Question

阅读下面短文，从各小题所给的四个选项中选出能完成所给句子的一个最佳答案.(10分)

At Christmas，1871，Edison，the famous American scientist，got married to Mary. Lots of their friends came to their wedding ceremony（婚礼仪式）. At about two in the afternoon，Edison suddenly thought out a good way to solve the problem on the automatic（自动的）telegraph after the wedding。So he said to the bride（新娘），“I’ll have to go to the factory because I have something important to do. Then I’ll come back to have dinner with you.”The bride had no way but to agree.

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

A worker went into the lab and said as soon as he saw Edison, “My goodness! I have never seen a bride-groom（新郎）like you. It’s already twelve now!”Edison was greatly surprised. “Twelve? Too bad! I said I would have dinner with Mary.” he said as he ran downstairs.

That’s how hard Edison worked.He gave all his life to the invention of lights, films and over two thousand other things. A new invention came into being（问世）every fifteen days.

1. Edison______at Christmas in 1871 in American.

A. asked lots of his friends to come to his birthday party

B. became a famous scientist

C. got married to Mary

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

2.After the wedding, Edison hurried to go to the factory because________.

A. he forgot his wedding ceremony

B. he had something to do with the bride

C. he thought out a good way to solve the problem on the automatic telegraph

D. he could make out a new automatic telegraph

3.Edison put his heart into his invention, so _____ .

A. he forgot his bride B. he forgot his dinner

C. he forgot his festival D. All of the above

4.It took Edison about________to work in his factory.

A. two hours B. ten hours

C. twelve hours D. eight hours

5.In all Edison’s life,______new inventions came into being.

A. fifteen thousand B. one thousand

C. two thousand D. over two thousand

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述爱迪生在新婚之夜舍下新娘在实验室忘我工作的故事。歌颂他努力工作、热爱发明的一生。他每15天就有一项新发明问世。

1.“At Christmas，1871，Edison，the famous American scientist，got married to Mary.”的描述可知，1871年圣诞节爱迪生与玛丽结婚。故选C。

2.短文“---Edison suddenly thought out a good way to solve the problem on the automatic（自动的）telegraph after the wedding。So he said to the bride（新娘），“I’ll have to go to the factory because I have something important to do.”的描述可知，爱迪生去工厂的原因是他想出了解决自动电报的好办法。故选C。

3.细节理解题。通读全文可知，爱迪生因为全身心投入工作，他忘记了他的新娘、他的晚餐和圣诞节。结合选项可知应选D。

4.爱迪生大约下午两点去工厂，午夜十二点当工人告诉他时间的时候，他才记得要与新娘共进晚餐。由此可以推知，他在实验室工作了近10个小时。故选B。

5.最后一段“He gave all his life to the invention of lights, films and over two thousand other things”的描述可知，爱迪生的一生有2000多项发明。故选D。

考点：人物故事类短文阅读。