Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials to make the light bulb. When none worked satisfactorily, his assistant 31 , “All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing. ”
Thomas Edison replied very 32 , “Oh, we have come a long way and we have 33 a lot. We now know that there are two thousand materials which we cannot 34 to make a good light bulb. ”
If we learn from our mistakes, then we are 35 . If we learn from someone else’s mistakes, then we are genius. Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines 36 daily and failure is nothing more than a few small 37 repeated daily.
How 38 the above lines are! Success takes 39 . We’ll make mistakes 40 we do things in too much of a hurry. When we do not practice disciplines in life, we don’t build enough confidence to 41 new and challenging tasks which are important and matter in life. Our confidence 42 what we think of ourselves and whether we believe in ourselves. We are all born with exceptional 43 , but only a few really 44 their true potential and make efforts in life and the others just lead a(n) 45 life. Do you want to be exceptional?
Success is a fruit which everyone wants to 46 but it is not found everywhere and no one can 47 it without serious efforts.
Those who want to succeed will find a way; those who don’t will find a(n) 48 !
Success depends upon previous 49 , and without it we will end in failure.
When you are 50 , please enjoy it and give your hand to others who want to accomplish something.
31. A. celebrated B. complained
C. explained D. answered
32. A. confidently B. madly
C. carelessly D. angrily
33. A. remembered B. refused
C. learned D. ordered
34. A. test B. ignore
C. invent D. use
35. A. healthy B. enthusiastic
C. intelligent D. generous
36. A. shown B. prevented
C. recorded D. practiced
37. A. errors B. machines
C. jobs D. steps
38. A. common B. strange
C. familiar D. true
39. A. effect B. time
C. drugs D. roles
40. A. as though B. so that
C. unless D. if
41. A. keep B. attempt
C. give D. see
42. A. depends on B. sets aside
C. turns down D. sets up
43. A. appearances B. experiences
C. qualities D. feelings
44. A. own B. realize
C. provide D. research
45. A. active B. hard
C. rich D. average
46. A. sell B. draw
C. eat D. praise
47. A. achieve B. watch
C. offer D. recognize
48. A. story B. excuse
C. key D. plan
49. A. preparation B. influence
C. life D. generation
50. A. powerful B. wonderful
C. successful D. hopeful
31.【解析】选B。由爱迪生的助手所说的话可知,他有点灰心丧气, 所以他就开始“抱怨(complained)”。
32. 【解析】选A。由后面爱迪生所说的话可知,爱迪生对发明锲而不舍,所以他对自己的工作充满了“信心”。
33. 【解析】选C。由爱迪生的乐观态度可知,他认为他们已经“学到了(learned)”很多。上文中助手的话也有提示。
34. 【解析】选D。试验证明有两千种材料不能“用来(use)”做电灯泡。
35. 【解析】选C。此处与下句的genius呼应:如果我们善于从自己的错误中学习,那我们就会变得“明智(intelligent)”。
36. 【解析】选D。成功就是每天要“实践(practiced)”的一些简单的行为准则。
37. 【解析】选A。失败就是每天重复犯的“小错误(errors)”。
38. 【解析】选D。这里用true表示作者完全认同上述这些话。
39. 【解析】选B。由下一句可知,成功需要时间。
40. 【解析】选D。如果太着急就会犯错误,if在此引导一个条件状语从句。
41. 【解析】选B。没有自信心,我们就无法去“尝试(attempt)”新的具有挑战性的任务。
42. 【解析】选A。由上下文可知,我们的自信“取决于(depends on)”我们对自己的看法和是否相信自己。
43. 【解析】选C。我们每个人生来都具有特殊的“品质(qualities)”。其他选项不符合常理。
44. 【解析】选B。但是只有一少部分人“认识到(realize)”自己真正的潜能。
45. 【解析】选D。此处选“平庸的(average)”与上文中的exceptional对比。
46. 【解析】选C。成功就像人人都想“吃(eat)”的水果,此处用来比喻人人都想拥有成功。
47. 【解析】选A。不付出努力,你就无法“获得(achieve)”成功。
48. 【解析】选B。想成功的人总是寻找办法,而不想成功的人总是寻找“借口(excuse)”。
49. 【解析】选A。精心准备会走向成功,反之注定会失败。
50. 【解析】选C。当你“成功(successful)”时,享受它并帮助其他想取得成就的人。
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Although Thomas Edison created the technologies behind three major 21st century industries electrical power,recorded music and movies—his greatest invention may have been the modern method of inventing.He basically came up with the modern system of research and development.Edison was not the only scientist doing research in his garage but someone who gathered around him a team of creative scientific minds.Edison’s 1aboratories were the forerunners( 先驱)of Apple,Google and Microsoft.
Yet for a11 his scientific gifts,he was no Steve Jobs or Bill Gates.He once said,“Anything that won’ t sell,I don’ t want to invent.” But Edison,unlike Jobs or Gates,had no real sense of what the public wanted or how to change his discoveries into products that might sell.It took him years to understand that the phonograph( 留声机)was not a business tool but an entertainment invention.He helped create movies but resisted the idea that people might want to go into a theater to watch one.
We chose Edison this year because we need his example now more than ever.Though we live in a time of great reformation,the U.S.is in danger of losing its advantage in science and technology.American investment( 投资)in research and development has not increased as a percentage of GDP since the mid一1980s,while the government’ s share has been dropping.And this is at a time when China is rapidly increasing its money on research and development.The U.S.was once among the 1eading nations.Now it ranks near the bottom of the 23 nations that collect such data.We hope that Edison’ s story might not only encourage reformation but also inspire more
young Americans to study science and engineering.
The first paragraph is mainly about .
A.the number of Edison’ s great inventions
B.Edison’ s special personal characters
C.Edi son’ s modern system of research
D.Apple.Google and Microsoft and their forerunners
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.A11 the things Edison invented sold well.
B.Edison wanted to invent things that sold well.
C.Edison’ s inventions were not valuable for being unpopular.
D.Edison had a gift for changing his discoveries into best sellers.
The author’ s main purpose is to .
A.inform US of the danger the USA is in
B.get young Americans to study science
C.be in honor of Edison for his contributions
D.tell US how important Edison’ s inventions are
We can infer from the text that .
A.the USA is no 10nger advanced in science and technology
B.the USA falls behind China in research and inventions
C.more and more young Americans will be interested in science
D.China is spending more and more money on research and development
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Although Thomas Edison created the technologies behind three major 21st century industries electrical power,recorded music and movies—his greatest invention may have been the modern method of inventing.He basically came up with the modern system of research and development.Edison was not the only scientist doing research in his garage but someone who gathered around him a team of creative scientific minds.Edison’s 1aboratories were the forerunners(先驱)of Apple,Google and Microsoft.
Yet for a11 his scientific gifts,he was no Steve Jobs or Bill Gates.He once said,“Anything that won’ t sell,I don’ t want to invent.” But Edison,unlike Jobs or Gates,had no real sense of what the public wanted or how to change his discoveries into products that might sell.It took him years to understand that the phonograph(留声机)was not a business tool but an entertainment invention.He helped create movies but resisted the idea that people might want to go into a theater to watch one.
We chose Edison this year because we need his example now more than ever.Though we live in a time of great reformation,the U.S.is in danger of losing its advantage in science and technology.American investment(投资)in research and development has not increased as a percentage of GDP since the mid一1980s,while the government’ s share has been dropping.And this is at a time when China is rapidly increasing its money on research and development.The U.S.was once among the 1eading nations.Now it ranks near the bottom of the 23 nations that collect such data.We hope that Edison’ s story might not only encourage reformation but also inspire more
young Americans to study science and engineering.
【小题1】The first paragraph is mainly about .
A.the number of Edison’ s great inventions |
B.Edison’ s special personal characters |
C.Edi son’ s modern system of research |
D.Apple.Google and Microsoft and their forerunners |
A.A11 the things Edison invented sold well. |
B.Edison wanted to invent things that sold well. |
C.Edison’ s inventions were not valuable for being unpopular. |
D.Edison had a gift for changing his discoveries into best sellers. |
A.inform US of the danger the USA is in |
B.get young Americans to study science |
C.be in honor of Edison for his contributions |
D.tell US how important Edison’ s inventions are |
A.the USA is no 10nger advanced in science and technology |
B.the USA falls behind China in research and inventions |
C.more and more young Americans will be interested in science |
D.China is spending more and more money on research and development |
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Although Thomas Edison created the technologies behind three major 21st century industries electrical power,recorded music and movies—his greatest invention may have been the modern method of inventing.He basically came up with the modern system of research and development.Edison was not the only scientist doing research in his garage but someone who gathered around him a team of creative scientific minds.Edison’s 1aboratories were the forerunners( 先驱)of Apple,Google and Microsoft.
Yet for a11 his scientific gifts,he was no Steve Jobs or Bill Gates.He once said,“Anything that won’ t sell,I don’ t want to invent.” But Edison,unlike Jobs or Gates,had no real sense of what the public wanted or how to change his discoveries into products that might sell.It took him years to understand that the phonograph( 留声机)was not a business tool but an entertainment invention.He helped create movies but resisted the idea that people might want to go into a theater to watch one.
We chose Edison this year because we need his example now more than ever.Though we live in a time of great reformation,the U.S.is in danger of losing its advantage in science and technology.American investment( 投资)in research and development has not increased as a percentage of GDP since the mid一1980s,while the government’ s share has been dropping.And this is at a time when China is rapidly increasing its money on research and development.The U.S.was once among the 1eading nations.Now it ranks near the bottom of the 23 nations that collect such data.We hope that Edison’ s story might not only encourage reformation but also inspire more
young Americans to study science and engineering.
1.The first paragraph is mainly about .
A.the number of Edison’ s great inventions
B.Edison’ s special personal characters
C.Edi son’ s modern system of research
D.Apple.Google and Microsoft and their forerunners
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.A11 the things Edison invented sold well.
B.Edison wanted to invent things that sold well.
C.Edison’ s inventions were not valuable for being unpopular.
D.Edison had a gift for changing his discoveries into best sellers.
3.The author’ s main purpose is to .
A.inform US of the danger the USA is in
B.get young Americans to study science
C.be in honor of Edison for his contributions
D.tell US how important Edison’ s inventions are
4.We can infer from the text that .
A.the USA is no 10nger advanced in science and technology
B.the USA falls behind China in research and inventions
C.more and more young Americans will be interested in science
D.China is spending more and more money on research and development
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Although Thomas Edison created the technologies behind three major 21st century industries electrical power,recorded music and movies—his greatest invention may have been the modern method of inventing.He basically came up with the modern system of research and development.Edison was not the only scientist doing research in his garage but someone who gathered around him a team of creative scientific minds.Edison’s laboratories were the forerunners( 先驱)of Apple,Google and Microsoft.
Yet for all his scientific gifts,he was no Steve Jobs or Bill Gates.He once said,“Anything that won’ t sell,I don’ t want to invent.” But Edison,unlike Jobs or Gates,had no real sense of what the public wanted or how to change his discoveries into products that might sell.It took him years to understand that the phonograph( 留声机)was not a business tool but an entertainment invention.He helped create movies but resisted the idea that people might want to go into a theater to watch one.
We chose Edison this year because we need his example now more than ever.Though we live in a time of great reformation,the U.S.is in danger of losing its advantage in science and technology.American investment( 投资)in research and development has not increased as a percentage of GDP since the mid一1980s,while the government’ s share has been dropping.And this is at a time when China is rapidly increasing its money on research and development.The U.S.was once among the leading nations.Now it ranks near the bottom of the 23 nations that collect such data.We hope that Edison’ s story might not only encourage reformation but also inspire more young Americans to study science and engineering.
1.The first paragraph is mainly about .
A.the number of Edison’ s great inventions
B.Edison’ s special personal characters
C.Edi son’ s modern system of research
D.Apple.Google and Microsoft and their forerunners
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.All the things Edison invented sold well.
B.Edison wanted to invent things that sold well.
C.Edison’ s inventions were not valuable for being unpopular.
D.Edison had a gift for changing his discoveries into best sellers.
3.The author’ s main purpose is to .
A.inform US of the danger the USA is in
B.get young Americans to study science
C.be in honor of Edison for his contributions
D.tell US how important Edison’ s inventions are
4.We can infer from the text that .
A.the USA is no longer advanced in science and technology
B.the USA falls behind China in research and inventions
C.more and more young Americans will be interested in science
D.China is spending more and more money on research and development
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