Question

Thomas Edison was one of ten said to be the greatest genius of his age.There are only a few men in all of the 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 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. “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.

1.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Edison invented the electric light.

B．Many other people have changed Edison’s life.

C．Edison has changed the life of many other people.

D．Few men in history can change other people’s life.

2.Edison thought __________.

A．he could be happy if he was a genius

B．genius plays the most important part in one’s success

C．hard work could do better than genius

D．genius could do better than hard work

3.Edison was __________.

A．very much interested in nature

B．interested in discovering the secrets of nature

C．interested in changing people’s ideas

D．uninterested in making people happier by discovering the secrets of nature

4.In Edison’s opinion, _________.

A．thinking can supply people with enjoyment and pleasure as well as help

B．people’s successs lies mostly in genius

C．hard work is the second important thing in making people successful

D．there are few secrets for him to discover later

5.The last sentence in the passage most probably implies _________.

A．life is too short for Edison to invent more for human beings

B．Edison made 100 inventions in his life

C．Edison was able to live and work for 100 years

D．People of his time were ready to give Edison another 100 years’ work

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：

1.排除題：文章第一段的句子：There are only a few men in all of the history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light.可知提供了信息：1.愛迪生發(fā)明了電燈，2.愛迪生改變了其他很多人的生活。3.歷史上很少有人能改變別人的生活。沒有B項的意思。

2.細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段最后一句話：He said that what people called genius was mostly hard work.說明愛迪生認(rèn)為勤奮要比天才更重要。選C

3.細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature.Nature,可知答案是B

4.細(xì)節(jié)題：從第三段的句子：But he knew, too, that thinking can give men enjoyment and pleasure.可知答案是A

5.最后一句話說：如果給愛迪生100年，他有足夠的發(fā)明。說明對愛迪生來說生命太短暫不能為人類多發(fā)明寫東西。選A

考點: 考查人物傳記短文

點評; 這篇文章介紹愛迪生的事跡，成就，題目大多是細(xì)節(jié)題，考生做題時，既要注意細(xì)節(jié)，也要通過文章的句子看到作者真正想表達(dá)的意思。如第一段第二句話，其中的信息量很大，考生要細(xì)細(xì)品味。