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.

阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

About a year ago, a couple with 3 children moved into the apartment next door to me. I never heard any noise from the children, but the parents were always them, in a frightening way. We met often in the hallway when we were coming or going. I always spoke, but the only I ever got was a hello from the 4-year-old girl.

I usually go out for breakfast and one day when I returned ,they were just coming from their apartment and the little girl was holding the door open for others. I stayed in the car doing unnecessary things as I wasn’t in a . The parents were telling her to get into the car immediately. I looked up and saw the little girl was still holding the door open, waiting for .

As a disabled man, I can’t hurry at , but I hurried as much as I could and thanked her. She was smiling like a lovely angel. I was so by her small act of kindness. That afternoon I was shopping and I saw a white bear. I thought of the and said to myself. “I believe she would like that” so I bought it.

The next day there was a knock on the door and it was the little girl and her parents. She was so of her bear and thanked me as if I had never been thanked before. The mother and father thanked me.

Now when we meet in the hall we all speak, and in a friendly manner I might add. As time passes, I don’t hear that shouting as often. . , hardly at all.

Last night we had about four inches of . I looked out at my car and wondered I was going to keep my doctor’s appointment(约会).

When I opened the outside door, there was my car with all the snow cleaned. I can’t express how I felt at that moment. The man next door was the only person I knew in the whole building, when I saw him the next day, I asked him if he was the good man that cleaned my snow. He said . He wanted to but his wife said she wanted to do it.

Isn’t it amazing that a 4-year-old girl can change so many things for the better? My guardian angel(守护天使) says that good things usually come from .

1.A. worrying about B. shouting at C. playing with D. laughing at

2.A. present B. sound C. act D. answer

3.A. hurry B. mess C. mood D. surprise

4.A. me B. others C. her parents D. her

5.A. everything B. anything C. something D. nothing

6.A. worried B. surprised C. moved D. enjoyed

7.A. apartment B. door C. parents D. girl

8.A. proud B. afraid C. short D. full

9.A. all B. every C. either D. both

10.A. In all B. After all C. In fact D.For example

11.A. rain B. clouds C. snow D. earth

12.A. why B. that C. where D. how

13.A. but B. so C. or D. yet

14.A. Of course B. No C. Thanks D. Yes

15.A. little children B. nice presents C. small acts D.good neighbors

违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com

精英家教网