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四、完形填空。〔人与社会——历史、社会与文化〕
Thomas Edison might be the greatest inventor in history. He had over 1,000 1, and many of them have made a great 2 to our life. He had many people work for him in his large 3. They helped build, develop and 4 his inventions. He also started General Electric Company, which is one of the biggest companies in the world.
Thomas Edison 5 born in Ohio in 1847. His family soon 6 to Michigan where he spent most time of his childhood. 7, he did not do well in school and ended up being taught by his mother at home. 8 he was a little older, he sold newspapers on trains. One day he saved a child from a running train. The child's father thanked Edison by training him 9 a telegraph operator. Thomas became interested in communications (通信) from then on, which was very 10 for his later inventions.
In 1876, Edison built his lab. His team did research there. They first invented 11 useful in daily life, and then produced it in a big way. People working there did a lot of work on Edison's ideas and helped turn them into inventions one by one.
Here are three of Edison's most 12 inventions.
The phonograph It was the first major invention by Edison and the first machine 13 was able to record and play sounds.
The light bulb Edison made the first practical electric light bulb that is still 14 used today.
The motion picture Edison did a lot of work to 15 the development of movies.
1. A. mistakes B. inventions C. advantages D. hobbies
2. A. decision B. discovery C. difference D. difficulty
3. A. laboratory B. playground C. library D. restaurant
4. A. serve B. control C. land D. test
5. A. was B. is C. were D. are
6. A. climbed B. turned C. moved D. pointed
7. A. On his mind B. To our surprise C. In his dreams D. In fear of his life
8. A. Unless B. Although C. Whether D. When
9. A. with B. to C. on D. as
10. A. interesting B. important C. different D. tiring
11. A. anything B. nothing C. everything D. something
12. A. famous B. unknown C. further D. absent
13. A. which B. who C. that D. when
14. A. widely B. suddenly C. heavily D. correctly
15. A. put up B. push for C. take up D. look down
Thomas Edison might be the greatest inventor in history. He had over 1,000 1, and many of them have made a great 2 to our life. He had many people work for him in his large 3. They helped build, develop and 4 his inventions. He also started General Electric Company, which is one of the biggest companies in the world.
Thomas Edison 5 born in Ohio in 1847. His family soon 6 to Michigan where he spent most time of his childhood. 7, he did not do well in school and ended up being taught by his mother at home. 8 he was a little older, he sold newspapers on trains. One day he saved a child from a running train. The child's father thanked Edison by training him 9 a telegraph operator. Thomas became interested in communications (通信) from then on, which was very 10 for his later inventions.
In 1876, Edison built his lab. His team did research there. They first invented 11 useful in daily life, and then produced it in a big way. People working there did a lot of work on Edison's ideas and helped turn them into inventions one by one.
Here are three of Edison's most 12 inventions.
The phonograph It was the first major invention by Edison and the first machine 13 was able to record and play sounds.
The light bulb Edison made the first practical electric light bulb that is still 14 used today.
The motion picture Edison did a lot of work to 15 the development of movies.
1. A. mistakes B. inventions C. advantages D. hobbies
2. A. decision B. discovery C. difference D. difficulty
3. A. laboratory B. playground C. library D. restaurant
4. A. serve B. control C. land D. test
5. A. was B. is C. were D. are
6. A. climbed B. turned C. moved D. pointed
7. A. On his mind B. To our surprise C. In his dreams D. In fear of his life
8. A. Unless B. Although C. Whether D. When
9. A. with B. to C. on D. as
10. A. interesting B. important C. different D. tiring
11. A. anything B. nothing C. everything D. something
12. A. famous B. unknown C. further D. absent
13. A. which B. who C. that D. when
14. A. widely B. suddenly C. heavily D. correctly
15. A. put up B. push for C. take up D. look down
答案
四、1~5. BCADA 6~10. CBDDB 11~15. DACAB
