Thomas Edison was a great American inventor. He was born to a poor family in 1847. His mother taught him at home. He often observed things carefully and he made over 1,300 inventions during his life time. He was often said to be the greatest genius(天才) of his age. There are only a few men in all of history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be happy only because someone said he was a genius. “There is no such thing as genius,” Edison said. He also said that what people called genius was mostly hard work. But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature. Nature, he often said, is full of secrets. He tried to understand them; then, he tried to learn what could usefully be done with them.
Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people will do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking can give men enjoyment and pleasure.
Edison could not understand how anyone could be uninterested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what ideas he had about life. “Work, ” he answered back, “discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier.” He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.
小題1:Edison was______________.
A．interested in changing people’s ideas
B．interested in discovering the secrets of nature
C．very much uninterested in nature
D．uninterested in making people happier by discovering the secrets of nature
小題2:Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A．Many other people have changed Edison’s life.
B．Edison has changed the lives of many other people.
C．Only a few men in history can change other people’s lives.
D．Edison invented the electric light.
小題3:The last sentence in the passage most probably implies(意指)___________.
A．people of his time were ready to give Edison another 100 year’s work
B．Life is too short for Edison to invent more for human beings
C．Edison made 100 inventions in his life
D．Edison was able to live and work for 100 years

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:B

試題分析：這篇短文簡(jiǎn)要介紹了著名發(fā)明家愛(ài)迪生的生平，他因?yàn)榘l(fā)明電燈，從而改變了人們的生活。短文并且詳細(xì)的描述了愛(ài)迪生的人格特點(diǎn)。
小題1:根據(jù)From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature.及上下文描述，可知選B。
小題2:通過(guò)閱讀短文，可知?dú)v史上只有少數(shù)幾個(gè)人改變了其他人的生活，愛(ài)迪生發(fā)明了電燈，從而改變了很多人的生活。短文沒(méi)有提到有人改變了愛(ài)迪生的生活，故選項(xiàng)A，描述錯(cuò)誤。
小題3:根據(jù)He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.及本段描述，可知愛(ài)迪生是在感嘆生命的短暫。故選B。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文難度較大，個(gè)別小題需要根據(jù)相關(guān)內(nèi)容進(jìn)行推理總結(jié)。首先要認(rèn)真閱讀短文，注意前后聯(lián)系，掌握短文大意，然后帶著問(wèn)題再讀短文，找出相關(guān)段落，分析總結(jié)，判斷出正確選項(xiàng)。文章所設(shè)試題主要考察細(xì)節(jié)查找，做題關(guān)鍵是找出原文的根據(jù)，認(rèn)真核查小題和原文的異同。
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