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 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 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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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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(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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任务型阅读 根据文中的信息完成表格。(10分)
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.
Thomas Edison | An 1. scientist. |
When he was a 2. | He was 3. in everything around him. His questions were 4. . His teacher didn’t 5. he was clever. |
After he 6. school | His mother became his 7. . He 8. a lot of books. He showed interest in 9.. |
At the 10. of ten | H e built a lab for himself. |
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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________.
A.in winter | B.one hundred years ago | C.in Canada | D.in January |
2.Edison’s teacher said________.
A.he was one of the cleverest boys | B.he was a good student |
C.he was not a good student | D.he could learn many things |
3.Edison’s mother________.
A.taught him at home | B.taught him at school |
C.was a teacher | D.took him to another school |
4.One day Edison sat on some eggs.He________.
A.liked to sit there | B.wanted to break the eggs |
C.wanted his father to look for him | D.wanted to hatch chickens |
5.We now know Edison________.
A.was a good student | B.was a dumb headed student |
C.was very clever | D.wasn’t famous |
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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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These days China has surprised the world with its new great inventions —— high-speed railways, Alipay(支付宝), shared bicycles and online shopping.
Lin Jinlong, a student from Cambodia enjoys his life in China and says, “my wallet is not used anymore. I can buy and eat whatever I want just with a tap(轻敲) of my phone. Even fruit sellers are using Alipay.” He laughed, “We can also order food at home, super fast and easy, but when I was in Cambodia, I had to go outside.”
Another student from Cambodia, Wu Mei, shared her experience of taking Chinese high-speed railway. It only takes half an hour from Beijing to Tianjin. For the same distance, people in Cambodia may spend three hours sitting on the train because there are only two railways.
Bernhard Schwartlander, World Health Organization Representative(世界卫生组织代表) in China is very excited about China’s bike-sharing. In his opinion, shared bikes are bringing bikes to people’s lives and they are making people start to use public transport(公共交通) such as buses and trains more often in modern time. “Also as we all know, it could mean a lot to our environment.” He explained.
It’s clear that China is developing fast and no longer copying western ideas. In fact, she is leading the world in many ways. Products and services have improved people’s experience, playing an important part in world economy(经济).
1.There are________China’s new great inventions in the passage.
A. one B. two C. three D. four
2.“My wallet is not used anymore” means ________.
A. Lin’s wallet was lost
B. Lin left his wallet in Cambodia
C. Lin buys everything for free online
D. Lin can pay almost everything through Alipay
3.According to Paragraph 3 and 4, which of the following is NOT RIGHT?
A. It takes half an hour from Beijing to Tianjin by high-speed railway.
B. There are only three railways in Cambodia.
C. Buses, bikes and trains are all public transport.
D. Shared bikes can play an important part in environment.
4.From the last paragraph, the writer tries to tell us________.
A. China has become the most important country for the world economy
B. China has better ideas than western countries
C. China’s products and services are not good enough
D. The development will lead China to a bright future
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A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said, "I am blind, please help."
There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy heard his footsteps and asked, "Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?" The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way."
What he had written was, "Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it." Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?
Of course, both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.
The first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.
1.A blind boy sat on the steps of a building in order to______.
A. wait for some people B. get money from others
C. make the writer help him D. hold up a sign
2.The man ______when he saw the blind boy.
A. gave the boy a new hat
B. brought the boy a sign
C. took away the blind boy's money and wrote some words on the sign
D. gave the boy some money and wrote some words on the sign
3.What happened to the blind boy after the man wrote the words on the sign?
A. The boy was taken away by the police
B. Nobody gave the blind boy money any more
C. More people dropped money into the boy's hat
D. The blind boy could see the beautiful day
4.What do you think of the sign written by the man?
A. It has the different meaning to the first sign
B. It has the same meaning to the first sign and is expressed (表达) in another better way.
C. The man's sign tells people it is a beautiful day
D. People know the boy is blind after reading the man's sign
5.What can we learn from this passage?
A. It's helpful of us to help people in need
B. There are many poor people in the world like the blind boy
C. It's a good way to make money by holding a sign
D. We should learn to speak to others in a suitable way
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