Question

At Christmas,1871, Edison, the famous American scientist, got married to Marry. Lots of their friends came to their wedding ceremony (婚礼). At about two in the afternoon , Edison suddenly thought out a good way to solve the problem on automatic telegraph(自动电报) after the wedding . So he said to the bride (新娘)，“I will have to go to the factory because I have something important to do. Then I’ll come back to have dinner with you.”The bride had no way but to agree.

On the night of the festival, other families were full of joy while the bride alone stayed in the house, just looking out of the window . How lonely she was!

Now a worker went into the lab( 实验室), and said as soon as he saw Edison, “My goodness! I have never seen a bridegroom (新郎) like you. I didn’t know you were here . It’s already twelve now ! ” Edison was great surprised , “Twelve ? Too bad ! I said I would have supper with Mary .” he said as he ran downstairs.

That’s how hard Edison worked . He gave all his life to the inventions of lights , films ,telephones and over two thousand other things . A new invention came into being（问世） every fifteen days.

根据短文内容选择最佳答案。(共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)

1.Edison         at Christmas of 1871 in America.

A. asked lots of his friends to come to his birthday party

B. became a famous scientist

C. got married to Marry

D. stayed at home with his bride most of the time

2.After the wedding , Edison hurried to go to the factory, because       .

A. he forgot his wedding ceremony

B. he had something to do with the bride

C. he thought out a way to solve problem on the telegraph

D. he could make out a new automatic telegraph

3.Edison put his heart into his invention , so            .

A. he forgot his bride

B. he forgot his supper

C. he forgot his festival

D. all of three above

4.It took Edison            to work in his factory.

A. two hours        B. eight hours

C. ten hours        D. twelve hours

5.In all Edison’s life ,            new inventions came into being .

A. fifteen thousand     B. one thousand

C. two thousand         D. over two thousand

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中主要讲述了在爱迪生的婚礼之夜，在圣诞节那天，爱迪生结婚了，许多朋友都来参加他的婚礼，大约两点钟，爱迪生突然想到他有一个问题需要解决，就对新娘说出去一下，一会回来陪她吃晚餐，但是知道晚上12点他才想起来，爱迪生的工作是多么努力呀，他的一生致力于研究发明。

1.细节理解题。根据文中地一段可知At Christmas,1871, Edison, the famous American scientist, got married to Marry，可知选C。

2.细节理解题。根据文中Edison suddenly thought out a good way to solve the problem on automatic telegraph(自动电报) after the wedding . So he said to the bride (新娘)，“I will have to go to the factory because I have something important to do可知结婚后，他突然想到有一个关于电报的问题需要解决.，可知选C

3.细节理解题。通读全文可知爱迪生把他的全部心思都放在发明上，因此他忘记了他的晚餐；他的新娘；他的节日；可知选D。

4.细节理解题。根据根据文中At about two in the afternoon爱迪生出去及It’s already twelve now ! ” Edison was great surprised , “Twelve ? Too bad ! I said I would have supper with Mary ,描述可知故选C。

5.主旨大意题。根据文中He gave all his life to the inventions of lights , films ,telephones and over two thousand other things 描述可知故选D。

考点：人物类短文阅读。