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1、笤考试专栏笤大学英语三级考试阅读训练北京何珊Directions:Thereare4passagesinthissection.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.Passage11Thom
2、asAlvaEdisonlituptheworldwithhisinventionoftheelectriclight.Withouthim,theworldmightstillbeadarkplace.However,theelectriclightwasnothisonlyin-vention.Healsoinventedthephonograph,themotionpicturecamera,andover1,200otherthings.Abouteverytwoweekshecreatedsomethingnew.2ThomasA.E
3、disonwasborninMilan,Ohio,onFebruary11,1847.HisfamilymovedtoPortHuron,Michigan,whenhewassevenyearsold.Surprisingly,heattendedschoolforonlytwomonths.Hismother,aformerteacher,taughthimafewthings,butThomaswasmostlyself-educated.Hisnaturalcuriosityledhimtostartexperimentingatayou
4、ngagewithelectricalandmechanicalthingsathome.3Whenhewas12yearsold,hegothisfirstjob.HebecameanewsboyonatrainthatranbetweenPortHuronandDetroit.Hesetupalaboratoryinabaggagecarofthetrainsothathecouldcontinuehisexperimentsinhissparetime.Unfortunately,hisfirstworkexpe-riencedidnot
5、endwell.Thomaswasfiredwhenheaccidentallysetfiretothefloorofthebaggagecar.4Thomasthenworkedforfiveyearsasatelegraphoperator,buthecontinuedtospendmuchofhistimeonthejobconductingexperiments.Hegothisfirstpatentin1868foravoterecorderrunbyelectricity.However,thevoterecorderwasnota
6、success.In1870,hesoldanotherinvention,astock-ticker,for$40,000.Astock-tickerisamachinethatautomaticallyprintsstockpricesonatape.HewasthenabletobuildhisfirstshopinNewark,NewJersey.5ThomasEdisonwastotallydeafinoneearandhardofhearingintheother,butthoughtofhisdeafnessasablessing
7、inmanyways.Itkeptconversationsshort,sothathecouldhavemoretimeforwork.Hecalledhimselfa“two-shiftman”becauseheworked16outofevery24hours.Sometimesheworkedsointenselythathiswifehadtoremindhimtosleepandeat.206ThomasEdisondiedattheageof84onOctober18,1931,athisestateinWestOrange,.0
8、10CCollegollegeEnglisheEnglish452笤考试专栏笤NewJersey.Heleftnumerousinventionsth
