--- Who ________ paper in the world?

--- Cai Lun ________.

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Thomas Alva Edison

　　Thomas Alva Edison was born in 1847 in Ohio, America. As a little boy he was very inquisitive (好问的) . He always wanted to know how things were done. Very early in life he showed he was full of curiosity(好奇) , a quality(素质) which is so important to inventors. In 1869 he went to New York, where he worked for some time as a telephone operator. But soon he became interested in inventions. In a very short time they were his chief business. In order to carry on his business, which was to become his life's work, he built a lab at Menlo Park, where he had gone to live. His first great invention was a system of telegraphy (电报学) . Soon afterwards he invented the phonograph (留声机), the first form of the instrument that we now know as the gramophone or record player. The word “phonograph” means something that can “write” or record sound. Other scientists before Edison had thought of instruments which would do this, but Edison was the first to make an instrument which actually(实际地) worked. He also invented the incandescent lamp (白炽灯), the wire is heated by an electric current (电流) . People could now use electricity (电) to illuminate (照亮) their homes. By the time Edison died in 1931 he had about a thousand inventions.

1．As a little boy Thomas Alva Edison was ________ .

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2．Edison worked as a telephone operator ________ .

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A．when he was a little boy

B．because he was full of curiosity

C．in his twenties

D．when he became interested in inventions

3．Edison built a lab at Menlo Park ________ .

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A．because he wanted to live there

B．in order to carry on his business

C．to invent phonograph

D．because he had no room to live in in New York

4．Edison was the first to ________ before other scientists.

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5．The incandescent lamp ________ .

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A．was the first invention of Edison's

B．was invented just before the year 1931

C．was Edison's last invention

D．has been used to illuminate for more than 60 years since it was invented

Reading is an activity people enjoy a lot in their free time. Some like reading newspapers, and others enjoy novels or comic books. I like reading about the lives of great poeple. This always gives me a lot of ideas on how to make my own life better.
Great people are remembered not because they were handsome or beautiful, but because they did not give up when their lives were difficult. They used every opportunity to change their lives and make the world better.
One good example is Orville and Wilbur Wright, the two brothers who invented the airplane. The plane has made the world into a small village. Hard work, not good luck, is the reason why the Wright Brothers could invent this convenient machine and become remarkable people. Today we wtil remember them when we see planes in the sky.
When I feel sad, stories of great people always help me feel better. This is why I enjoy reading about great people’s lives.
【小题1】What does“This”mean in the first paragraph?

A．Being a great person.	B．Living in a special way.
C．Reading about the lives of great people.	D．Reading newspapers, novels, or comic books.

【小题2】Which book might the writer be most interested in?

A．How to Build a Strong Plane

B．Ten books That have Made Our World Better

C．Use Every Opportunity to Read in Your Free Time

D．Michael Jordan: The Man Who Changed Basketball History

【小题3】What does “remarkable”mean in the third paragraph?

A．Nice and polite.	B．Tall and handsome.
C．Special and famous.	D．Lucky and interesting.

To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor; you must be able to hold the attention and interest of your audience; you must be a clear speaker, with a good, strong, pleasant voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to act what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear.
Watch a good teacher, and you will see that he doesn’t sit still before his class; he stands the whole time he is teaching; he walks about, using his arms, hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express feelings.
There are very important differences between the teacher’s work and the actor’s.
The actor has to speak words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed beforehand(预先).What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem natural on the stage. A good teacher works in quite a different way. His audience take an active part in his play: they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don’t understand anything, they say so. The teacher can’t learn his part by heart, but must invent it as he goes along.
I have known many teachers who are fine actors in class but are unable to take part in a stage-play because they can’t keep strictly to what another has written.
【小题1】What does the underlined word “gifts” mean?

A．presents B．knowledge C．skills D．advantages

【小题2】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．A good teacher should speak clearly. B．A good teacher should sit still before his class and speak with his body language. C．A good actor should speak as others have asked him to do. D．A good actor should repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part.

【小题3】The skills of a good teacher are        .

A．draw his students’ attention. B．change his voice when needed. C．act out what he is teaching D．all the above

【小题4】From the passage, we know        .

A．a good teacher should be a good actor B．a good teacher may be unable to act well on the stage C．a good actor should be a good teacher D．a good actor may act well in class

【小题5】The title of the passage is         .

A．How to be a good teacher B．How to be a good actor C．A good teacher’s knowledge D．A good actor’s behaviour

 

Basketball is still a young game. It's over a hundred years old. In the winter of 1891, a certain college was having some trouble with its boy students. The weather was bad and the students had to stay indoors. As they couldn't play outdoors, they were unhappy, and some even got into fights from time to time.
　　Some of the teachers, at the college asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game so that the students might have something to play with. It was not easy to invent such a game because it had to be played indoors , and the court (球场) was not very large.
　　Dr. Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast, wonderful game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. To make a score , the ball had to be thrown into the basket ten feet(英尺) above the floor on the wall . At each end of the court there was such a basket. At first, Dr. Naismith wanted to throw the ball into a box. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets instead. That is how the game got its name.
【小题1】How long is it since basketball was invented?

A．1000 years	B．More than 100 years
C．1100 years	D．Less than 100 years

【小题2】The students felt unhappy because _______.

A．they had much homework to do

B．they often got into fights

C．they couldn't play outdoors

D．they had little time to study

【小题3】Who asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game?

A．Some students	B．Some teachers
C．Some students' parents	D．Some of his friends

【小题4】When a student ______ , he makes a score.

A．receives the ball.

B．throws the ball to another student

C．runs quickly with the ball in his hand

D．throws the ball into the basket

【小题5】Which sentence is right?

A．Dr. Naismith had to use fruit baskets to throw the ball.

B．It was easy to invent the game.

C．The students could go outdoors when the weather was bad.

D．The ball had to be thrown into the basket ten feet above the floor.