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(專利權(quán)) 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 24hours. 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.
【小題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

【小題2】The 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

【小題3】Edison considered his deafness as______.

A．something bad

B．a(chǎn) gift from god

C．a(chǎn) kind of ability

D．a(chǎn) disadvantage

【小題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 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

【小題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.

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　　學(xué)校準(zhǔn)備組織同學(xué)們赴法國旅行，校長Mrs. Jones在向全體同學(xué)講解此次旅行的有關(guān)事宜．

　　Now, here's some information about our school trip. As usual we will spend the first four days in Paris. We'll have a sightseeing tour of the city and we'll also visit some of the famous places like the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre. From Paris we'll travel down to the south of France near Marseilles by boat. We'll spend five days there.

　　Last year we went by coach, but we found that the journey was too long and we didn't have enough time to do everything. So this year we will go by train. I will provide more information about the schedule later.

　　There will be 80 students on the trip. We will travel in three groups and there will be three teachers with each group. I will go with Group One.

　　I hope that everyone on the trip will have a good time, but please remember that it is an educational visit not a holiday. There will be some time for swimming and other sports, but we are going to France to study French culture and to use the French language as much as possible.

1．What are the students going to France for?

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A．Only to do sightseeing.

B．To have an educational visit.

C．To do some sports.

2．How many times have they been to France?

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A．They've been there once.

B．They've been there twice.

C．They've never been there before.

3．How long will they stay there?

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A．Four days.　　　B．Five days.　　　C．Nine days.

4．Why don't they want to go by coach?

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A．Because it will spend too much time on the way.

B．Because they don't know how long it will take.

C．Because there are too many students.

5．How will they go there?

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A．By coach.　　　B．By train.　　　C．By boat.

6．Which team will Mrs. Jones go with?

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A．Group Two.　　　B．Group One.　　　C．Group Three.