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February 11th is the birthday of the most famous American inventor,Thomas Alva Edison.Edison was born in 1847.He was not a good student when he was a young boy.His teacher said he was one of the most dumb headed(笨头笨脑的)students .He did badly in many subjects and left school after only three months.So his mother took him home and taught him herself.Edison didn’t like school at all,but he loved science.He liked to ask questions.

One day his father found him sitting on some eggs.His father asked him why.The boy didn’t answer.He asked his father instead,“Why can’t I hatch(孵化)chickens,but hens can?”

Edison invented 1328 things in his life,and these things made our lives more comfortable(舒适的)and the world more beautiful.People will never forget him.

1.Edison was born     .

2.Edison’s teacher said      .

3.Edison’s mother      .

4.One day Edison sat on some eggs.He        .

5.We now know Edison      .

In 1901, the citizens of Colorado Springs in the USA decided to collect everyday items and to seal (封住）them in a special box. The box was marked “To be opened after midnight, December 31^st, AD 2000”，and was kept in the Colorado College Library.
One hundred years later, on the appointed (约定）day, 300 people gathered to watch the opening of the box. Many in the crowd were the descendants (后代）of people who had placed things inside the box.
When the box was opened after midnight, the things inside the box were in very good condition. There were newspapers, photos, diaries, name cards, family trees, books and lots of letters, including one written by Theodore Roosevelt, who became the President of the USA later that year. One of Roosevelt’s friends lived in Colorado Springs at that time.
Many of the letters were written to their descendants. They describe the hopes that the people of 1901 had for the people of the next century. At that time, Colorado Springs had just a few thousand people. Now nearly half a million people live there.
Colorado College Library has scanned the materials and put them on a website. Cecil Muller, whose grandfather had placed a collection of postcards in the box, said that the time capsule was a great treasure. “This is a wonderful educational resource(资源）.  We can learn so much about our history,”he said. “I never knew my grandfather, but now I feel very close to him. ”
【小题1】According to the passage, “time capsule” means ______.

In 1901, the citizens of Colorado Springs in the USA decided to collect everyday items and to seal (封住）them in a special box. The box was marked “To be opened after midnight, December 31^st, AD 2000”，and was kept in the Colorado College Library.

One hundred years later, on the appointed (约定）day, 300 people gathered to watch the opening of the box. Many in the crowd were the descendants (后代）of people who had placed things inside the box.

When the box was opened after midnight, the things inside the box were in very good condition. There were newspapers, photos, diaries, name cards, family trees, books and lots of letters, including one written by Theodore Roosevelt, who became the President of the USA later that year. One of Roosevelt’s friends lived in Colorado Springs at that time.

Many of the letters were written to their descendants. They describe the hopes that the people of 1901 had for the people of the next century. At that time, Colorado Springs had just a few thousand people. Now nearly half a million people live there.

Colorado College Library has scanned the materials and put them on a website. Cecil Muller, whose grandfather had placed a collection of postcards in the box, said that the time capsule was a great treasure. “This is a wonderful educational resource(资源）.  We can learn so much about our history,”he said. “I never knew my grandfather, but now I feel very close to him. ”

1.According to the passage, “time capsule” means ______.

2.Many of the letters in the time capsule talked about   .

3.Cecil Muller says that the time capsule ______.

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I think life will be very different in one hundred years’ time. Some things will be b___1_ and some things will be worse.

Firstly, people won’t l_2___ on the land of the earth. Our cities will be in large domes(圆顶屋) under the sea. Special machines will p___3_ oxygen and light but the environment won’t be the same.

Secondly, trees and plants won’t grow because t__4___ won’t be any soil. As a result, people won’t be able to grow crops, food will mainly be in the f__5__ of pills. If the sea isn’t too polluted, people will eat f___6__.

What’s more, I think people’s e__7__ life will be different. They won’t have to w_8___ long hours because computers will help them. No one will have to do housework, e_9___.

Finally, I believe that everyone will be able to travel to the moon, to other p___10__ and perhaps even to other galaxies(星系) f___11__ a holiday.

In a w_12___, I think that in the future we will live in the interesting places.