary school students by People’s Education Press(人民教育出版社). Perhaps many of you have read it before. But the publisher (出版社) recently said itwill cut out this 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 was 7, it was 1854.

The publisher also said it will not use some other stories. For example, there’s a story about the first US President George Washington. The story says young Washington cut down a cherry (樱桃) 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 (专家) say that some editors (编辑) care too much about the educational meaning of stories, without checking if the story is true first.

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 textbook said Thomas Edison________.

A.was the inventor ofmirrors

B.did an appendectomy for his mother at the ageof 7

C.helped light up the room during her mother’sappendectomy

2.When was Thomas Edison born?

A.In 1847. B.In 1854. C.In1879.

3.Why will the publisher cut out George Washington’s story?

A.Because nobody should make stories about a president

B.Because it’s wrong for a president to cut down trees.

C.Because the story is not true.

4..What is the problem of some editors?

A.They will pay greater attention to the truth of the stories in the textbook

B.They care too much about the educational meaning of stories

C.They don’t like checking if the stories are true.

5.What will the publisher do in the future?

A.They will ask experts to check if stories are true.

B.They will pay more attention to the educational meaning of stories.

C.They will invite experts to write stories for textbooks.

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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 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(专利权) 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 24hours. 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.

1.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

2.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

3.Edison considered his deafness as______.

A. something bad B. a gift from god C. a kind of ability D. a disadvantage

4.Which of the following sentence 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

5.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.

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Thomas Edison, a great American scientist, had over 1,000 inventions. He was born in 1847. When he was very young, he liked to find out how things worked. He was in school for only three months. He asked his teacher a lot of strange questions. Most of them had nothing to do with his lessons. The teacher thought the boy wasn’t bright and wasn’t worth (值得) teaching. When he told this to Edison’s mother, she took her son out of school and taught him herself. He read a lot and became interested in science. When he was ten, he built a lab (实验室) for himself. From then on, he never stopped searching for new and better ways to do things.

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Our Chinese teacher told us ___interesting story and ___ story was about Thomas Edison.

A. an; a　　　　 B. an; the　　　　 C. the; the　　　 D. the; an

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Our Chinese teacher told us ________ interesting story and ________ story was about Thomas Edison.

A. an; a     B.the; the    C.a; the  D. an; the

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（题文）Thomas Edison invented _______ light bulb (灯泡)．He was _______ unusual man.

A. a; a　　 B. an; the　　 C. the; an　　 D. a; /

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Thomas Edison invented _______ light bulb (灯泡)．He was _______ unusual man.

A. a; a　　 B. an; the　　 C. the; an　　 D. a; /

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Thomas Edison invented _______ light bulb (灯泡)．He was _______ unusual man.

A.a; a B.an; the C.the; an D.a; /

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