Thomas Edison was g great American scientist. He was born in Ohio（俄亥俄州）in 1847.

　　　　When he was at school, he asked his teachers a lot of questions.Some of his questions were easy, others were difficult. And he did 　　not stop doing so. His teachers often said he was not a good student.They did not like him and they did not want to answer any more 　　questions. So Edison had to leave school after only three months.

　　　　After this, Edison's mother taught him at home. The boy was soon reading all kinds of books.

　　　　When he was about ten, he was already doing science work. He planted tomatoes and other things. So he got some money to buy the 　　needed things for his work.

　　　　When he was twelve, he began to work on the train. He tried his best to read a lot of science books when he was free. He taught 　　himself maths, physics and other subjects. He studied all the time.

　　He wished he could do his best to find new ways out to make our world 　　much happier.

　　　　Edison made many, many new things. People all over the world will always remember him. Can you tell me what he made for us?

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　　1. Thomas Edison was an English scientist.

　　2. Edison asked a lot of questions, so his teachers liked him very much.

　　3. His teachers wanted him to study at school.

　　4. He stayed at school for only three months.

　　5. Edison taught himself at home.

　　6. When he was twelve, he was already doing some science work.

　　7. He liked to eat tomatoes and so he planted a lot.

　　8. He read all kinds of books when he was only a boy.

　　9. He tried his best to find out ways to make our life happier.

10. He made a lot of new things for us. So we will always remember him.

Rosa liked making up stories. She was so __1__ that her classmates believed her from time to time. In fact, the whole class believed her! At first she supposed it was __2__. Now, as she got up to __3__ before the class, She knew that make –believe stories had some way of coming back to make you sad.
　　Rosa’s parents were separated. Nine months out of the year, Rosa lived with her mother in an apartment on Anderson Street. But when summer __4__, she went to her father’s farm in Arizona.
　　The farm was great! Rosa rode horses and __5__ with some farm work. Her father, however, was so __6__ that he couldn’t find time to go places with her. When she arrived each summer, her father would __7__ her at the airport and take her out to eat. And the day she went back to the __8__ he would always buy her a present.
　　When summer came to a close, Rosa __9__ to her mother. At school she heard lots of stories her friends told about their family trips. Rosa wished she had a __10__ to talk about.
　　Not long after __11__ began, Rosa was looking through travel magazines in the school library. They talked about many exciting __12__, like England and Germany. When Rosa’s friends asked what she had done that summer, she made up something that was not __13__. Remembering the travel magazines she had looked at, she told her classmates that she and her father had gone to __14__.
　　When the class began studying England, Mr. Thomas asked Rosa to tell all the things she could __15__ about her trip to England!

　　1. A. afraid            B. worried      C. sure           D. happy
　　2. A. joke          B. fun            C. turn      D. game
　　3. A. talk          B. teach         C. show     D. travel
　　4. A. passed        B. arrived      C. lasted      D. changed
　　5. A. made         B. played       C. helped    D. did
　　6. A. weak         B. pleased       C. busy       D. lonely
　　7. A. show          B. visit                C. meet          D. send
　　8. A. farm          B. city            C. family       D. school
　　9. A. wrote        B. called         C. moved      D. returned
　　10. A. family            B. school        C. teacher      D. farm
　　11. A. meeting     B. school        C. summer     D. talk
　　12. A. people      B. cities         C. languages D. places
　　13. A interesting  B. true           C. long           D. same
　　14. A. England      B. Germany    C. farm         D. home
　　15. A. think          B. see            C. remember D. read