阅读下面的短文,并根据短文后的要求答题。 Thomas Edison made

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阅读下面的短文,并根据短文后的要求答题。

     Thomas Edison made more than 1,000 inventions in his life. (A) 他的许多发明已经改变了世界.  

His first invention was a vote recorder (投票记录器) in 1869. This machine allowed people to place a

vote by pressing a button instead of saying "Yes" or "No" . (B)H_____,American  government  officials

did not like Edison' s invention because they preferred to call out their votes.

     Then Edison started  a  company   with  his friend,  Franklin Pope.  (C) was , morning , night , busy ,

until , Edison , from , early , late. As a result of hard work, he invented telegraph to print the price of gold

and silver . He sold it to Western Union Company for $ 15,000.

     With some of the money Edison started his own company. Next he invented a stock ticker. (D) This

machine   was   used  to record   the   price of stocks (股票)in New York . Western Union paid Edison

$ 40,000 for this invention.

     Edison used this money to open a shop in Newark in the state of New Jersey. In 1875, Edison and

his family moved to Menlo Park in the same state. There he built his own laboratory.

1．(A)处划线部分译成英语:_________________________________

2．在(B)处填写一个适当的单词:____________

3．(C)处划线部分连词成句:_______________________________

4．(D)处划线部分译成汉语:______________________________

5．:Which state of America does Menlo Park belong to(属于) ?

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