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Thomas Edison was a great American 1.________  . When he was a child, he was always   2.________  questions and trying out new ideas. No matter  3.________  hard it was, he never gave up.

Young Tom was in school for only three months. His teacher didn’t understand why he had  4.________  many strange questions. Most of them were not about his lessons. The teacher didn’t want to teach Tom any 5.________ . He asked Tom’s mother to take the boy home. Tom’s mother taught him to read and write, and she found him  6.________  a very good pupil. He learnt very fast and became very  7.________ in science.

One day , he saw a little boy   8.________ on the railway tracks at a station. A train was coming near quiclly, and the boy was too frightened to move. Edison rushed out and carried the boy to  9 .________. The boy’s father was so  10.________  that  he taught Edison to send messages by telegraph.

阅读理解

　　Tom Edison was in school for only three months. During those three months he asked a lot of strange questions. Most of the questions were not about his lessons. His teacher didn't think he was a good pupil. So his mother taught him at home. He became very interested in science. He grew vegetables and sold them. With the money he built a science lab.

　　Tom was a clever boy. He was always trying out new ideas. One day his mother was very ill. She sent him for a doctor. When the doctor came,he looked over Tom's mother carefully and said that she needed an operation at once. But it was night, and the light in the room was very bad. Tom thought for a moment. Then he had an idea. He took all the lights in the house and put them on a long table. Then he put a big mirror behind them. Now the doctor was able to see clearly. He operated on her at once. Edison's mother was saved.

(1) Edison studied in school for________.

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(2) --Edison wasn't clever, was he?

--________.

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(3)--Who sent him away from school?

--________did.

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(4) Where did Edison get money to build a science lab?

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A. His mother gave him.

B. He found work in town.

C. His friend gave him.

D. He grew vegetables and sold them.

(5) ________ saved Edison's mother.

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阅读理解

　　Tom Edison was in school for only three months. During those three months he asked a lot of strange questions. Most of the questions were not about his lessons. His teacher didn't think he was a good pupil. So his mother taught him at home. He became very interested in science. He grew vegetables and sold them. With the money he built a science lab.

　　Tom was a clever boy. He was always trying out new ideas. One day his mother was very ill. She sent him for a doctor. When the doctor came,he looked over Tom's mother carefully and said that she needed an operation at once. But it was night, and the light in the room was very bad. Tom thought for a moment. Then he had an idea. He took all the lights in the house and put them on a long table. Then he put a big mirror behind them. Now the doctor was able to see clearly. He operated on her at once. Edison's mother was saved.

(1) Edison studied in school for________.

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(2) --Edison wasn't clever, was he?

--________.

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(3)--Who sent him away from school?

--________did.

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(4) Where did Edison get money to build a science lab?

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A. His mother gave him.

B. He found work in town.

C. His friend gave him.

D. He grew vegetables and sold them.

(5) ________ saved Edison's mother.

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Thomas Edison was a great American   61   . When he was a child, he was always

  62    questions and trying out new ideas. No matter   63     hard it was, he never gave up.

Young Tom was in school for only three  64    . His teacher didn’t understand why he had

   65    many strange questions. Most of them were not about his lessons. The teacher didn’t want to teach Tom any   66   . He asked Tom’s mother to take the boy home. Tom’s mother taught him to read and write, and she found him is a very good pupil. He learnt very fast and became very interested    67     science.

One day, he saw a little boy    68     on the railway tracks at a station. A train was coming near quickly, and the boy was too frightened to move. Edison rushed out and carried the boy to   69    . The boy’s father was so thankful he taught Edison to  70     messages by telegraph.

61.           62.           63.            64.             65.          

66.           67.           68.            69.             70.          

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　　Some of the great inventors have changed the world more than others. We 1 Thomas Edision, but never seen him. We all know he was a great American inventor. Thomas Edison was his full name. Tom was short 2 Thomas. Young Tom was in school for only three months. At school he kept on 3 questions. Most of the questions were not about his lessons. Some of the questions were 4 strange that his teacher could not answer them. So he made Tom's mother 5 the boy out of school. At home she taught him herself. And she found him a very good pupil, who was very 6 in science.

　　One day, Edison saved a boy. The boy's father was thankful to teach Edison how to telegraph messages. This gave him a new start 7 .

　　 8 the age of 22, he with his own money 9 his own lab. Edision had 1, 093 inventions during his lifetime. He never gave up. He would keep 10 different ideas until he invented what he wanted.

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