Thomas Edison  1  the first job. For the next five years he went around the country  2  job 2  job. At last Edison went to New York. He had  3  money. He could not buy enough food to eat. He has no place to sleep.

For many days Edison  4  work. He was hungry. At last he found work fixing machines. He could mend the old machines. He also  5  new ones. The head man liked Edison’s new machines. He was going to give Edison $40,000 for them. Edison would now have money to do  6  he wanted.

Thomas Edison was then 23. He used the money to build a shop in New Jersey. He had many people  7  him. But he worked more than  8  of them. He rested very little. Soon he was making more than 40 new things  9  .

In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell made a telephone. But it could carry voices only a little way. Edison wanted to make  10  telephone. He soon made one. It could carry voices a long way.

(  )1. A. found   B. lost   C. looked for   D. had

(  )2. A. from, to  B. between, and  C. neither, or  D. both, and

(  )3. A. much   B. some   C. a little    D. little

(  )4. A. found   B. got    C. looked for   D. paid for

(  )5. A. made   B. invented  C. fixed     D. started

(  )6. A. that    B. what    C. how     D. if

(  )7. A. working on  B. work on  C. working for  D. work for

(  )8. A. some   B. many    C. most     D. any

(  )9. A. at one time  B. at a time  C. at the time  D. at no time

(  )10. A. better   B. the better  C. a better   D. the best

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