【题目】阅读理解 阅读下列内容,根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

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 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.

1How often did Edison make a new invention?

A. About every fourteen days B. About every seven days

C. About once a week D. About twice a week

2The 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

3Edison considered his deafness as______.

A. something bad B. a gift from god

C. a kind of ability D. a disadvantage

4Which 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

【5】What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. The function of the electric light

B. Edison and his experiments

C. The importance of inventions

D. The whole life of Edison.

【题目】完形填空,阅读短文,从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项

A first-grade student whose best friend is battling cancer thought that hours of playing and telling jokes was not enough - he wanted to show his buddy just how he understood the____time he was going through.

Seven-year-old Vincent Butterfield ______ the only way was to cut off his hair in support of his best friend Zac who lost his hair through chemotherapy(化疗).

Zac Gossage is receiving treatment but _____ goes to Union Central Elementary School in Missouri every day,______ that's where he gets to play on the swing with Vincent. Vincent found out that Zac might ______ his hair because of the chemotherapy treatment. So one day, he showed up in the first grade class wearing a ______ . He said to his teacher Mrs. Koester, "I have a surprise for Zac." And he pulled off his cap and other _____ saw that he already had all his hair ______ off. "I did it just to make Zac feel he's not the only one without any ______." said Vincent.

Vincent has also been raising money for his best friend after learning how ______ his chemotherapy treatments are. He asked his mother to make ______ than 20 scarves and gloves. He and his mother ______ them at the price of 10 dollars each, raising over $200 for Zac. The encouragement from Vincent seems to be working. Though Zac is receiving treatments, he has ______ missed any days of school. He knows that Vincent is out on the playground, waiting for him at break.

When asked ______ friendship was, Vincent looked at his friend Zac, thought for a(an) ______and responded, "It's a beautiful thing."

Clearly, wisdom doesn't always come with age.

【1】A. hard B. exciting C. unpleasant D. pleasant

【2】A. decided B. refused C. agreed D. disliked

【3】A. ever B. never C. just D. still

【4】A. though B. but C. because D. so

【5】A. raise B. add C. lose D. fall

【6】A. mask B. scarf C. glove D. cap

【7】A. teachers B. kids C. parents D. patients

【8】A. pulled B. sent C. cut D. put

【9】A. friends B. money C. clothes D. hair

【10】A. expensive B. successful C. important D. meaningful

【11】A. fewer B. more C. worse D. better

【12】A. made B. donated C. sold D. collected

【13】A. already B. always C. nearly D. hardly

【14】A. how B. what C. where D. which

【15】A. moment B. hour C. morning D. Day

【题目】短文填空 根据短文内容及首字母提示补全空格内单词

Once there was a lovely vegetable field with a very big tree in it. Both the vegetables and the t__【1】__ made the garden look wonderful.

No one knew that the vegetables in the field and the tree couldn't get on well with each other. The vegetables h__2__ the tree. They thought the tree did not leave them e__3__ light to survive. On the other hand, the tree hated the vegetables. He complained that the vegetables drank nearly all the water b__4__ it could get to him.

The situation became worse and worse. One day, the vegetables got angry and decided to use up all the w_5_ in the ground so that the tree would dry up. The tree fought back by refusing to give the vegetables shade(树荫) from the hot sun. Soon they both began lo dry up.

Neither of them thought that the gardener would stop watering his vegetable f__6_ when he saw it becoming worse. When the gardener did that, the tree and the vegetables really felt how t__7__ they were. There seemed to be no ways to solve the problem, but one of the vegetables, a small pumpkin r__8__ what was going on, and decided to deal with it. Though there was little water and it was too hot, the little pumpkin did all he could to grow. F__9__ he grew very big, the gardener noticed that and started watering the field again because he wanted to win the beautifu big pumpkin competition. At the same time, the tree and the vegetables grew better. They realize that it was better to help each other than to f__【10_.

From then on, they worked together and lived in harmony with these around them.

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