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第一节 语篇翻译（共5小题; 每小题2分，满分10分） 阅读下面的短文，然后将划线部66.As we all know, Edison is a great inventor.Without Edison, the world might still be in the dark. He lit up the whole world with the electric light. However, the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented 1200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.

Edison was born in 1847. He attended school for only three months. His mother taught him at home, but he was mostly self-educated. He started experimenting（实验）at a young age.67.他花了很多时间寻找第一份工作.When he was 12 years old, he became a newsboy（报童） on a train. 68.He did experiments on the train in his spare time.Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well. They fired（解雇）him because the train caught fire by accident. Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator（电报员）,but he continued to make his experiments. Edison always worked 16 out of every 24 hours.69.有时候，他的妻子不得不叫他吃饭睡觉。

Edison died at the age of eighty-four.70. He left a lot of inventions that improved the quality of life.

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