A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest. When he sat in the seat and closed his eyes, a pedestrian (行人) came up and knocked at his window to ask the time. The driver opened his eyes and looked at his watch, “It is 8 o’clock.” He said. Then he went to sleep again. But soon he woke up because a second pedestrian was knocking at the window, “Sir, do you have the time?” he asked. The driver looked at his watch again and told the man it was 8:30.

If it happened again, he could not have a good rest. So he wrote a short note and put it on the window for all the people to see. It said, “I don’t have the time.

Again the man sat in the seat and slept. A few minutes later a third pedestrian came along and began knocking at the window. “Hey, sir,” she said, “It’s 8:45.”

1. The driver stopped his car to __________.

A. have breakfast B. have a rest

C. have lunch D. tell time

2.The first pedestrian knocked at his window to __________.

A.wake him up B. take his car

C. ask the time D. buy his car

3. “I don’t have the time.” The driver wanted to tell pedestrians “__________.”

A. Don’t ask me the time

B. I don’t have a watch

C. I want to know the time

D. I don’t want to know the time

4. Why did the third pedestrian come along and begin knocking at the window?

A. She wanted to know the time.

B. She thought the driver was ill.

C. She wanted to wake the driver up.

D. She knew the time and wanted to tell the driver.

5.Which of the following sentences is TRUE?

A. The driver slept well in his car.

B. The driver had a good rest in his car.

C. The third pedestrian was kind-hearted but the driver wouldn’t think so.

D. The driver would be happy when the third pedestrian told him the time.

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.

1. What is genius according to Thomas Edison?

A. Hard thinking. B. Hard work.

C. Useful ideas. D. Useful inventions.

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.

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.

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