阅读理解

  When Thomas Edison was 15, a train accident hurt his ears. Once when he tried to jump on a moving train, a conductor grabbed (抓) his ears to pull him up. He soon began to lose most of his hearing. His deafness (耳聋) could have been cured by an operation. But Edison didn't take the operation. He said being deaf helped him concentrate (专心).

  “Deafness probably drove me to reading.” he said later in life. He was one of the first people to use the Detroit Free Library. His library card was number 33. He went through shelf by shelf, reading every book.

  Edison enjoyed science books best of all. He read many kinds of science books. He realized (认识) his future would be in finding ways to make lives better, instead of just learning how things work.

根据短文内容,选择正确答案。

1.What is the passage mainly about?

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A.Edison's ear problem.
B.Edison's reading habits (习惯).
C.An accident happened to him.
D.Books that Edison read.

2.Edison didn't take the operation because ________.

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A.he was afraid of losing his life in the operation

B.he thought his deafness could make him read books more carefully

C.he didn't have enough money

D.he had no time to take the operation

3.The underlined word “cured” means ________.

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A.killed
B.used
C.brought back to health
D.saved

4.Which of the following is right?

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A.Edison had ear problems before the accident.

B.Edison liked to read story - books in the library.

C.You would pay for the books if you read in the Detroit Free Library.

D.Edison's ear problem could be cured.

5.What did Edison want to do in his future?

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A.To learn how things work.
B.To invent new things.
C.To be a great thinker.
D.To be a good leader.

阅读理解

  

Edison's Marriage (婚礼)

  

  After marriage Edison took his new wife to the new house he had bought at 97 Wright Street, in New York. As soon as they were in the house alone together for the first time, Edison began to think about a problem he was having with one of his inventions. He told Mary, his new wife, that he had to go to his office, but would soon return, Mary didn't want to anger him by asking him not to go. So, married only for one hour, the new husband ran to his business.

  Mary spent her first day as a wife alone, fearful (害怕的) and tearful. Late the night Joseph Murray, one of Edison's friends and workers, came to the office.

  “Why are you here, Tom?”Murray answered. “I must go home,”said Edison.

  Only then did he realize (认识到) that he was married that day.

1.Which of the following is right?

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A.In the night of his marriage, Edison was still busy with his invention.

B.Edison didn't like to live with his new wife.

C.Edison liked to be alone.

D.Edison was a person with bad manners (行为).

2.In this story, “run” means to ________.

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A.work
B.jump up rapidly(快的)
C.make a quick trip
D.go in a hurry

3.Why did Edison go to his office? Because he ________.

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A.didn't love Mary

B.put his heart into his invention

C.wanted to see Murray

D.quarreled (争吵) with his new wife

4.At that night, Edison's new wife ________.

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A.felt very angry

B.felt very sad

C.was very happy

D.thought she shouldn't have got married to Edison

5.In this story the writer tells us that Edison ________.

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A.had made a new invention

B.didn't love his new wife

C.devoted (献身于) his life to the invention

D.was a great scientist

In one way, it may be thought that failure is a part of life. In another, failure may be regarded as a step towards success.

The “spider story” is often told as an example of this. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a hole on a hill from the English. He watched a spider(蜘蛛) making a web(网). Bruce is said to have got confidence from this and to have gone on to beat the English. Edison, too, the inventor of the light bulb(电灯泡), made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right way to make one.

So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused it? Were you in high spirit then? What can you change so that things will go right the next time?

Second, is the goal you are trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your real goal may be. Think about this question: If I am successful in this, where will it get me?” This may help to prevent failure in the things you shouldn’t be doing anyway.

The third thing to remember about failure is that it’s a part of life. Learn to “live with yourself!” even though you may have failed. Remember, “You can’t live with them all.”

1.Robert Bruce was mentioned in the passage to show that ___________.

A.people who failed are not lonely

B.animals can help people sometimes

C.nature will help if we are hard—working

D.confidence is important for one to be successful

2.Edison’s example shows us that __________.

A.he liked to do other kinds of work

B.he invented many kinds of light bulbs

C.failure may be a way towards success

D.he was a man of many important inventions

3.If you are not sure about what success will get you, you’d better ______.

A.change your goal

B.go on with your goal

C.not care for that

D.work even harder on your goal

4.It can be learned from the passage that __________.

A.one should try not to fail

B.one’s failure is another’s success

C.one should take failures seriously

D.one should learn lessons from failures

5.This passage is mainly about _________.

A.two great men

B.two sides of failure

C.ways to keep away from failure

D.the right attitude (态度) towards failure

 

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