Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him, the world might still be in the dark. However, the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented the motion picture camera and 1200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.
Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He attended school for only three months. His mother taught him at home, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. He started experimenting at a young age.
When he was 12 years old, he got his first job. He became a newsboy on a train. He did experiments on the train in his spare time. Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well. They fired him when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train. Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time in experimenting his first patent(专利权) in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity.
Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He always worked 16 out of every 24hours. Sometimes his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.
Thomas Edison died at the age of 84. He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.
【小题1】How often did Edison make a new invention?

Thomas Edison made more than 1,000 inventions in his life．（A）他的许多发明已经改变了世界。His first invention was a vote recorder（投票投票记录器）in 1869．This machine allowed people to place a vote by pressing a button instead of saying“Yes”or“No”．（B）H ________，American government officials did not like Edison’s invention because they preferred to call out their votes．

    Then Edison started a company with his friend．Franklin Pope．（C）was，morning，night，busy，until，Edison，from，early，late．As a result of hard work，he invented telegraph to print the price of gold and silver．He sold it to Western Union Company for $15,000．

    With some of the money Edison started his own company．Next he invented a stock ticker．（D）This machine was used to record the price of stocks（股票）in New York．Western Union paid Edison $40,000 for this invention．

    Edison used this money to open a shop in Newark in the state of New Jersey．In 1875，Edison and his family moved to Menlo Park in the same state．There he built his own laboratory．

1．将（A）处画线部分译成英语：

2．根据首字母提示，在（B）处填写一个适当的单词：

3．将（C）处画线部分连词成句：

4．将（D）处画线部分译成汉语：

5．Which state of America does Menlo Park belong to?  _____________