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Thomas Edison was a great American inventor. He was born to a poor family in 1847. His mother taught him at home. He often observed things carefully and he made over 1,300 inventions during his life time. He was often said to be the greatest genius(天才) of his age. There are only a few men in all of history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be happy only because someone said he was a genius. “There is no such thing as genius,” Edison said. He also said that what people called genius was mostly hard work. But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature. Nature, he often said, is full of secrets. He tried to understand them; then, he tried to learn what could usefully be done with them.
Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people will do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking can give men enjoyment and pleasure.
Edison could not understand how anyone could be uninterested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what ideas he had about life. “Work, ” he answered back, “discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier.” He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.
【小题1】Edison was______________.

A.interested in changing people’s ideas
B.interested in discovering the secrets of nature
C.very much uninterested in nature
D.uninterested in making people happier by discovering the secrets of nature
【小题2】Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A.Many other people have changed Edison’s life.
B.Edison has changed the lives of many other people.
C.Only a few men in history can change other people’s lives.
D.Edison invented the electric light.
【小题3】The last sentence in the passage most probably implies(意指)___________.
A.people of his time were ready to give Edison another 100 year’s work
B.Life is too short for Edison to invent more for human beings
C.Edison made 100 inventions in his life
D.Edison was able to live and work for 100 years


【小题1】B
【小题2】A
【小题3】B

解析试题分析:这篇短文简要介绍了著名发明家爱迪生的生平,他因为发明电灯,从而改变了人们的生活。短文并且详细的描述了爱迪生的人格特点。
【小题1】根据From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature.及上下文描述,可知选B。
【小题2】通过阅读短文,可知历史上只有少数几个人改变了其他人的生活,爱迪生发明了电灯,从而改变了很多人的生活。短文没有提到有人改变了爱迪生的生活,故选项A,描述错误。
【小题3】根据He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.及本段描述,可知爱迪生是在感叹生命的短暂。故选B。
考点:人物传记类阅读
点评:本文难度较大,个别小题需要根据相关内容进行推理总结。首先要认真阅读短文,注意前后联系,掌握短文大意,然后带着问题再读短文,找出相关段落,分析总结,判断出正确选项。文章所设试题主要考察细节查找,做题关键是找出原文的根据,认真核查小题和原文的异同。

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You and your parents can stop worrying- Edison, Pasteur, Darwin and many others were far from being "bright boys " when they were under twenty. Some of them, in the eyes of their teachers, were day- dreamers or slow pupils. So, young men or women, if you have the same experience, don' t fed disappointed.

It is always the case that parents prefer giving mere inspiring examples to encourage their children. If you take piano lessons and are not practicing hard, your parents might justly complain and show you the famous picture of little Mozart in his night- shirt, playing the piano at midnight. But the fact is that he didn’t appear to have much talent(才干)for music when he was quite young. It was not until 22 that Mozart suddenly became fired with a great liking(爱好)for music.

In the sciences, there have been thousands of people who showed great interest in certain subjects from their earliest years, and hundreds who had no idea of what they would do in the future. The well-known French chemist Pasteur displeased his parents because Louris did nothing but drew pictures and went fishing. Pasteur was twenty years old before he showed any interest in science. You have the Wright brothers, who showed great talent in engineering when they were quite young. And you have Thomas Edi-son, whose teacher tried to get him out of the class because his brain was often confused. You have the Nobel Prize Physicist Enrico Fermi, who at 17, had read enough mathematics for a doctor's degree. But there is also Charles Darwin, who hated to go to school when he was young. His farther was once so angry and shouted, "You care for nothing but shooting dogs and rat - catching. You will put your parents to shame."

So who knows what might happen in the future? It is, of course, better for the young people to know what they want to do in life . But they needn’t despair if they don ' t . There is still plenty of time and it’s never too later for success.

1. Before the age of 20, Pasture, Darwin and Edison__________.

A. were very interested in their future work .

B. were far from showing their talents .

C. showed early promise(有成功的希望)

D. failed in school.

2. To encourage their children parents are likely to give them__________

A. very excited examples        

B. real examples

C. some false examples          

D. extremely(非常) good examples

3. At the age of 22 Mozart________

A. was accidentally wounded by a fire 

B. suddenly become a great musician

C. started to play the piano at midnight  

D. became greatly interested in music

4. Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of the passage?

A. Most successful adults are failures before the age of 22.

B. Early schooling is not important for later success.

C. People who show no signs of great talent when they are young might turn out to be greatly successful as adults.

D. People who show signs of great success when they are young might turn out to be failures as adults.

5. Young people should not despair (丧失信心) if they are not successful because________.

     A. Edison and Darwin were not bright when young

     B. they have more years to live than adults

     C. they still have a lot of time to work for it

     D. no one can tell what might happen in the future

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