Thomas Alva Edison was the most famous inventor in American history. He had 1 ,093 pa?tents in a wide range of fields,including telecommunications,electric power,sound recording,motion pictures,primary and storage batteries,and mining and cement technology. As impor?tant,he broadened the notion of invention to encompass what we now call innovation―inven?tion,research,development,and commercialization and invented the industrial research labora?tory. Edison's role as an innovator is evident not only in his two major laboratories at Menlo Park and West Orange in New Jersey but in more than 300 companies formed worldwide to man?ufacture and market his inventions,many of which carried the Edison name,including some 200 Edison illuminating companies.

  Edison was born in 1847 in the canal town of Milan,Ohio,the last of seven children. He attended school briefly but was principally educated at home by his mother and in his father's li?brary. In 1859 Edison began working on a local branch of the Grand Trunk Railroad,selling newspapers,magazines,and candy. At one point he printed a newspaper on the train,and he also conducted chemical experiments in a baggagecar laboratory. By 1862 he had learned enough telegraphy to be employed as an operator in a local office.

  From 1863 to 1867 he traveled through the Midwest as a telegrapher. During these years he read widely,studied and experimented with telegraph technology.

In the fall of 1878,Edison devoted thirty months to developing a complete system of incan?descent electric lighting. During his lamp experiments,he noticed an electrical phenomenon that became known as the " Edison effect". In World War I,the federal government asked Edison to head the Naval Consulting Board,which examined inventions submitted for military use. Edison worked on several problems,including submarine detectors and gun location techniques.

  By the time of his death in 1931,Edison had received 1 ,093 U. S. patents,a total still un?touched by any other inventor. Even more important,he created a model for modern industrial research.

(   ) 1. How many fields in which Edison had patents are mentioned in the first paragraph?

   A. Five. B. Six.

   C. Seven. D. Eight.

(   ) 2. The purpose of this passage is to         .

   A. tell us how Edison became an innovator

   B. introduce Edison's life to us

   C. tell us about Edison's childhood

   D. show us how Edison succeeded

(   ) 3. You will probably find the article in         .

   A. a film poster   B. a guidebook

   C. a biography   D. a blog

(   ) 4. What can we learn from the passage?

   A. No inventors in America have more patents than Edison up to now.

   B. Edison spent thirteen months developing incandescent electric lighting.

   C. Edison traveled through the Midwest as a telegrapher from 1863 to 1868.

   D. Edison was the oldest child of all the seven in his family.

(   ) 5. The best title for the passage may be         .

   A. Edison and His Family

   B. Edison's Innovation

   C. Edison Effect

   D. Edison,the Bestknown Inventor

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A篇：本文介紹了大發(fā)明家愛迪生的生平，重點(diǎn)介紹了他的主要發(fā)明。

1. B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第二行可知。所談到的有關(guān)愛迪生的發(fā)明領(lǐng)域共6類,具體為：(1 ) telecommunications , ( 2 ) electric power,(3) sound recording, (4) motion pic?tures ,(5 ) primary and storage batteries , (6) mining and cement technology 0

2. B寫作意圖題。根據(jù)全文內(nèi)容可知本文主要是介紹Edison的生平事跡。而其他三個(gè)選項(xiàng)為具體細(xì)節(jié)。

3. C推理判斷題。本文是一篇有關(guān)發(fā)明家愛迪生的個(gè)人介紹，所以出現(xiàn)在傳記的可能性最大。

4. A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段第一句"Edi?son had received   1. 093 U. S. patents,a total still untouched by any other inventor."可知答案為A. B項(xiàng)與倒數(shù)第二段第一句內(nèi)容不符;C項(xiàng)與倒教第三段第一句內(nèi)容不符；而D 項(xiàng)與第二段第一句內(nèi)容不符。

5. D主旨大意題。本文講述愛迪生的生平，尤其介紹了他的重大發(fā)明，由此可知他是一個(gè)聞名世界的發(fā)明家。而另外三個(gè)選項(xiàng)均為具體的細(xì)節(jié)。

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