We all know something about Thomas Edison. He was a great American
21 .He was in school for only a short time.
22 , he had to leave the school and
23 himself at home and learned a lot. When Edison grew up, he had his own lab. He worked hard and hardly
24 to have a rest.
One day a friend of his brought a young man into his lab. He
25 the young man to Edison. He said the young man had studied in a famous university in Germany and had a lot of
26 of physics and maths. Edison was glad to work with a man like him and
27 him as a helper. A few weeks later, the young
28 about Edison’s past. He began to look down on him. Edison
29 about it, but he said
30 .
Once the young man came into the lab while Edison
31 an important experiment. He stood near the table
32 he didn’t help him. Edison stopped
33 out a bottle and said, “Go to calculate (计算)its volume(容积)and tell me the
34 in two hours.”
At first the young man thought it easy to do it. Soon he
35 it difficult. Two hours later Edison went into his office and saw a lot of paper and books on his desk. Of course he couldn’t compute the volume in the time
36 .
“Why not pour some
37 into the bottle?” said Edison. “Then you’ll
38 calculate its volume!” Having heard this, the young man’s
39 turned red, and he knew Edison was really
40 than him!
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| 小题9: | | A．told | B．was told | C．said | D．was said |
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| 小题10: | | A．something | B．everything | C．nothing | D．all |
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| 小题13: | | A．bringing | B．to bring | C．taking | D．to take |
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| 小题14: | | A．result | B．way | C．idea | D．opinion |
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| 小题15: | | A．knew | B．saw | C．learned | D．found |
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| 小题16: | | A．given | B．followed | C．said | D．taken |
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| 小题18: | | A．carefully | B．slowly | C．easily | D．quietly |
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