阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。

  People often said Thomas Edison was the greatest genius 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 pleased only because someone said he was a genius.“There is no such thing as genius,”Edison said.He thought 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.He tried to understand them, and then he tried to learn what he could usefully do with them.

  Edison enjoyed thinking.He knew that most people would do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often.But he knew, too, that thinking could give men enjoyment and pleasure.

  Edison could not understand how anyone could not be interested in life.As he loved to think, he also loved to work.On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what idea he had about life.“Work,”he answered,“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.

(1)

According to Thomas Edison, what’s genius?

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A.

Hard thinking.

B.

Hard work.

C.

Useful dreams.

D.

Useful inventions.

(2)

After exploring the secrets of nature, Edison always tried to ________.

[  ]

A.

write down what he had learnt

B.

carry out a new experiment

C.

make them useful in life

D.

share them with others

(3)

Edison could not understand ________.

[  ]

A.

how anybody enjoyed life

B.

how anybody loved working

C.

why anybody loved thinking

D.

why anybody was tired of life

(4)

The last sentence in the passage means that ________.

[  ]

A.

Edison was born to be a great inventor

B.

Edison was able to live another 100 years

C.

Edison was ready to make his 100 th invention

D.

life was too short for Edison to work for human beings

仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. When Mencius(孟子) was a small boy, his father died. So Mencius and his mother were quite poor. One day Mencius returned home from school and found his mother making some cloth(布). It was very beautiful and expensive. "How much of your book have you read today " Mencius' mother asked him. Mencius threw down his book. "I haven't read any of it" He replied, "I played with some friends of mine in the fields. " When his mother heard this, she picked up a pair of scissors and cut the cloth. "Why have you cut your cloth " Mencius asked. "It was so beautiful and now you've wasted it. " "You have wasted your time," His mother said. "Now I have wasted time. Look at the terrible thing we have done. " Mencius learnt a lot from this lesson. After that, he always studied hard.

(1)

When did this story happen

A. Not long before liberation(解放).

B. More than 2000 years ago.

C. About 400 years ago.

D. In the 18 th century.

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(2)

Mencius and his mother were quite poor because ________.

A. they had to spend a lot of money on beautiful and expensive cloth

B. Mencius was young and he couldn't work

C. his father died when Mencius was a child

D. Mencius' schooling cost them much money

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(3)

What was Mencius doing while his mother was cutting the cloth

A. He was reading his book.

B. He was playing in the fields.

C. He was trying to help her.

D. He was watching strangely.

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(4)

When the mother knew Mencius had played in the fields, she felt ________.

A. pleased

B. surprise

C. sad

D. happy

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(5)

The mother cut the cloth because ________.

A. she thought making cloth was wasting time

B. she wanted to make more beautiful cloth

C. she wanted to teach her son a lesson

D. she wanted her son to do his lessons at once

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阅读理解。
     People often said Thomas Edison was the greatest genius 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 pleased only because someone said he was a genius. "There is no such thing as
genius," Edison said. He thought 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. He tried to understand them, and then he tried to learn what he could usefully do with them.
     Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people would do almost anything instead of the difficult work
of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking could give men
enjoyment and pleasure.
     Edison could not understand how anyone could not be interested in life. As he loved to think, he also
loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what idea he had about life. "Work,"
he answered, "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.
1. According to Thomas Edison, what's genius?
A. Hard thinking.
B. Hard work.
C. Useful dreams.
D. Useful inventions.
2. After exploring the secrets of nature, Edison always tried to _______.
A. write down what he had learnt
B. carry out a new experiment
C. make them useful in life
D. share them with others
3. Edison could not understand _______.
A. how anybody enjoyed life
B. how anybody loved working
C. why anybody loved thinking
D. why anybody was tired of life
4. The last sentence in the passage means that _______.
A. Edison was born to be a great inventor
B. Edison was able to live another 100 years
C. Edison was ready to make his 100 th invention
D. life was too short for Edison to work for human beings

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