Thomas Edison made more than 1,000 inventions in his life. Many of his inventions have changed the world His first invention was a rote recorder in 186(9) This machine allowed people to place a vote by pressing a button instead of saying yes or no. However, American government officials(政府官員)did not like Edison's invention because they liked to call out their votes. Edison learned a lesson: he told himself never again to invent something people did not want.

  Edison started a company with his friend, Franklin Pope, to make fire and burglar alarms to use with the telegraph. At this company, Edison was busy from early morning until late at night. He often said, There is no substitute(替代物)for hard work. He invented a telegraph to print the price of gold and silver. He sold it to the Western Union Company for 15,000 US dollars.

  With some of this money Edison started his own company. He next invented a stock ticker. This was a machine that recorded the price of stocks in New York. Western Union paid Edison 40,000 dollars for this invention.

  Edison used this money to open a shop in the state of New Jersey. There he met a young woman, Mary Stilwell. Edison and Mary got married on Christmas Day 187(1) They had three children. In 1875, with his wife and young family, Edison moved to Menlo Park in the same state. There he built his own laboratory. In the laboratory were tables, science books, instruments and bottles of chemicals.

  His first success at Menlo Park was an improvement on the telephone that had just been invented by Alexander Graham Bell.

根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容,判斷下列句子的正(T)誤(F

(1) Edison's first invention was a great success.

(  )

(2) Edison thought hard work was very important.

(  )

(3) Western Union paid Edison 40,000 dollars for the stock ticker.

(  )

(4) Edison met Mary Stilwell at Menlo Park.

(  )

(5) Edison invented the telephone with Alexander Graham Bell.

(  )

答案:F;T;T;F;F
解析:

(1)通過第一段可知,政府官員并不喜歡此項(xiàng)發(fā)明,故并不是成功的發(fā)明。

(2)由“There is no substitute for hard work.”可知。

(3)由第三段最后一句話可知。

(4)Edison met Mary Stilwell in the state of New Jersey.

(5)是愛迪生改進(jìn)了由Alexander Graham Bell發(fā)明的電話,而不是他們一起發(fā)明的。


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