By the time he was ten, Edison _________ expe...

By the time he was ten, Edison _________ experiments in chemistry.

A. had already done　　 B. already had done

C. was already doing　　 D. already did

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By the time he was twelve, Edison ________ to make a living by himself .

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By the time he was twelve, Edison _______ to make a living by himself.

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It was an unforgettable experience. By the time we made it to the36, my hands were wet. I37 he would remember everything I had taught him over and over again.38he stopped and asked, “So, Mom, how do you like my39?”

I must admit that his performance was40. He had both hands on the wheel. His eyes never left the highway and his handling was far better than I’d ever imagined it would be,41it still needed improving.

Several42ago, I was teaching him to ride his bike. We started43. The third grade primary school student was44that his training wheels were taken off. Of course it was a long evening. He45several times but always got up quickly and kept46until he mastered riding.

Viewing the47, I guess it really wasn’t about him driving. It was about him48 ---gaining more and more independence; not49me so much anymore.

He will be a(n)50in high school this fall. This will truly be a51year for both of us. He’s ready to have one of the best years of his young life and I will have (a) complete mental52. For this is probably the last year that my baby will be at home on a(n)53basis.

After this school year, he’ll go to college and then into the real world. Things all happen so 54.

Now I see the time has just arrived for him to perform what he’s learned.

So, I guess you could say his driving lessons are lessons for me too. Yes, I’m being55that it’s his time to drive through life’s green lights and move towards his future as smoothly and skillfully as possible.

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Thomas Edison was one of ten said to be the greatest genius of his age. There are only a few men in all of the 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 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. “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 thought ____________.

A.he could be happy if he was a genius

B.genius plays the most important part in one’s success

C.hard work could do better than genius

D.genius could do better than hard work

2.Edison was _____________.

A.very much interested in nature

B.interested in discovering the secrets of nature

C.interested in changing people’s ideas

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

3.In Edison’s opinion, ______________.

A.thinking can supply people with enjoyment and pleasure as well as help

B.people’s success lies mostly in genius

C.hard work is the second important thing in making people successful

D.there are few secrets for him to discover later

4.The last sentence in the passage most probably implies __________.

A.life is too short for Edison to invent more for human beings

B.Edison made 100 inventions in his life

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

D.people of his time were ready to give Edison another 100 years’ work

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Thomas Edison was one of ten said to be the greatest genius of his age. There are only a few men in all of the 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 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. “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. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

2. Edison thought ________.

3. Edison was ________.

4.In Edison’s opinion, ________.

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Thomas Edison was one of ten said to be the greatest genius of his age. There are only a few men in all of the 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 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. “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 thought ____________.

A. he could be happy if he was a genius

B. genius plays the most important part in one’s success

C. hard work could do better than genius

D. genius could do better than hard work

2.Edison was _____________.

A. very much interested in nature

B. interested in discovering the secrets of nature

C. interested in changing people’s ideas

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

3.In Edison’s opinion, ______________.

A. thinking can supply people with enjoyment and pleasure as well as help

B. people’s success lies mostly in genius

C. hard work is the second important thing in making people successful

D. there are few secrets for him to discover later

4.The last sentence in the passage most probably implies __________.

A. life is too short for Edison to invent more for human beings

B. Edison made 100 inventions in his life

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

D. people of his time were ready to give Edison another 100 years’ work

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When Paul was a boy growing up in Utah, he happened to live near a copper smelter(炼铜厂), and the chemicals that poured out had made a wasteland out of what used to be a beautiful forest. One day a young visitor looked at this wasteland and called it an awful area. Paul knocked him down. From then on, something happened inside him.

Years later Paul was back in the area, and he went to the smelter office. He asked if they had any plans or if they would let him try to bring the trees back. The answer from that big industry was “No.”

Paul then went to college to study the science of plants. Unfortunately, his teachers said there weren't any birds or squirrels to spread the seeds. It would be a waste of his life to try to do it. Everyone knew that, he was told. Even if he was knowledgeable as he had expected, he wouldn’t get his idea accepted.

Paul later got married and had some kids. But his dream would not die. And then one night he did what he could with what he had. As Samuel Johnson wrote, “It is common to overlook what is near by keeping the eye fixed on something remote. Attainable good is often ignored by minds busied in wide ranges.” Under the cover of darkness, he went secretly into the wasteland and started planting.

And every week, he made his secret journey into the wasteland and planted trees and grass. For fifteen years he did this against the plain common sense. Slowly rabbits appeared. Later, as there was legal pressure to clean up the environment, the company actually hired Paul to do what he was already doing. Now the place is fourteen thousand acres of trees and grass and bushes, and Paul has received almost every environmental award Utah has. It took him until his hair turned white, but he managed to keep that impossible vow he made to himself as a child.

1.When Paul was a boy, _____.

A. he had decided never to leave his hometown

B. the economy of Utah depended wholly on the copper smelter

C. no laws were made to protect the environment against pollution

D. he had determined to stop the copper smelter polluting the area

2.Why did Paul go to college to study the science of plants?

A. He wanted to find out the best way to save the area himself.

B. He was interested in planting trees since he was young.

C. He wanted to get more knowledgeable people to help him.

D. He thought his knowledge would make his advice more persuasive.

3.What does the underlined phrase “the plain common sense” probably refer to?

A. That it was impossible for trees to grow on the wasteland.

B. That his normal work and life would be greatly affected.

C. That no one would like to join him in the efforts.

D. That he had to keep everything he did secret.

4.The message of the passage is that _____.

A. action speaks louder than words

B. perseverance(持之以恒) will work wonders

C. God helps those who help themselves

D. many hands make light work

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By the time Billy was 6, he________in the sea.

A．had already swum                       B．was already swimming

C．has already swum                       D．already swam

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Krystal was ten when her parents divorced (离婚). By the time she was 12, her mother ________ and they lived in Cloverport, Kentucky. Danny, her new stepfather (继父), drove a truck. When he was home, he tried ________ to be friends. But teenage Krystal was like ice. “The divorce really made me________. I was heartbroken.

In the summer of 1984, Danny stopped at a Texas rest stop around midnight when he ________ a purple tour bus. The printed name “Prince” caught his eye. He’d heard of this Prince and knew Krystal and her friends ________ his songs. He knocked on the bus door. Prince himself stepped down the stairs. “My stepdaughter likes your ________. Can I ask you for your autograph?”

With no ________ on hand, Prince reached for the purple bandanna (头巾) on his head and ________ it. Danny called Krystal’s mom ________. “Krystal likes Prince, right?” “Of course, Danny. She’ll love it.” Mom hung up the phone and ________ Krystal. Then Krystal told all 13 people in her class _______. By the time Danny pulled up to the house a few days later, the entire population of Cloverport ________ the purple bandanna that was making its way to Krystal.

But no one knew what had ________ after Danny hung up the phone. After ________ Prince, he’d been walking back to his truck when another trucker ________ him. “Hey, man, my son is a huge fan. Are you willing to make a ________?”

Arriving home in Cloverport that summer day, his hands behind his back, Danny stepped out of his truck. “I hope I made the ________ decision.” Danny said. “I know you like Prince, ________ I thought you’d like a Walkman (随身听) more.” When her stepfather presented his offer of ________, Krystal was moved to tears.

“From then on, I grew to love him not only as a father but as a friend. All he ever wanted was to make me ________,” said Krystal.

1.A. remarried　　 B. left　　 C. moved　　 D. returned

2.A. again　　 B. hard　　 C. lightly　　 D. violently

3.A. nervous　　 B. surprised　　 C. tired　　 D. sad

4.A. saw　　 B. drove　　 C. took　　 D. missed

5.A. hated　　 B. remembered　　 C. liked　　 D. wrote

6.A. music　　 B. movie　　 C. book　　 D. car

7.A. ticket　　 B. money　　 C. paper　　 D. pen

8.A. showed　　 B. sold　　 C. threw　　 D. signed

9.A. at once　　 B. on time　　 C. just now　　 D. once more

10.A. heard　　 B. told　　 C. praised　　 D. answered

11.A. secretly　　 B. weakly　　 C. nervously　　 D. excitedly

12.A. knew about　　 B. worried about　　 C. prepared for　　 D. looked for

13.A. Changed　　 B. Appeared　　 C. found　　 D. happened

14.A. bothering　　 B. catching　　 C. meeting　　 D. helping

15.A. treated　　 B. stopped　　 C. followed　　 D. hit

16.A. decision　　 B. mistake　　 C. trade　　 D. wish

17.A. right　　 B. final　　 C. difficult　　 D. different

18.A. and　　 B. so　　 C. but　　 D. or

19.A. hope　　 B. love　　 C. joy　　 D. trust

20.A. happy　　 B. lucky　　 C. brave　　 D. confident

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