Question

At Christmas, 1871, Edison, the famous  American scien?tist ,got married to Mary. Lots of their friends came to their  wedding ceremony (结婚典礼)• At about two in the afternoon,  Edison suddenly thought out a good way to solve the problem on automatic  telegraph (自动电报)after the wedding.So he said to the  bride(新娘)，"I，11 have to go to the lab because I have something important to do.  Then Vll come back to have dinner with you."The bride liad no way I Hit to  agree.

On the night of the festival ， other families were full of joy,while ihe bride alone stayed in the  house,just looking out oi the window. How lonely she was ！

Now a worker went into the lab, and said as  soon as he saw Edison," My goodness ！ I have never seen  a bridegroom (新郎)like you. 1 didn't know you were here.  It's already twelve now!" Edison was greatly  surprised. "Twelve? Too bad！ I said I would have supper  with Mary,"he said as he ran downstairs.

That's how hard Edison worked.He gave all his life to the inventions of  lights, films, telephones and over two thou?sand other things. A new invention  came into being every fif?teen days.

1. Edison_at Christinas of 1871 inAmerica.

A.asked lots of his friends to come to his  birthday parly H.became a famous scientist

C. got married to Mary

D. stayed at home with his bride most of the  time

2. After the wedding, Kdison hurried to go  to the lab,

because •

A.He forgot his wedding ceremony B.he had  something to do with the bride Che thought out a way to solve the problem on the  tele?graph

D.he could make a new machine 3.Kdis(in put  his heart into his invention,so_.

A. he forgot his bride

B. he forgot his supper Che forgot his  fcslival D.all of three above

4.It took Edison about__ to work in his lah.

A.two hours B.ten hours

C. twelve hours D.eight hours

5.In all Edison's life,_ new inventions came into be-

ing.

A.fifteen thousand B.one thousand

C.two thousand D.over two thousand

Answer 1

.l.C许多朋友来参加爱迪生的婚礼,故A不正确;B显然错 误，因为爱迪生并非是在圣诞节这一天才成为著名科学家  的；由下文可知爱迪生去了实验室，故D不正确；由短文第 一句可知C正确,， 2.C根据第一段第三句可知爱迪生突然想出了 一个解决关于

肖动电报方面问题的灵感，所以他匆匆去了实验室。 3D由第二  、三段可知，因为爱迪生全身心地投人到他的发明 之中，所以他忘记了新娘，忘记了吃晚饭，忘记了是圣诞节。

4. B由第一段可知，他下午大约两点钟去了实验室工作，由第  三段可知，他一直T.作到晚Jr.十二点多才回家，故爱迪生在实  验室工作花费的时问大约为10小时。

5. D 由第四段的He gave  all his life to the inventions of lights, Hlmsf telephones and over two thousand  other things.可知，D是