Thomas Edison was one of ten said to be the greatest genius of his age.There are
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Thomas Edison was one of ten said to be thegreatest genius of his age.There are only a few men in all of the history, whohave changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first usefulelectric light.But Edison could never be happy only because someone said he wasa genius.“ There is no such thing as genius,”Edison said.He said that whatpeople called genius was mostly hard work.
But Edison was a dreamer as well as aworker..From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets ofnature.Nature, he often said,is full of secrets.He tried to understandthem;then, he tried to learn what could usefully be done with them.
Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that mostpeople will do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking,especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking cangive men enjoyment and pleasure.
Edison could not understand how anyonecould be uninterested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. Onthe day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what ideas he had about life.“ Work,” he answered. “Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to makemen happier.” He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another100 years of work.
1.Which of the following is NOT trueaccording to the passage?
| A．Edison invented the electric light. |
| B．Many other people have changed Edison’s life. |
| C．Edison has changed the life of many other people. |
| D．Few men in history can change other people’s life. |
2.Edison thought __________.
| A．he could be happy if he was a genius |
| B．genius plays the most important part in one’s success |
| C．hard work could do better than genius |
| D．genius could do better than hard work |
3.Edison was __________.
| A．very much interested in nature |
| B．interested in discovering the secrets of nature |
| C．interested in changing people’s ideas |
| D．uninterested in making people happier by discovering the secrets of nature |
4.In Edison’s opinion, _________.
| A．thinking can supply people with enjoyment and pleasure as well as help |
| B．people’s successs lies mostly in genius |
| C．hard work is the second important thing in making people successful |
| D．there are few secrets for him to discover later |
5.The last sentence in the passage mostprobably implies _________.
| A．life is too short for Edison to invent more for human beings |
| B．Edison made 100 inventions in his life |
| C．Edison was able to live and work for 100 years |
| D．People of his time were ready to give Edison another 100 years’ work |
试题答案
【答案】
1.B
2.C
3.B
4.A
5.A
【解析】
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