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

 

Dear Tom
How are you? I'm at a new school this term. And I'm writing to you about my school now. My new school is big and nice. There are one thousand and four hundred students and one hundred and forty teachers at my school. I like the teachers. They are very kind to me. My classmates are very friendly, too. They teach me Chinese and I teach them English.
There are trees, flowers and green grass at my school. They are very beautiful. Behind my school there is a small river. The water in it is quite clean. We can swim in it.
We have no classes on Saturdays or Sundays. Sometimes I go to play football or basketball with my classmates. Sometimes I stay at home and watch TV. Sometimes I go to shops with my father and mother. We all like China.
Please write to me soon!
Yours
Jack
【小题1】Jack is at a/an ________ school.

A．English

B．Chinese

C．small

D．Japanese

【小题2】There are ________ students and ________ teachers at Jack's school.

A．1,400; 104	B．1, 040; 104
C．1,400; 140	D．1, 040; 140

【小题3】Jack's teachers ________.

A．teach him English very well

B．only teach him Chinese and English

C．don't like him at all

D．are quite good to him

【小题4】Jack ________ his new classmates.

A．doesn't get on well with	B．doesn't like
C．makes good friends with	D．is going to learn English from

【小题5】Which is TRUE?

A．Jack goes to school every day.

B．Jack doesn't have classes every day.

C．Jack has no classes only on Saturdays.

D．Jack has no classes only on Sundays.

This story is about a young man. He worked hard at his lessons. He was too busy. He didn’t have time to rest, so he was ill. Every night, when he went to bed, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep（睡觉）. But he couldn't. He thought: “I must go to see the doctor.” He said to the doctor. “I can't go to sleep at night.” “Try counting numbers. When you reach one thousand, you'll be asleep.” The next day the man came back to the doctor's office. “Well,” said the doctor, “How are you today?”

“Yes, he said,” I tried counting one, two, three. . . up to （直到）one thousand. But when I reached five hundred and sixty-nine, I began to feel sleepy (感到困倦). I had to get up and drank some tea. Then I went on counting up to one thousand. But I still couldn't fall asleep.

1.The young man couldn’t go to sleep because ________ .

A．he didn't finish his lessons

B．he worked too hard and was ill

C．he was worried about his homework

D．there was a lot of housework to do and he couldn't have a good rest

2.The doctor asked the young man ________ .

A．to count numbers before he went to bed

B．to put all numbers from 1 to 1000 together

C．to count numbers while he was lying in bed

D．to go to bed earlier

3. The young man came back to the doctor's office the next day because ___ .

A．he wanted to thank the doctor

B．he was better

C．he wanted to ask the doctor how to count the numbers

D．he still couldn't go to sleep at night

4.The young man ________ .

A．counted from 569 to 1000

B．counted from 1 to 569 and fell asleep

C．counted from 1 to 569 and got up to drink some tea

D．counted from 1 to 1000 and fell asleep

5.The young man ________ in fact.

A．didn't understand the doctor's words.	B．couldn't count numbers
C．didn't try to sleep	D．wasn't ill at all

 

Dear Tom
How are you? I'm at a new school this term. And I'm writing to you about my school now. My new school is big and nice. There are one thousand and four hundred students and one hundred and forty teachers at my school. I like the teachers. They are very kind to me. My classmates are very friendly, too. They teach me Chinese and I teach them English.
There are trees, flowers and green grass at my school. They are very beautiful. Behind my school there is a small river. The water in it is quite clean. We can swim in it.
We have no classes on Saturdays or Sundays. Sometimes I go to play football or basketball with my classmates. Sometimes I stay at home and watch TV. Sometimes I go to shops with my father and mother. We all like China.
Please write to me soon!
Yours
Jack
【小题1】Jack is at a/an ________ school.

A．English

B．Chinese

C．small

D．Japanese

【小题2】There are ________ students and ________ teachers at Jack's school.

A．1,400; 104	B．1, 040; 104
C．1,400; 140	D．1, 040; 140

【小题3】Jack's teachers ________.

A．teach him English very well

B．only teach him Chinese and English

C．don't like him at all

D．are quite good to him

【小题4】Jack ________ his new classmates.

A．doesn't get on well with	B．doesn't like
C．makes good friends with	D．is going to learn English from

【小题5】Which is TRUE?

A．Jack goes to school every day.

B．Jack doesn't have classes every day.

C．Jack has no classes only on Saturdays.

D．Jack has no classes only on Sundays.

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Thomas Edison was born on February 11, 1847. When he was a child, he always had a lot of questions and started asking questions about _____1________ (如何)things worked. So his teachers didn’t like him. They thought he was kind of ____2________(笨的) and many people didn’t understand him, either. He was only in school for three months. His mother _____3_____(教)him at home. His parents _____4_____(注意) he loved to read. They introduced him to the ____5______(图书馆). He read many books there. The books _____6______(使…感兴趣) him very much. ________7_____ （在）the help of his parents, he also built his lab by _______8______(他自己). He ______9_____ (发明) more than one thousand things,  ______10______(包括) the first silent film, the light bulb, the record player and so on. He died on October 18,1931 at the age of 84.