Light for the City Edison and his assistants came to New York to set up an elect
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Light for the City
Edison and his assistants came to New Yorkto set up an electric power system. They hoped it would provide enoughelectricity to light up a part of the great city.
They bought several machines with them.These were called generators, which produced electricity power for lamps inEdison’s building.
Soon there were lights for the building.Edison lived in a room facing the street and he often worked over night. Thelight burned brightly and steadily and he often worked over night. People oftencame and stopped their horse-drawn carriage to look. Everyone knew that ThomasEdison was in town.
First, the inventor and his assistantsproduced several large generators. A great deal of power would be needed tolight up even a small part of the city.
Then the workers were busy digging deeptrenches(沟) in thehard earth below the city streets, and Edison had fourteen miles of wire laidinto the trenches. The wire connected each building to a generator.
Setting up an electric power system was notan easy job. It took a year and a half. In September, 1882, the job wasfinished.
A small group of men stood around Edisoninside the power house. The big moment came at last. The inventor, taking adeep breath, pulled a switch. The electric lights flashed up.
“Very good! Very good!” a man nearbyshouted to praise Edison for what he had done.
“Sir,” said Edison, “this is only thebeginning!” And Edison was right. Soon Edison’s lamp were lighting up citiesall over theworld.
1.The generators they brought with themcould produce as much as electricity as ______ needed.
| A．Edison’s building | B．a small part of the city | C．the whole city | D．the world |
2.At that time carriages ______ by horsecould be seen in the street.
| A．draw | B．drew | C．drawn | D．drawing |
3.Trenches were dug to ______.
| A．set up generators | B．lay wires | C．built city streets | D．build a power house |
4.It took a year and a half to ______.
| A．set up the electric system | B．produce several large generators |
| C．dig the deep trenches | D．lay fourteen miles of wire into the trench |
试题答案
【答案】
1.A
2.C
3.B
4.A
【解析】文章主要记叙了爱迪生来到纽约建立发电系统并成功一事。
1.A 细节题。由第三段第二句These were called generators, which produced electricity power forlamps in Edison’s building.可知A正确
2.C 细节题。由People often came and stopped their horse-drawn carriage to look.Everyone knew that Thomas Edison was in town.可知C正确
3.B 细节题。由Edison had fourteen miles of wire laid into the trenches.可知B正确
4.A 细节题。由Setting up an electric power system was not an easy job. It took ayear and a half.可知建立一个发电系统要一年半 故选A