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    Thomas Edison was a famous American scientist．He was born in 1847．When he was a child, 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 was not bright and was not worth teaching．When he told this to Edison's mother, she took her son out of school．As she had been a teacher, she taught him herself．The boy read a lot．Soon he became very interested in science．At the age of ten, Edison had already built a chemistry lab for himself．Ever since then, he never stopped searching for new and better ways to do things．

    (1)

    Edison was born in the ________ century．

    [　　]

    A．

    eighteenth

    B．

    nineteenth

    C．

    nineteen

    D．

    eighteen

    (2)

    While he was in school, Edison ________

    [　　]

    A．

    studied his lessons very hard

    B．

    was often late for school

    C．

    liked to ask questions

    D．

    was not bright enough to study

    (3)

    Edison learned more from ________

    [　　]

    A．

    his mother

    B．

    his teacher

    C．

    other boys

    D．

    his father

    (4)

    Young Edison was interested in ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    sports

    B．

    playing games

    C．

    making trouble

    D．

    science

    (5)

    He was always searching for new and better ways to do things after he ________

    [　　]

    A．

    read books

    B．

    finished school

    C．

    built a lab

    D．

    was taken out of school

    答案：1．B;2．C;3．A;4．D;5．C;
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