Question

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 free 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(專利權) in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity.

Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing(福分) 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.

Edison died at the age of 84. He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.

1.How 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

2.The underlined word “fired” in the passage means “__________”

A. Gave somebody a job

B. Set fire to somebody

C. Let somebody down

D. Made somebody leave his job

3.Edison considered his deafness as______.

A. something bad B. a gift from god

C. a kind of ability D. a chance

4.Which 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 had his first job in 1859.

C. A Vote recorder was Edison’s only patent.

D. Edison got his education mostly by himself.

5.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. The function(功能) of the electric light

B. The whole life of Edison.

C. The importance of inventions

D. Edison and his experiments

Answer 1