Edison liked ________ (find) out how things ________ (work) in his childhood.

阅读理解

　　

Edison's Marriage (婚礼)

　　

　　After marriage Edison took his new wife to the new house he had bought at 97 Wright Street, in New York. As soon as they were in the house alone together for the first time, Edison began to think about a problem he was having with one of his inventions. He told Mary, his new wife, that he had to go to his office, but would soon return, Mary didn't want to anger him by asking him not to go. So, married only for one hour, the new husband ran to his business.

　　Mary spent her first day as a wife alone, fearful (害怕的) and tearful. Late the night Joseph Murray, one of Edison's friends and workers, came to the office.

　　“Why are you here, Tom?”Murray answered. “I must go home,”said Edison.

　　Only then did he realize (认识到) that he was married that day.

1．Which of the following is right?

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A．In the night of his marriage, Edison was still busy with his invention.

B．Edison didn't like to live with his new wife.

C．Edison liked to be alone.

D．Edison was a person with bad manners (行为).

2．In this story, “run” means to ________.

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3．Why did Edison go to his office? Because he ________.

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A．didn't love Mary

B．put his heart into his invention

C．wanted to see Murray

D．quarreled (争吵) with his new wife

4．At that night, Edison's new wife ________.

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A．felt very angry

B．felt very sad

C．was very happy

D．thought she shouldn't have got married to Edison

5．In this story the writer tells us that Edison ________.

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A．had made a new invention

B．didn't love his new wife

C．devoted (献身于) his life to the invention

D．was a great scientist

阅读理解

　　When Thomas Edison was 15, a train accident hurt his ears. Once when he tried to jump on a moving train, a conductor grabbed (抓) his ears to pull him up. He soon began to lose most of his hearing. His deafness (耳聋) could have been cured by an operation. But Edison didn't take the operation. He said being deaf helped him concentrate (专心).

　　“Deafness probably drove me to reading.” he said later in life. He was one of the first people to use the Detroit Free Library. His library card was number 33. He went through shelf by shelf, reading every book.

　　Edison enjoyed science books best of all. He read many kinds of science books. He realized (认识) his future would be in finding ways to make lives better, instead of just learning how things work.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

1．What is the passage mainly about?

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2．Edison didn't take the operation because ________.

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A．he was afraid of losing his life in the operation

B．he thought his deafness could make him read books more carefully

C．he didn't have enough money

D．he had no time to take the operation

3．The underlined word “cured” means ________.

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4．Which of the following is right?

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A．Edison had ear problems before the accident.

B．Edison liked to read story - books in the library.

C．You would pay for the books if you read in the Detroit Free Library.

D．Edison's ear problem could be cured.

5．What did Edison want to do in his future?

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完形填空(阅读下面的短文，然后从四个答案中选出最佳答案)

Thomas Edison 1 a famous American scientist. He was born 2 1847. When he was 3 child, he liked to 4 how things worked. He was in school 5 only three months. He 6 his teacher a lot of strange questions. Mostof them 7 his lessons. 8 teacher thought the boy 9 bright and was not worth 10 11 he told this to Edison's mother, she took her son 12 school. As she 13 a teacher, she taught him 14 . The boy read 15 . Soon he 16 very interested in science, 17 the age of ten, Edison 18 a chemistry lab for himself. Ever since then, he never stopped searching for new and 19 ways 20 .

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根据下列句子及所给汉语注释或通过上下文，  在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。每空只写一词。

1.Who do you think is    （苗条）,Kitty or Sandy?

2.Mr. Wu is an     （有能力的）teacher and he is my favourite teacher.

3.When Thomas Edison was young, he showed great    （兴趣）in everything.

4.I am still    (想知道)what was going at the time．

5.I liked to sit beside the window and enjoy the     (美景)in the park.

6.We plan to help the students in poor areas by    (提供)them with some stationery.

7.We must help this boy.  He doesn't know the    (重要性)of study.

8.-I don't think it's right to treat Jimmy like this.

-I agree with you. He worked the hardest but got the    money.

9.- Have you heard that Jack had an accident last night?

- Yes, but    he wasn't badly hurt.

10.- Shall we go for a hiking this weekend?

- All right,    it rains.