Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him, the world might still be in the dark. However, the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented the motion picture camera and 1200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.
Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He attended school for only three months. His mother taught him at home, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. He started experimenting at a young age.
When he was 12 years old, he got his first job. He became a newsboy on a train. He did experiments on the train in his spare time. Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well. They fired him when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train. Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time in experimenting his first patent(專(zhuān)利權(quán)) in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity.
Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He always worked 16 out of every 24hours. Sometimes his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.
Thomas Edison died at the age of 84. He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.
【小題1】How often did Edison make a new invention?

A．About every fourteen days	B．About every seven days
C．About once a week	D．About twice a week

【小題2】The underlined word “fired” in the passage means “__________”

A．Gave somebody a job	B．Set fire to somebody
C．Let somebody down	D．Forced somebody to leave his job

【小題3】Edison considered his deafness as______.

A．something bad

B．a(chǎn) gift from god

C．a(chǎn) kind of ability

D．a(chǎn) disadvantage

【小題4】which of the following sentence is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Edison had only 8 hours rest each day after his deafness

B．Edison got his education mostly by self-teaching

C．Edison had his first job in 1869

D．Edison’s inventions greatly improved the quality of people’s life

【小題5】What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．The function of the electric light	B．Edison and his experiments
C．The importance of inventions	D．The whole life of Edison.

　　America is a very large country, but traveling there is really very quick and easy. When you are paying a visit to the USA and want to see as much of the (1) as possible, you'd better travel by bus. There is fast 2 service between cities, for example, the Greyhound Bus Service. All of its buses have a picture of a dog on the side. Some buses have two storeys（層）. The top covering of the bus is often made of glass. In the summer time, the heat of the sun will get in (3) the glass and you may (4) too hot. Although the buses are cooled by air-conditioner（空調(diào)）, it doesn't (5) work well because the sunshine on the top storey is too (6) . The seats are very soft. Over each seat there is a reading light. On the long-distance journey, stops are made for meals at roadside (7) . You can have enough time to stretch your legs and have a good taste of food. It takes about three and a half (8) to cross America by bus with short stops for meals. Many people, especially tourists, like to (9) a bus around the country. If you have chances to visit America, don't (10) to try a bus.

(1) A．city	B．country
C．ocean	D．earth
(2) A．train	B．plane
C．ship	D．bus
(3) A．through	B．across
C．between	D．among
(4) A．hear	B．see
C．feel	D．taste
(5) A．always	B．never
C．sometimes	D．ever
(6) A．strong	B．short
C．high	D．dirty
(7) A．hotels	B．villages
C．shops	D．restaurants
(8) A．hours	B．days
C．weeks	D．months
(9) A．walk	B．drive
C．take	D．enter
(10) A．forget	B．allow
C．encourage	D．suppose