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         Edison worked as a telegraph operator (电报员)when he was young. He worked at night; during the day he read books and made experiments. He was very tired. Sometimes he slept at night,and,so the other operators got angry. When they sent a message,Edison did not answer. He was asleep. They soon found a way to keep him awake. They told him to telegraph the letter A every hour,and in order to do this,he had to stay awake.  
         Edison did not like this at all; he was still tired. So he invented a new machine which sent the letter A every hour. It never,never failed. Machines are not like people who forget. So the other operators received the letter every hour.   They could not believe that Edison was such a wonderful man. One night they went quietly to his room and looked in. He was sleeping deeply,and his new machine was sending the letter A !       
         Edison continued his experiments in New York,but he had not got much money. He invented another machine.This one printed the messages which the telegraph received. There was by chance a rich man there who was studying the electric telegraph. As soon as he saw me new machine he bought it for about 8,000 dollars.  
         With this money Edison was able to get some other scientists to help him. He invented a lot of different things. One of these was a talking-machine. We call it a record player. Our modern record-player is better than the old one,of course; but Edison's machine was the first of its kind in the world.
    1.When did Edison work as a telegraph operator?  
    A. When he was young.        
    B. In the morning.  
    C. During the day.             
    D. On weekends.
    2. How did Edison manage to type the letter?  A every hour? 
    A. He typed the letter himself.  
    B. Another operator helped him.  
    C. A scientist telegraphed the letter for him.  
    D. He invented a machine which helped him.
    3. How did Edison get 8,000 dollars?  
    A. He worked very hard day and night.  
    B. He read books and made experiments.  
    C. He sold his new machine to a rich man.  
    D. He made several machines for his boss.
    4. What happened first iri the story?  
    A. Edison invented an instrument to telegraph the letter A.  
    B. Edison sometimes fell asleep when he was on duty.  
    C. Some scientists were asked to help Edison.  
    D. Other operators went to Edison's room.

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    February 11th is the birthday of the most famous American inventor,Thomas Alva Edison.Edison was born in 1847.He was not a good student when he was a young boy.His teacher said he was one of the most dumb headed(笨头笨脑的)students .He did badly in many subjects and left school after only three months.So his mother took him home and taught him herself.Edison didn’t like school at all,but he loved science.He liked to ask questions.

    One day his father found him sitting on some eggs.His father asked him why.The boy didn’t answer.He asked his father instead,“Why can’t I hatch(孵化)chickens,but hens can?”

    Edison invented 1328 things in his life,and these things made our lives more comfortable(舒适的)and the world more beautiful.People will never forget him.

    1.Edison was born     .

    A．in winter

    B．one hundred years ago

    C．in Canada

    D．in January

    2.Edison’s teacher said      .

    A．he was one of the cleverest boys

    B．he was a good student

    C．he was not a good student

    D．he could learn many things

    3.Edison’s mother      .

    A．taught him at home

    B．taught him at school

    C．was a teacher

    D．took him to another school

    4.One day Edison sat on some eggs.He        .

    A．liked to sit there

    B．wanted to break the eggs

    C．wanted his father to look for him

    D．wanted to hatch chickens

    5.We now know Edison      .

    A．was a good student

    B．was a dumb headed student

    C．was very clever

    D．wasn’t famous

     

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    The story behind the shopping cart

    Characters

    Sylvan Goldman – owner of a grocery shop

    Fred Young – Sylvan’s friend, a mechanic(机械师)

    One night in 1936, in an American city. Inside Fred’s workshop, Sylvan sits next to Fred, who is making adjustments(调试) to their new i? 1. – a shopping cart.

    Sylvan:????????????? My customers don’t like our shopping cart.

    Fred:????????????? Really? So they p? 2. shopping with those heavy baskets?

    Sylvan:????????????? (nods) I’ve got a huge crowd of customers every day, b 3. none of them wants to use the cart.

    Fred:????????????? I don’t understand. We invented the cart so that people don’t need to carry a basket around the shop.

    Sylvan:????????????? (laughs) And so that they will buy more groceries!

    Fred:????????????? So why don’t they like the shopping cart?

    Sylvan:????????????? Young men think that pushing a cart around makes them look w 4. and slow, and young women think it’s unfashionable.

    Fred:????????????? Of course it isn’t fashionable right now. It’s only just been invented! But I’m sure older people will appreciate it.

    Sylvan:????????????? Um…

    Fred:????????????? What? They don’t like the cart e? 5.? ?

    Sylvan:????????????? Well, they think pushing it makes them look helpless!

    Fred:????????????? Oh no. We need to do something, Fred. We can’t just g? 6. up on this invention!

    Sylvan:????????????? We won’t. (He gets up and walks around the room. Suddenly, he stops.) Aha! I’ve got an idea.

    Fred:????????????? What is it?

    Sylvan:????????????? I’ll hire(雇佣) some good-looking guys and girls to push the carts around and pretend they’re shopping.

    Fred:????????????? Oh! So the real shoppers will see these attractive people using the carts and think, “Hey, if it’s good enough for them, it’s good enough for me!”

    Sylvan:????????????? E 7. .

    Fred:????????????? Hey! Maybe you could get one of the girls to greet your customers and encourage them to use the cart.

    Sylvan:????????????? Great idea!

     

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      Many people go to school for a good education. They learn languages ,history, maths and other subjects. School education is very important and useful, yet no one can learn everything from school. No matter how much a teacher knows, he can’t teach his students everything they want to know. His work is to show his students how to learn.He teaches them how to read and how to think. So, much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.
    It is always more important to know how to study by oneself. It is quite easy to learn something in language or formula (公式 )in maths, but it is difficult to use a formula to find the answer to a maths problem. Great inventors do not get everything from school, but they can invent many things and change the world a lot. Though Thomas Edison invented many things, he didn’t have much school education. How do they do all this ? A lot of things are not taught in the classroom. They get knowledge( 知识 ) from books outside school. They work hard all their lives, and the most important thing is that they know how to use their heads.
    【小题1】 Why do many people go to school?__________
    A．to get a good educationB．to buy some books
    C．to make friendsD．to meet different teachers
    【小题2】 What should a student try to do since he cannot learn everything from school?____ ____.
    A．try to remember more knowledge and formulas
    B．try to remember what the teacher teach
    C．try to learn how to read and how to think
    D．try to read a lot of books
    【小题3】 How can an inventor invent things? The most important thing is how to ____.
    A．get knowledgeB．use his head well
    C．teach everythingD．learn more knowledge from his teacher
    【小题4】 Which of the following is TRUE?__________
    A．School education is not important for a person
    B．A student should learn how to study
    C．A student can learn everything from school
    D．A good teacher can teach everything.

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    Edison often said, “1 will discover what the world needs, then I will try to invent it.”  It is true that he did more than any other man of his time in inventing things. He made more than one thousand inventions in his life and all these have changed our way of living. Edison was one of the greatest inventors in the world. When Edison died in 1931, someone said people should turn off all the lights in their homes, streets and factories for several minutes in honor of this great man. Of course it was impossible to do so. And this shows what Edison's inventions mean to people's life.

    1.All the things Edison invented were _________ people needed at that time.

    A．what

    B．that

    C．then

    D．which

    2.Edison _________in inventing new things.

    A．took all his time

    B．paid all his money

    C．spent his most time

    D．spent his most money

    3.Edison had _________ inventions in all his life.

    A．thousands of

    B．over one thousand

    C．only one thousand

    D．less than a thousand

    4.Edison was dead for nearly _______ years.

    A．fifty

    B．severity-six

    C．sixty

    D．eighty

    5.It was __________ to turn off all the lights in honor of the greatest inventor.

    A．possible

    B．not true

    C．nice

    D．important

     

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