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Thomas Edison made more than 1,000 inventions in his life. (A)他的許多發(fā)明已經(jīng)改變了世界。His first invention was a vote recorder (投票記錄器) in 1869. This machine allowed people to place a vote by pressing a button instead of saying “Yes” or “No”. (B)H_________, American government officials did not like Edison’s invention because they preferred to call out their votes.

Then Edison started a company with his friend, Franklin Pope. (C) was, morning, night, busy, until, Edison, from, early, late. As a result of hard work, he invented telegraph to print the price of gold and silver. He sold it to Western Union Company for $15,000.

With some of the money Edison started his own company. Next he invented a stock ticker. (D)This machine was used to record the price of stocks (股票) in New York. Western Union paid

Edison $ 40,000 for this invention.

Edison used this money to open a shop in Newark in the state of New Jersey. In 1875, Edison and his family moved to Menlo Park in the same state. There he built his own laboratory.

1.將(A)處畫線部分譯成英語：

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2.根據(jù)首字母提示，在(B)處填寫一個適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~：

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3.將(C)處畫線部分連詞成句：

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4.將(D)處畫線部分譯成漢語：

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5.回答問題：Which state of America does Menlo Park belong to? 

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Answer 1

【答案】

1.Many of his inventions have changed the world.  

2. However

3.Edison was busy from early morning until late night.

4.這臺機(jī)器被用來記錄紐約股票價格。        

5.It belongs to New Jersey.

【解析】

【小題】考查時態(tài)，根據(jù)副詞already可知用現(xiàn)在完成時

1.However 表轉(zhuǎn)折

2.愛迪生從早到晚一直在忙碌

3.考查被動語態(tài)，機(jī)器是動作的承受者。        

4.根據(jù)Edison used this money to open a shop in Newark in the state of New Jersey.可知