Edison was a clever boy, and ______ he was fourteen, he had learned advance mathematics by himself.
A.whenever | B.by the time | C.the moment | D.ever since |
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Thomas Edison was one of ten said to be the greatest genius of his age. There are only a few men in all of the history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be happy only because someone said he was a genius.“ There is no such thing as genius,” Edison said. He said that what people called genius was mostly hard work.
But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature. Nature, he often said, is full of secrets. He tried to understand them; then, he tried to learn what could usefully be done with them.
Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people will do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking can give men enjoyment and pleasure.
Edison could not understand how anyone could be uninterested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what ideas he had about life. “ Work,” he answered. “Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier.” He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.
【小题1】 Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Edison invented the electric light. |
B.Many other people have changed Edison’s life. |
C.Edison has changed the life of many other people. |
D.Few men in history can change other people’s life. |
A.he could be happy if he was a genius |
B.genius plays the most important part in one’s success |
C.hard work could do better than genius |
D.genius could do better than hard work |
A.very much interested in nature |
B.interested in discovering the secrets of nature |
C.interested in changing people’s ideas |
D.uninterested in making people happier by discovering the secrets of nature |
A.thinking can supply people with enjoyment and pleasure as well as help |
B.people’s success lies mostly in genius |
C.hard work is the second important thing in making people successful |
D.there are few secrets for him to discover later |
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Thomas Edison was one of ten said to be the greatest genius(天才) of his age. There are only a few men in all of the history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be happy only because someone said he was a genius.“ There is no such thing as genius,” Edison said. He said that what people called genius was mostly hard work.
But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature. Nature, he often said, is full of secrets. He tried to understand them; then, he tried to learn what could usefully be done with them.
Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people will do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking can give men enjoyment and pleasure.
Edison could not understand how anyone could be uninterested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what ideas he had about life. “Work,” he answered. “Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier.” He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.
【小题1】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Edison invented the electric light. |
B.Many other people have changed Edison’s life. |
C.Edison has changed the life of many other people. |
D.Few men in history can change other people’s life. |
A.he could be happy if he was a genius |
B.genius plays the most important part in one’s success |
C.hard work could do better than genius |
D.genius could do better than hard work |
A.thinking can supply people with enjoyment and pleasure as well as help |
B.people’s successs lies mostly in genius |
C.hard work is the second important thing in making people successful |
D.there are few secrets for him to discover later |
A.life is too short for Edison to invent more for human beings |
B.Edison made 100 inventions in his life |
C.Edison was able to live and work for 100 years |
D.People of his time were ready to give Edison another 100 years’ work |
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Thomas Edison was one of ten said to be the greatest genius of his age. There are only a few men in all of the history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be happy only because someone said he was a genius.“ There is no such thing as genius,” Edison said. He said that what people called genius was mostly hard work.
But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature. Nature, he often said, is full of secrets. He tried to understand them; then, he tried to learn what could usefully be done with them.
Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people will do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking can give men enjoyment and pleasure.
Edison could not understand how anyone could be uninterested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what ideas he had about life. “ Work,” he answered. “Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier.” He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.
【小题1】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Edison invented the electric light. |
B.Many other people have changed Edison’s life. |
C.Edison has changed the life of many other people. |
D.Few men in history can change other people’s life. |
A.he could be happy if he was a genius |
B.genius plays the most important part in one’s success |
C.hard work could do better than genius |
D.genius could do better than hard work |
A.very much interested in nature |
B.interested in discovering the secrets of nature |
C.interested in changing people’s ideas |
D.uninterested in making people happier by discovering the secrets of nature |
A.life is too short for Edison to invent more for human beings |
B.Edison made 100 inventions in his life |
C.Edison was able to live and work for 100 years |
D.People of his time were ready to give Edison another 100 years’ work |
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Light for the City
Edison and his assistants came to New York to set up an electric power system. They hoped it would provide enough electricity to light up a part of the great city.
They bought several machines with them. These were called generators, which produced electricity power for lamps in Edison’s building.
Soon there were lights for the building. Edison lived in a room facing the street and he often worked over night. The light burned brightly and steadily and he often worked over night. People often came and stopped their horse-drawn carriage to look. Everyone knew that Thomas Edison was in town.
First, the inventor and his assistants produced several large generators. A great deal of power would be needed to light up even a small part of the city.
Then the workers were busy digging deep trenches(沟) in the hard earth below the city streets, and Edison had fourteen miles of wire laid into the trenches. The wire connected each building to a generator.
Setting up an electric power system was not an easy job. It took a year and a half. In September, 1882, the job was finished.
A small group of men stood around Edison inside the power house. The big moment came at last. The inventor, taking a deep breath, pulled a switch. The electric lights flashed up.
“Very good! Very good!” a man nearby shouted to praise Edison for what he had done.
“Sir,” said Edison, “this is only the beginning!” And Edison was right. Soon Edison’s lamp were lighting up cities all over the world.
1.The generators they brought with them could produce as much as electricity as ______ needed.
A.Edison’s building |
B.a small part of the city |
C.the whole city |
D.the world |
2.At that time carriages ______ by horse could be seen in the street.
A.draw |
B.drew |
C.drawn |
D.drawing |
3.Trenches were dug to ______.
A.set up generators |
B.lay wires |
C.built city streets |
D.build a power house |
4.It took a year and a half to ______.
A.set up the electric system |
B.produce several large generators |
C.dig the deep trenches |
D.lay fourteen miles of wire into the trench |
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