Question

People often said Thomas Edison was 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 pleased only because someone said he was a genius. “There is no such a thing as genius,” Edison said. He thought what people called genius was mostly hard work.

But Edison was a thinker as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature. He tried to understand them, and then he tried to learn what he could usefully do with them.

Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people would do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking could give men enjoyment and pleasure.

Edison could not understand why anyone could not be interested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what idea 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.What is genius according to Thomas Edison?

A. Hard thinking. B. Hard work. C. Useful ideas.D. Useful inventions.

2.How did Edison always deal with the secrets of nature after exploring them?

A. To write down what he had learned.

B. To carry out a new experiment.

C. To make them useful in life.

D. To share them with others.

3.What does the last sentence in the passage mean?

A. Edison was born to be a great inventor.

B. Edison was able to live another 100 years.

C. Edison was ready to make his 100th invention.

D. Life was too short for Edison to work for human beings.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了愛迪生。有些人把愛迪生稱為天才，但他認(rèn)為天才是指那些勤奮的人。愛迪生不僅是個(gè)發(fā)明家，還是個(gè)思想家。他喜歡發(fā)現(xiàn)自然的奧秘然后用于人類。他喜歡思考，這讓他很享受，他認(rèn)為去發(fā)現(xiàn)自然的奧秘并加以使用使他很快樂。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中第一段內(nèi)容He thought what people called genius was mostly hard work.他認(rèn)為人們所說的天才大多數(shù)是努力工作的人。故選B。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中第二段內(nèi)容He tried to understand them, and then he tried to learn what he could usefully do with them.他努力去理解自然的奧秘，然后盡力去學(xué)習(xí)如何有效使用它們；故此題選C。

3.句意理解題。He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.他說他思想里的發(fā)明足夠他再工作100年；故選D，對(duì)愛迪生來說對(duì)為人類工作的時(shí)間太短了。

考點(diǎn)：人物類短文閱讀。