72. In the eyes of the writer 　　　.

A. we have to learn from the people around us　 B. school is not important at all

C. only the people caring for us can teach us　　　　　　　 D. education takes place everywhere

71. The writer takes the African boy as an example to show that _______.

A. African children are very poor　　　　 　　　　　　　 B. some children are unlucky

C. education takes many ways　　　 　　　　　　　 D. schools are of great importance

70. The last sentence in the passage most probably implies __________ .

A. life is too short for Edison to invent more for human beings

B. Edison made 100 inventions in his life

C. Edison was able to live and work for 100 years

D. People of his time were ready to give Edison another 100 years’ work

C

Imagine a boy from a small village in East Africa; He from a very early age has been looking after cattle. At twelve years old he knows more about cattle than most of you. However, he has never been to school. Has the boy ever had any education?

Education is discovering about ourselves and about the people and things around us. All the people who care about us - our parents, brothers, sisters, friends - are our teachers. In fact, we learn something from everyone we meet. We start learning on the day we are born, not on the first day" we go to school. Every day we have new experiences, like finding a bird's nest, discovering a new street in our neighborhood, making friends with someone we didn't like before. New experiences are even more fun when we share them with other people.

Encouragement from the people around us enables us to explore things as much as possible. As we grow up, we begin to find out what we are capable of doing. You may be good at cooking, or singing or playing football. You find this out by doing these things. Just think about cooking doesn't tell you if you are good at it.

We learn so much just living from day to day. So why is school important? Of course you can learn some things better at home than at school, like how to do the shopping, and how to help old or disabled people who can' t do everything for themselves. At school, teachers help us to read and write. With their guidance, we begin to see things in different ways.

69. In Edison’s opinion,______________.

A. thinking can supply people with enjoyment and pleasure as well as help

B. people’s success lies mostly in genius

C. hard work is the second important thing in making people successful

D. there are few secrets for him to discover later

68. Edison was _____________.

A. very much interested in nature

B. interested in discovering the secrets of nature

C. interested in changing people’s ideas

D. .uninterested in making people happier by discovering the secrets of nature

67. Edison thought____________.

A. he could be happy if he was a genius　　　　 B. genius plays the most important part in one’s success

C. hard work could do better than genius　　　 D. genius could do better than hard work

66. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?_____________

A.　 Edison invented the electric light.

B.　　 Many other people have changed Edison’s life.

C.　　 Edison has changed the life of many other people.

D.　 Few men in history can change other people’s life.

65. The underlined word mugs is most likely to be ______.

A. a machine that makes coffee　　　 B. a container that can be used again and again

C. a paper product for tea　　　　　　 D. something that can only be found in an office.

B

Thomas Edison was one of ten said to be the greatest genius of his age. There are only a few men in all of the 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 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. “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.

64. It is suggested that we use both sides of the paper at the copier because ______.

A. we are short of paper　　 B. the printing is not important

C. we should save paper　　 D. we have to pay for the paper

63. From the passage we can infer(推断) that in the office ______.

A. using computers is a waste of resource　 B. many people don’t turn off the computers after using them

C. computers are run by electricity　　　　 D. a computer is not a must for working