People often said Thomas Edison was the greatest genius(天才) of his age. There are only a few men in all of history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be pleased only because someone said he was a genius. “There is no such a thing as genius,” Edison said. He thought what people called genius was mostly hard work.
But Edison was a thinker as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature. He tried to understand them, and then he tried to learn what he could usefully do with them.
Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people would do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking could give men enjoyment and pleasure.
Edison could not understand why anyone could not be interested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what idea he had about life. “Work,” he answered, “Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier.” He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.
小題1:What is genius according to Thomas Edison?
A．Hard thinking. B．Hard work.C．Useful ideas.D．Useful inventions.
小題2:How did Edison always deal with the secrets of nature after exploring them?
A．To write down what he had learned.
B．To carry out a new experiment.
C．To make them useful in life.
D．To share them with others.
小題3:What does the last sentence in the passage mean?
A．Edison was born to be a great inventor.
B．Edison was able to live another 100 years.
C．Edison was ready to make his 100th invention.
D．Life was too short for Edison to work for human beings.

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:D

試題分析：短文大意：這篇短文主要介紹了著名發(fā)明家愛迪生的工作生活等情況，告訴我們天才就是那些勤奮的人。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段He thought what people called genius was mostly hard work.描述，可知愛迪生認(rèn)為天才就是勤奮的人。故選B。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段He tried to understand them, and then he tried to learn what he could usefully do with them.描述，可知愛迪生在發(fā)現(xiàn)自然的秘密后，經(jīng)常嘗試把它們應(yīng)用到實(shí)際生活中去。故選C。
小題3:句意理解題。結(jié)合本文描述，可知這是愛迪生在感嘆生命的短暫。故選D，對于愛迪生來說，為人們工作的生命太短了。
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