Thomas Edison lost his first job. For the nex...

Thomas Edison lost his first job. For the next five years he went around the country from job to job. At last Edison went to New York. He had little money. He could not buy enough food to eat. He had no place to sleep.

For many days Edison looked for work. He was hungry. At last he found work fixing machines. He could repair the old machines. He could also make new ones. The head man liked Edison’s new machines. He was going to give Edison $40,000 for them. Edison would now have money to do what he wanted.

Thomas Edison was then 23. He used the money to build a shop in New Jersey. He had many people working for him. But he worked harder than any of them. He rested very little. Soon he was making more than 40 new things at one time.

In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell made a telephone. But it could carry voices only a short way. Edison wanted to make a better telephone. He soon made one. It could carry voices a long way.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

1.After he lost his first job, Edison ________.

A. found no jobs in the next five years

B. worked in New York for the next five years

C. had a bad time in the next five years

D. had enough food to eat

2.The head man was interested in ________.

A. Thomas Edison　　 B. the old machines

C. the new machines　　 D. Edison’s telephone

3.Edison made a telephone. It ________.

A. was the first one in the world　　 B. carried more voices

C. carried voices more clearly　　 D. carried voices much farther

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Thomas Edison lost the first job. For the next five years he went around the country from job to job. At last Edison went to New York. He had little money. He could not buy enough food to eat. He had no place to sleep.

For many days Edison looked for work. He was hungry. At last he found work fixing machines. He could fix the old machines. He also made new ones. The head man liked Edison’s new machines. He was going to give Edison $40， 000 for them. Edison would now have money to do what he wanted.

Thomas Edison was then 23， He used the money to build a shop in New Jersey. He had many people working for him. But he worked more than 40 new things at one time.

In 1876 Alexander. Graham Bell made a telephone. But it could carry voices only a little way. Edison wanted to make a better telephone. He soon made one.　 It could carry voices a long way.

（一）根据短文内容简要回答问题。

1. What did Thomas Edison do after he lost his first job?

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2.Where did Edison begin to have good luck after he found work?

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（二） 将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。

3. ___________________________________________________________

4.___________________________________________________________

（三）请给短文拟一个适当的标题。

5. _________________________________________________________

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In 1914, Thomas Edison,　 at the age of 67, lost his factory.　 _ 1. _He got almost no pay for what was burnt.　 Edison watched his lifetime effort（努力）go up in smoke and said, ''All our mistakes are burnt up.　 I can have a new star2.　　　　 "Just three weeks later after that, he invented the phonograph(留声机).What a man!　 He surprised the whole world !

3.Thomas Edison failed almost 10,000 times while he was working on the light bulb(灯泡).

Henry Ford was as poor as he was young when he reached the age of 40.

Young Beethoven was told that he had no ear for music,　　 4.

5._A setback can make you stand again and also teach you how to face　　 the difficulty. Find a way to encourage yourself while you are sad, and also have confidence in overcoming(战胜)the setback.

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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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It is said in the book that Thomas Edison (1847—1931)　　 the world-leading inventor for sixty years.

A. would be　　 B. has been

C. had been　　 D. was

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Thomas ________ the army for two years,so he misses his mother very much.

A.has joined        B.has taken part in        C.has been in

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阅读短文

Thomas Edison made more than 1,000 inventions in his life. (A)他的许多发明已经改变了世界。His first invention was a vote recorder (投票记录器) in 1869. This machine allowed people to place a vote by pressing a button instead of saying “Yes” or “No”. (B)H_________, American government officials did not like Edison’s invention because they preferred to call out their votes.

Then Edison started a company with his friend, Franklin Pope. (C) was, morning, night, busy, until, Edison, from, early, late. As a result of hard work, he invented telegraph to print the price of gold and silver. He sold it to Western Union Company for $15,000.

With some of the money Edison started his own company. Next he invented a stock ticker. (D)This machine was used to record the price of stocks (股票) in New York. Western Union paid

Edison $ 40,000 for this invention.

Edison used this money to open a shop in Newark in the state of New Jersey. In 1875, Edison and his family moved to Menlo Park in the same state. There he built his own laboratory.

1.将(A)处画线部分译成英语：

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2.根据首字母提示，在(B)处填写一个适当的单词：

_________________________________________

3.将(C)处画线部分连词成句：

_________________________________________

4.将(D)处画线部分译成汉语：

_________________________________________

5.回答问题：Which state of America does Menlo Park belong to?

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Jack’s love for birds started when he made his first bird feeder about six years ago. He filled the feeder with seeds(种子)，put it in his backyard and then ____ started coming. He got really ____ in birds as more came. Then he joined a local society. As he realized that more and more birds were dying very _______，he wanted to try his best to help them.

Besides ____ he has done, he has his own team called Protecting Our Birds. He does_____about birds, operates a website to teach people about birds and how to help them, and_____ boxes for birds. Not long ago, he found that the bluebirds were nesting（做窝） in the dead trees which were often cut down, ___ he began to make bluebird boxes for the birds in order to save them. Now he wants to use these boxes to take the place of the dead trees. He hangs these boxes up in trees and takes _____ down every week to see if the birds are nesting in them. He also writes articles, hoping that more people will ____ protecting natural ecosystems(生态系统)."Researching birds is ____ to protecting birds，” Jack says, “In order to protect birds, we have to learn and really know about the birds. ”

1.A. seeds, B. birds C. scientists

2.A. bored B. nervous C. interested

3.A. sadly B. quickly C. peacefully

4.A. what B. why C. how

5.A. business B. research C. practice

6.A. builds B. breaks C. pushes

7.A. so B. but C. unless

8.A. it B. him C. them

9.A. hand in B. join in C. call in

10.A. simple B. crazy C. important

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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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Six-year-old Brandon decided to make pancakes for his parents. He should first take the flour(面粉), so he 46 the cupboard and pulled out the heavy flour bag. He put some flour 47 the bowl with his hands, mixed in a cup of milk and added some sugar.

Soon Brandon was 48  flour and getting frustrated, He wanted this to be 49 for Mum and Dad, but it was getting very bad. He didn't know what to do 50.

Suddenly he saw his cat near the bowl and went to push it away, but he 51 the egg box to the floor. He tried to 52 but slipped(滑倒) on the eggs, getting his clothes 53. Just then, he saw his dad standing at the door.

Brandon's eyes were full of tears. He was 54 his dad would beat him, but his father didn't. 55, he picked up his crying son and kissed him.

That's what we sometimes face in 56. We try to do something good, but it turns into a mess. Sometimes we just 57 there in tears because we can't think of anything else to do. Hopefully, that's 58 someone close to us picks us up, loves us and forgives us. But we can't  59 trying to "make pancakes" for "Dad" or for others. Sooner or later we'll get it 60, and then they'll be glad we tried.

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