Thomas Alva Edison

　　Thomas Alva Edison was born in 1847 in Ohio, America. As a little boy he was very inquisitive (好問的) . He always wanted to know how things were done. Very early in life he showed he was full of curiosity(好奇) , a quality(素質(zhì)) which is so important to inventors. In 1869 he went to New York, where he worked for some time as a telephone operator. But soon he became interested in inventions. In a very short time they were his chief business. In order to carry on his business, which was to become his life's work, he built a lab at Menlo Park, where he had gone to live. His first great invention was a system of telegraphy (電報學) . Soon afterwards he invented the phonograph (留聲機), the first form of the instrument that we now know as the gramophone or record player. The word “phonograph” means something that can “write” or record sound. Other scientists before Edison had thought of instruments which would do this, but Edison was the first to make an instrument which actually(實際地) worked. He also invented the incandescent lamp (白熾燈), the wire is heated by an electric current (電流) . People could now use electricity (電) to illuminate (照亮) their homes. By the time Edison died in 1931 he had about a thousand inventions.

1．As a little boy Thomas Alva Edison was ________ .

[　　]

A．naughty (頑皮的)
B．clever
C．a(chǎn)n inventor
D．a(chǎn) boy who liked to ask questions

2．Edison worked as a telephone operator ________ .

[　　]

A．when he was a little boy

B．because he was full of curiosity

C．in his twenties

D．when he became interested in inventions

3．Edison built a lab at Menlo Park ________ .

[　　]

A．because he wanted to live there

B．in order to carry on his business

C．to invent phonograph

D．because he had no room to live in in New York

4．Edison was the first to ________ before other scientists.

[　　]

A．invent the phonograph
B．work as a telephone operator
C．build a lab at Menlo Park
D．show interest in inventions

5．The incandescent lamp ________ .

[　　]

A．was the first invention of Edison's

B．was invented just before the year 1931

C．was Edison's last invention

D．has been used to illuminate for more than 60 years since it was invented

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A．in winter

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      he was a good student
    3. C.
      he was not a good student
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      he could learn many things
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he was one of the most dumb headed(笨頭笨腦的)students. He did badly in many subjects and
left school after only three months. So his mother took him home and taught him herself. Edison
didn't like school at all, but he loved science. He liked to ask questions.
     One day his father found him sitting on some eggs. His father asked him why. The boy didn't
answer. He asked his father instead, "Why can't I hatch(孵化)chickens, but hens can?"
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