Question

Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him, the world might still be in the dark. However, the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented the motion picture camera and over1,200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.

Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He attended school for only three months. His mother taught him at home, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. He started experimenting at a young age.

When he was 12 years old, he got his first job. He became a newsboy on train. He did experiments on the train in his spare time. Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well. They fired him when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train. Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time in experimenting his first patent(专利权) in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity.

Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He always worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.

Thomas Edison died at the age of 84. He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.

1. How often did Edison make a new invention？

A. About every fourteen days. B. About every seven days.

C. About once a week. D. About twice a week.

2.The underlined world “fired” in the passage means “_＿＿＿＿”

A. Gave somebody a job. B. Set fire to somebody.

C. Let somebody down. D. Forced somebody to leaves his job.

3. Edison considered his deafness as＿＿＿＿.

A. something bad B. a gift from God

C. a kind of ability D. a disadvantage

4.Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Edison had only 8hours’rest each day after his deafness.

B. Edison got his education mostly by self-teaching.

C. Edison had his first job in 1986.

D. Edison’inventions greatly improved the quality of people’s life.

5. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. The function of the electric light.

B. Edison and his experiments.

C. The importance of inventions.

D. The whole life of Edison.

Answer 1

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：该文介绍了大发明家爱迪生的故事。爱迪生出生于1847年，他在学校接收教育仅三个月，多数时候都是他自学的。爱迪生一生有1200多项发明，平均每两周就有一项发明问世。

1.根据文章第一段最后一句About every two weeks he created something new.可看出他每两周就有一项新的发明，故答案为A

2.根据文中的句子Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well.(不幸的是，他的第一份工作结果并不好。) 及Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, …(然后爱迪生作为一名电报员工作了五年，…)可推测出该词义为“解雇”，故选D。

3.根据文章中的句子…, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways.(但是他认为耳聋是上帝在许多方面对他的袒护。)可看出他认为自己一个耳朵聋了是上帝对自己的袒护，故选B。

4.根据文中的句子He always worked 16 out of every 24 hours.可看出爱迪生每天只有8小时的休息时间，故A项说法正确；从第二段He attended school for only three months. …, but Thomas was mostly self-educated.看出他仅上了三个月学，但是爱迪生多数时间都是通过自学获得知识的，因此选项B说法也是正确的；由文章最后一句话He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.可看出他的发明大大提高了人们的生活水平，故D说法也正确；爱迪生生于1847年，在他12岁时，他获得了第一份工作，所以这一年应该是1859年，而不是1969年，故选项C法错误。

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考点：人物传记类阅读。