When he was ten,Edison built his own chemistry  1  .He sold sandwiches and newspapers on the local trains in order to earn money to buy  2  for his laboratory.His parents became used,more or less,  3  his experiments,which sometimes  4  the house.

   Edison’s work as a salesboy with the railway introduced him to the  5  and,with a friend,he built his own telegraph set.He taught  6  the Morse telegraphic code (莫尔斯电码) and hoped for the chance to become a professional telegraph  7  .A stroke (意外的一桩) of luck and Edison’s quick thinking soon provided the  8  .

   One day as young Edison stood  9  for a train to arrive,he saw the station master’s  10  wander into the track of an approaching train.Edison  11  and carried the boy to safety.The thankful station master  12  to teach Edison railway telegraphy.Afterwards,in 363,he became an  13  telegraph operator and left home to work in various cities.

   Six years later,in 369,Edison arrived in New York City,poor and  14  debt.He went to work with a telegraph company.  15  was here that he became interested in the  16  of electricity.At that time electricity was still in the  17  stage,and Edison hoped to invent new ways to use it for the  18  of people.As he once said,“My philosophy of life is work.I want to bring out the  19   of nature and apply (应用) them for the happiness of man.I know of no  20  service to render (提供) for the short time we are in this world.”

1.A.workshop        B.room       C.laboratory       D.store

答案:C

提示:爱迪生10岁的时候,建成了自己的化学“实验室”。

2.A.books          B.supplies     C.medicine        D.instruments

答案:D

提示:为实验购置“仪器”。

3.A.at           B.to        C.on          D.of

答案:B

提示:become used to是一个固定式,意为“逐渐习惯于”。

4.A.destroyed        B.injured      C.burned down      D.shook

答案:D

提示:shake意为“震动”。

5.A.telegraph        B.radio       C.chemistry        D.newspaper

答案:A

提示:从他自制telegraph set可以看出A是正确答案;introduce sb.to在此处意为“使某人了解/认识”。

6.A.others         B.him       C.himself        D.his own

答案:C

提示:teach oneself sth.=learn sth.by oneself

7.A.manager        B.technician     C.engineer        D.operator

答案:D

提示:根据第三段要知他要当专业电报员。

8.A.equipment       B.opportunity     C.furniture       D.shed

答案:B

提示:provide opportunity指提供机会。

9.A.longing        B.looking       C.waiting       D.expecting

答案:C

提示:等火车用wait for a train。

10.A.mother        B.father       C.son         D.daughter

答案:C

提示:根据下一句中carried the “boy” to safety可推知选C。

11.A.rushed out      B.walked out     C.went on       D.stepped

答案:A

提示:只有A项表示动作快且迅速冲出去。

12.A.offered       B.wanted        C.long        D.promised

答案:A

提示:为报答爱迪生,“主动提出”教他铁路电报技术。

13.A.ordinary       B.excellent        C.old        D.honest

答案:B

提示:become an excellent指成为某方面的专家。

14.A.out of        B.owning        C.with        D.in

答案:D

提示:in debt意为“欠债”,poor and in debt前后呼应。

15.A.He         B.There         C.It         D.Its

答案:C

提示:It is (was)+被强调的部分+that (who)...是强调句型。

16.A.production      B.function         C.uses        D.amount

答案:C

提示:the uses of electricity指电的运用。

17.A.inventing      B.second         C.underground     D.experimental

答案:D

提示:当时电仍处在“试验阶段”。

18.A.benefit       B.use          C.interest       D.life

答案:A

提示:benefit意为“利益”,如果interest后加上’s也是正确的。

19.A.truth        B.secrets         C.force        D.strength

答案:B

提示:揭示大自然的“秘密”。

20.A.good        B.better         C.best        D.bad

答案:B

提示:用比较级的形式表示最高级的意义。

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