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     Thomas  Edison lost the first job. For  the next five years he  went around the country  from job to job.  At  last Edison went to New York.  He had little money.  He could not buy enough  food  to eat. He had no place to sleep.

    For many days Edison looked for work. He was hungry. At last he found work fixing(修理) machines. He could fix the old machines. He also made new ones. The head man liked Edison’s new machines. He was going to give Edison $40，000 for them. Edison would now have money to do what he wanted.

    Thomas Edison was then 23. He used the money to build a shop in New Jersey. He had many people working for him. But he worked more than any of them. He rested very little. Soon he was making more than 40 new things at one time.

    In 1876，Alexander Graham Bell made a telephone. But it could carry voices only a little way. Edison wanted to make a better telephone. He soon made one. It could carry voices a long way.

    1.选择最佳答案。

    (   ) 1) Edison had a bad time in the next five years after        .

    A. he finished school     B. he worked in New  York

    C. he lost his first job     D. he lost his house and food

    (   ) 2) In        ，Edison began to have good luck after he found work.

    A. New     York  B. New Jersey

    C. his hometown     D. Seattle

    (   ) 3) The headman paid Edison        for  his  new  machine.

    A. little     B. nothing  C. $4,000 D. $40,000

    (   ) 4) Edison’s telephone invention        .

    A. was the first in the     world  B. carried voices only a little way

    C. carried voices much     farther  D. couldn’t carry voices clearly

    (   ) 5) The best title is        .

    A. The First Shop     B. The First Telephone

    C. The First Job     D. A Great Inventor

    2.根据短文内容补全下列各句Q每空所填词数不限。

    1) Thomas Edison        before  he  went to New York.

    2) He could not only mend machines,but also        .

    3) When        ,  he  had  many workers working for him.

    4) He rested        than his workers.

    5) Edison made a telephone better than        .

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