题目内容
7. 他设法将两个宇宙飞船连接在了一起。
7. He managed to join two spacecraft together.
() 16. (2013 苏州) 一-Your tea smells great!
—It's from India. Would you like ?
A. it B. this C. some D. little
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Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him,the world might vStill 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 (做实验) 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 (恩赐) in many ways. It kept conversations short,so that he could have more time for work. He always worked 16 out of every 24 hours. 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.
() 1. The underlined word fired" in the passage means
A. gave somebody a job B. set fire to somebody
C. let somebody down D. forced somebody to leave his job
() 2. Which of the following sentence is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Edison had only 8 hours' rest each day after his deafness.
B. Edison got his education mostly by self-teaching.
C. Edison had his first job in 1869.
D. Edison's inventions greatly improved the quality of people’s life.
() 3. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. The use of the electric light. B. Edison and hivs experiments.
C. The importance of inventions. D. The whole life of Edison.
() 5. Can you tell me ?
A. where shall we meet tomorrow B. where will you go for the holiday
C. when did you join the club D. how long he has been in the navy
7. He told me that he (not attend) the meeting until he was invited.
4. The smaller animals can easily (跳跃) from tree to tree.
二、 单项填空
() 1. The astronauts were so interested in beauty of nature that they took lots of pictures in space.
A. the; / B. the;the C. /; the D. /; /
() 5. — will the train ?
—In five minutes.
A. How long;arrive B. How soon,reach
C. How often;get to D. How soon,arrive
4. Industry and (农业) are the two most important parts of the whole nation.