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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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根据所给提示，写一篇有关“汉堡包”发明的文章。要求不少于70词。

提示：

1. 以前人们吃面包、肉和蔬菜；   

2. 一位欧洲人在面包中间加入肉和蔬菜；

3. 一位来自德国汉堡的人把它带到了美国，被

叫做“汉堡”；

4. 很受人们的喜爱，尤其是年轻人。

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The workers finished mending the road ____ this month.

There are many shops on ____ side of the street. We can buy everything we want.

My father is getting older and cannot jump as ____ as he could before.

The Kings have been in Beijing for three years, so they are familiar ____ the city.

To invent a new kind of electric light, Thomas Edison did lots of ____. 

— Can you show me the _____ of your school on the map?

— Sure. It’s here, next to the park.

The maths problem was so difficult that none of us could ____.

As students, ____, we should study hard to be well prepared for the future.