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11．Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light．Without him，the world might still be in the dark．However，the electric light was not his only invention．He also invented the motion picture camera and 1200 other things．About every two weeks he created something new．
    Thomas Edison was born in 1847．He attended school for only three months．His mother taught him at home，but Thomas was mostly self-educated．He started experimenting at a young age．
    When he was 12 years old，he got his first job．He became a news boy on a train．He did experiments on the train in his spare time．Unluckily，his firstwork experience did not end well．They firedhim when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train．Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator，but he continued to spend much of his time in experimenting his first patent（专利权） in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity．
     Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other，but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways．It kept conversations short，so that he could have more time for work．He always worked 16 out of every 24 hours．Sometimes his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat．
    Thomas Edison died at the age of 84．He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world．

46．How often did Edison make a new invention？A
A．About every fourteen days     
B．Aboutevery seven days    
C．About once aweek      
D．About twice a week
47．The underlined word"fired"in the passage means"D"
A．Gave somebody a job          
B．Setfire to somebody   
C．Let somebody down           
D．Forced somebody to leave his job
48．Edison considered his deafness asB．
A．something bad           
B．a gift from god        
C．a kind of ability        
D．a disadvantage
49．which of the following sentence is NOT true according to the passage？C
A．Edison had only 8 hours rest each day after his deafness        
B．Edison got his education mostly by self-teaching
C．Edison had his first job in 1869                  
D．Edison's inventions greatly improved the quality of people's life
50．What does the passage mainly talk about？D
A．The function of the electric light       
B．Edison and his experiments 
C．The importance o f inventions            
D．The whole life of Edison．

Answer 1

分析 爱迪生托马斯用电灯的发明点亮了世界，没有他，世界可能还在黑暗中．然而，电灯并不是他唯一的发明，他还发明了运动图象照相机和其他1200件发明．大约每两星期他就能创造出新的东西．
托马斯爱迪生生于1847年，他只有三岁时就去开始学习了．他母亲在家里教他．但是托马斯几乎都是自学．他很小的时候就开始做实验．
当他12岁时，他得到了他的第一份工作，他成了火车上的报童．他空闲时间在火车上做实验．不幸的是，他的第一次试验没有成功．当他意外的点燃火车上的地板时，他们解雇了他．爱迪生当了五年的电报员，但他继续花费大部分时间去做实验．他第一个发明专利是在1868年发明的由电运行的投票记录器．
爱迪生托马斯有一年一只耳朵完全聋了并且另一只耳朵很难听见东西．但是很多年他都认为耳聋是一件好事．它可以让谈话的时间缩短，所以他可以有更多的时间工作，他每24个小时都要工作16个小时，有时他的妻子不得不提醒他睡觉和吃饭．
爱迪生托马斯在84岁去世，他留下了许多发明，大大提高了世界各地的生活质量．

解答 46．A 细节理解题．根据"About every two weeks he created something new．"可知每两周就有一个新发明．两周也就是十四天，故选A．
47．D 细节推测题．根据"when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train．"和"Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator，"可知当他意外点燃了火车地板的时候，他们将他解雇．然后他才能作为电报员工作了五年．A选项意为给某人一份工作；B选项意为点燃他人；C选项意为让某人失望；D选项意为强制别人离开工作．故选D．
48．B 细节理解题．根据"It kept conversations short，so that he could have more time for work．"可知他认为耳聋对他的实验来说是个好事．A选项意为坏事；B选项意为来自上帝的礼物；C选项意为一种能力；D选项意为一个缺点．故选B．
49．C 计算推测题．根据"When he was 12 years old，he got his first job．"和"Thomas Edison was born in 1847．"可知他得到第一份工作是在1847+12=1859年．故C选项表达错误．故选C．
50．D 总结大意题．根据"Thomas Edison was born in 1847．He attended school for only three months．""Thomas Edison died at the age of 84．"等句子，可知本篇文章介绍了他的出生，童年，工作，实验，耳聋，死亡．是在介绍爱迪生的一生．故选D．

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