It was Thomas Alva Edison who ______ the electric lamp.
A.discovered
B.invented
C.innovated
D.found
It was Thomas Alva Edison who ______ the electric lamp.
A.discovered
B.invented
C.innovated
D.found
【单选题】请问,发明数码相机的这位科学家是()?
A、乔治·伊斯曼(George·Eastman )
B、赛尚(Steven Sasson)
C、托马斯·阿尔瓦·爱迪生(Thomas Alva Edison)
D、塞缪尔·莫尔斯(Samuel Finley Breese Morse)
What can we infer from paragraph 2?
A.You may have a job unless you get a high school diploma at least.
B.If you can't get a high school diploma you will die lonely in society.
C.It is possible to be a genius like George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison.
D.If your name is George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison, you will be certainly out of work.
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Thomas Alva Edison was awarded more patents on inventions than any other American. When he died in l931,Americans wondered how they could best show their respect for him. One suggestion was that the nation observe a minute or two of total black-out.All electric power would be shut off in homes streets and factories. Perhaps this suggestion made Americans realize fully what Edison and his inventions meant to them.Electric power was too important to the country.Shutting it off for even a short time would have led to complete confusion.A black—out was out of the question. On the day of Edison's funeral,many people silently dimmed their lights.In this way they honored the man who had done mroe than anyone else to put the great force of electricity at his countrymen's fingertips. People decided to honor Edison when_________.
A.he made the first electric light
B.electric power was l00 years old
C.the country realized electricity's importance
D.he died in 1931
THOMAS EDISON
On the night of 21 October 1931, millions of Americans took part in a coast-to-coast ceremony to commemorate the passing of a great man. Lights 【B1】______ in homes and offices from New York to California. The ceremony 【B2】______ the death of an inventor—indeed, to many people, the most important inventor of 【B3】______ time: Thomas Alva Edison.
Few inventors have 【B4】______ an impact as great as his on everyday life. While most of his 1 000- plus inventions were devices we no 【B5】______ use, many of the things he invented played a crucial 【B6】______ in the development of modern technology, simply by showing what was possible. And one should never 【B7】______ how amazing some of Edison's inventions were.
In so many ways, Edison is the perfect example of an inventor, by which I 【B8】______ not just someone who 【B9】______ up clever gadgets, but someone whose products transform. the lives of millions. He possessed the key characteristics that an inventor needs to 【B10】______ a success of inventions. Sheer determination is certainly one of them. Edison famously tried thousands of materials while working 【B11】______a new type of battery, reacting to failure by cheerfully 【B12】______to his colleagues: 'Well, 【B13】______we know 8 000 things that don't work.' Knowing when to take no 【B14】______ of experts is also important. Edison's proposal for electric lighting circuitry was 【B15】______ with total disbelief by eminent scientists, until he lit up whole streets with his lights.
【B1】______
A.turned out
B.came off
C.went out
D.put off
D
Thomas Alva Edison was awarded more patents on inventions than any other American. When he died in l931,Americans wondered how they could best show their respect for him.
One suggestion was that the nation observe a minute or two of total black-out.All electric power would be shut off in homes streets and factories.
Perhaps this suggestion made Americans realize fully what Edison and his inventions meant to them.Electric power was too important to the country.Shutting it off for even a short time would have led to complete confusion.A black—out was out of the question.
On the day of Edison&39;s funeral,many people silently dimmed their lights.In this way they honored the man who had done more than anyone else to put the great force of electricity at his country men&39;s fingertips.
??People decided to honor Edison when_________.??
A.he made the first electric light
B.electric power was l00 years old
C.the country realized electricity importance
D.he died in 1931
The suggestion was to_______.A.turn off the lights in factories and schools
B.observe a few minutes of total silence
C.dim all electric lights
D.shut off all electricity for a short time
Americans fully realized what Edison's inventions meant when they________.A.heard of his death
B.heard of the plan to honor him
C.first used electric power
D.tried to carry out the plan
The plan was never carried out because_________.A.not everyone wanted to honor Edison
B.it was too difficult
C.electric power was too important to the country
D.it honored only one of Edison's inventions
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One suggestion was that the nation observe a minute or two of total blackout(停电). All electric power would be shut off in homes, streets and factories. Perhaps this suggestion plan made Americans realize fully what Edison and his inventions meant to them. Electric power was too important to the country. Shutting it off even a short time would have led to complete confusion. A blackout was out of the question.
On the day of Edison's funeral(葬礼), many people silently dimmed their lights. In this way they honored the man who had done more than anyone else to put the great force of electricity at his countrymen's fingertips.
Which of the following statement is true according to the first paragraph?
A.Edison received the first American patent.
B.Edison got the most patents in America at that time.
C.Edison was the only American inventor.
D.Edison was the first American inventor.
Task 1
Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 through 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should make the correct choice.
Thomas Alva Edison is known as one of the greatest inventors of his time. He was awarded more patents (专利权) on inventions than any other Americans. When he died in 1931, Americans wondered how they could best show their respect for him.
One suggesti
Which of the following statement is true according to the first paragraph?
A.Edison received the first American patent.
B.Edison got the most patents in America at that time.
C.Edison was the only American inventor.
D.Edison was the first American inventor.
Thomas A. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11, 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity(好奇) led him to start experimenting at a young age with electrical and mechanical things at home.
When he was 12 years old, he got his first job. He became a newsboy on a train that ran between Port Huron and Detroit. He set up a laboratory in a baggage car of the train so that he could continue his experiments in his spare time. Unfortunately, his first work experience did not end well. Thomas was fired when he accidentally(意外地) set fire to the floor of the baggage car.
Thomas then worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time on the job conducting experiments. He got his first patent(专利) in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity. However, the vote recorder was not a success. In 1870, he sold another invention, a stock-ticker, for $40,000. A stock-ticker is a machine that automatically prints stock prices on a tape. He was then able to build his first shop in Newark, New Jersey.
Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other, but thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He called himself a "two-shift man" because he worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes he worked so intensely that his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.
Thomas Edison died at the age of 84 on October 18, 1931, at his estate in West Orange, New Jersey. He left numerous inventions that improved the quality of life all over the world.
Thomas Edison worked ______ hours a day so he called himself a "two-shift man".
A.24
B.8
C.12
D.16
【T19】
A.DROP OUT
B.FOR YOUR SOCIETY
C.TAKE EFFECT
D.THE LAUNCHING PAD A.THE FAMOUS LAW OF DIMINISHING RETURNS BEGINS TO【T13】______
B.YOU ARE ON【T14】______
C.YOU CAN SUCCESSFULLY【T15】______IN GRADE SCHOOL
D.PROVIDE MANPOWER【T16】______ WHEN THEY ADVISE YOUR KIDS TO "GET AN EDUCATION" IF YOU WANT TO RAISE YOUR INCOME, THEY TELL YOU ONLY HALF THE TRUT
H.WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN IS TO GET JUST ENOUGH EDUCATION TO【T17】______, BUT NOT TOO MUCH THAT YOU PROVE AN EMBARRASSMENT TO YOUR SOCIETY.GET A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA,AT LEAST.WITHOUT THAT,YOU ARE OCCUPATIONALLY DEAD,UNLESS YOUR NAME HAPPENS TO BE GEORGE BERNARD SHAW OR THOMAS ALVA EDISON AND【T18】______.GET A COLLEGE DEGREE, IF POSSIBL
E.WITH A
B.A.,【T19】______.BUT NOW YOU HAVE TO START TO PUT ON THE BRAKES.IF YOU GO FOR A MASTER"S DEGREE, MAKE SURE IT IS AN
M.
B.A., AND ONLY FROM A FIRST-RATE UNIVERSITY.BEYOND THIS,【T20】______.
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