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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：

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3.将(C)处画线部分连词成句：

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4.将(D)处画线部分译成汉语：

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

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根据已给出的首字母，在短文空白处填入适当的单词，是其内容通顺。每空限填一词，将完整的单词写在短文后面的横线上。

You are doing homework and waiting for you parents to come back. The doorbell rings.

You stand up and look t___1_ the keyhole. Two strangers! And the bell goes on ringing. Should you open the door at once?

Instead if o__2_ the door immediately, you should ask who’s there with the door locked, If it’s a stranger, say, “Come back latter.” Don’t tell him or her that your parents are a_3__. Say Mum’s in the kitchen or Dad’s taking a shower, To ignore(忽视)the doorbell is not a good I__4__. Sometime thieves ring doorbell to see if anyone’s at home.

In fact, there are many things that you should watch for when you  are alone at home.

Keep the door I___5___ when you are alone.

Keep a handy list of phone numbers to call for help-110，the p_6____ department, or a nearby friend.

Never go anywhere with someone you don’t know, no matter h__7___ nice the person seems.