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People often said Thomas Edison was 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 pleased only because someone said he was a genius. “There is no such a thing as genius,” Edison said. He thought what people called genius was mostly hard work.
But Edison was a thinker 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 why 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.
小题1:What is genius according to Thomas Edison?
A.Hard thinking. B.Hard work.C.Useful ideas.D.Useful inventions.
小题2:How did Edison always deal with the secrets of nature after exploring them?
A.To write down what he had learned.
B.To carry out a new experiment.
C.To make them useful in life.
D.To share them with others.
小题3:What does the last sentence in the passage mean?
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 100th invention.
D.Life was too short for Edison to work for human beings.

小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D

试题分析:短文大意:这篇短文主要介绍了著名发明家爱迪生的工作生活等情况,告诉我们天才就是那些勤奋的人。
小题1:细节理解题。根据短文第一段He thought what people called genius was mostly hard work.描述,可知爱迪生认为天才就是勤奋的人。故选B。
小题2:细节理解题。根据短文第二段He tried to understand them, and then he tried to learn what he could usefully do with them.描述,可知爱迪生在发现自然的秘密后,经常尝试把它们应用到实际生活中去。故选C。
小题3:句意理解题。结合本文描述,可知这是爱迪生在感叹生命的短暂。故选D,对于爱迪生来说,为人们工作的生命太短了。
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At one point along an open highway, I came to a crossroad with a traffic light. I was         on the road by now, but as I came near the light, it turned         , and I braked to a stop. I looked left, right, and behind me. Nothing. No car, no suggestion of headlights,          there I sat, waiting for the light to        , the only human being, for at least a mile in any       .
I started wondering why I         to run the light. I was not afraid of being caught, because there was         no policeman anywhere around and there certainly would have been no         in going through it.
Much later that        , after I'd met with a group in Lewisburg and had climbed into bed near midnight, the question of why I'd stopped for that light         me. I think I stopped         it's part of a contract(契约) we all have with each other. It's not only the law, but it's an agreement we have, and we trust each other to follow          : we don't go through red lights.
We do          we say we'll do. We show up when we say we'll show up.
I was so        of myself for stopping for that red light. And as no one would ever have known what a good person I was on the road from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, I had to tell someone.
小题1:
A.fastB.slowlyC.carefullyD.hard
小题2:
A.lateB.aloneC.worriedD.afraid
小题3:
A.greenB.yellowC.redD.dark
小题4:
A.andB.orC.soD.but
小题5:
A.returnB.changeC.startD.continue
小题6:
A.attentionB.backgroundC.directionD.information
小题7:
A.refusedB.decidedC.preparedD.forgot
小题8:
A.hardlyB.luckilyC.usuallyD.clearly
小题9:
A.dangerB.excuseC.spaceD.energy
小题10:
A.momentB.nightC.afternoonD.morning
小题11:
A.depended onB.looked forward toC.stayed away fromD.came back to
小题12:
A.thoughB.unlessC.becauseD.until
小题13:
A.meB.itC.himD.us
小题14:
A.whatB.howC.whyD.that
小题15:
A.tiredB.readyC.proudD.sorry
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A.AndB.ButC.SoD.Or
小题2:
A.doB.studyC.stayD.feel
小题3:
A.happyB.tiredC.sadD.excited
小题4:
A.whereB.whenC.howD.what
小题5:
A.walkedB.turnedC.travelledD.looked
小题6:
A.toldB.saidC.shoutedD.spoke
小题7:
A.ofB.inC.throughD.for
小题8:
A.howB.whenC.whereD.what
小题9:
A.bookB.manC.talkD.question
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A.bigB.darkC.strongD.new
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God replied, “Among the many angels, I chose one for you. She will take care of you.” But the child wasn’t sure he really wanted to go. “But here I don’t do anything else but sing and smile, that’s enough for me to be happy.”
“Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every day. And you will feel your angel’s love and be happy.”
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God patted (轻怕)him on the head and said, “Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear.Your angel will teach you how to speak. ”
“And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?”
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“I’ve heard that on earth there are bad men,who will protect me? ”
“Your angel will defend(保卫)you even if it means risking her life! ”
“But I will always be sad because I will not see you any more, ”the child continued warily.
God smiled on the young one. “Your angel will always talk to you about me and will teach you how to come back to me, even though I will always be with you.”
At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from earth could already be heard. The child knew he had to start on his journey very soon. He asked God one more question, softly, “God, please tell me my angel’s name.”
God answered, “Your angel’s name is not hard to remember. You will simply call her _______.”
小题1:Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “warily”?
A.angrilyB.proudlyC.carefullyD.happily
小题2:Which is the suitable word for the blank in the last paragraph?
A.DaddyB.GrandpaC.MommyD.Grandma
小题3:The child asked God questions in the order of ________.
a. Who will protect me?
b. How can I understand what people talked about?
c. How can I live there being small and helpless?
d. What shall I do when I want to talk to you?
e. What’s my angel’s name?
A.c, d, b, e, a B.d, a, e, c, bC.b, d, c, a, e D.c, b, d, a, e
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It was a shock . “I didn’t know what happened , ”said Lin , who kept feeling nervous and frustrated(沮丧的)about math during the following month. .
Like Lin , many of us have setbacks(挫折)in life . What would you do to deal with these setbacks ? Would you just let them be and give up ?
Lin chose to face his problem . His parents and teacher also gave him help . After some hard work he now gets marks between 100 and110 points on his math tests . Although he still isn’t at his original(原来的)level , Lin doesn’t panic anymore .
“Don’t be scared by setbacks ,”he said . “You will beat it . ”
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A.He used to get high marks .
B.He did well in math .
C.He did not so well as bofore in math .
D.He had no time to study math .
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B.His parents and teachers also helped him .
C.After some hard work , he now gets marks over 110 points .
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These penguins can also teach us a lesson. In big groups, they learn to be orderly and patient, and to never crash into each other. These are skills we should all learn from them when we are on the road!
小题1:Emperor penguins get together to _____.
A.keep warmB.play gamesC.learn from each otherD.cross the road
小题2:In a traffic jam on the road, __________.
A.drivers can drive fastB.drivers can drive carelessly
C.cars are not moving fastD.cars will stop working
小题3:From the passage, we learn that a “traveling wave” _____.
A.is caused by a traffic jam on the road
B.is caused by the strong wind in Antarctica
C.is formed by the movement of the penguins
D.is made by just one or two penguins
小题4:If a penguin is in a group, it _____.
A.needs to move orderlyB.can move as fast as it likes
C.will not leave others behindD.should move as slowly as it can
小题5:The last paragraph wants to tell us that _____.
A.penguins won’t move together if it is not very cold
B.traffic jams happen probably because people are impatient
C.penguins learn their skills from human beings
D.penguins are likely to crash into each other in a group

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