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Thomas
Edison
lost
the
first
job.
For
the
next
five
years
he
went
around
the
country
from
job
to
job.
At
last
Edison
went
to
New
York.
He
had
little
money.
He
could
not
buy
enough
food
to
eat.
He
had
no
place
to
sleep.
For
many
days
Edison
looked
for
work.
He
was
hungry.
At
last
he
found
work
fixing
machines.
He
could
fix
the
old
machines.
He
also
made
new
ones.
The
head
man
liked
Edison’s
new
machines.
He
was
going
to
give
Edison
$
40,000
for
them.
Edison
would
now
have
money
to
do
what
he
wanted.
Thomas
Edison
was
then
23.
He
used
the
money
to
build
a
shop
in
New
Jersey.
He
had
many
people
working
for
him.
But
he
worked
more
than
any
of
them.
He
rested
very
little.
Soon
he
was
making
more
than
40
new
things
at
one
time.
In
1876
Alexander
Graham
Bell
made
a
telephone.
But
it
could
carry
voices
only
a
little
way.
Edison
wanted
to
make
a
better
telephone.
He
soon
made
one.
It
could
carry
voices
a
long
way.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1．After
he
lost
his
first
job,
Edison
________.
A.
found
no
jobs
in
the
next
five
years
B.
lived
in
New
York
for
the
next
five
years
C.
had
a
bad
time
in
the
next
five
years
D.
had
no
food
and
no
sleep
during
the
next
five
years
2．In
New
York
________.
A.
Edison
was
always
hungry
B.
Edison
began
to
have
good
luck
after
he
found
the
work
fixing
machines
C.
Edison
got
$
40,000
by
fixing
machines
D.
Edison
made
more
money
by
fixing
old
machines
3．The
head
man
was
interested
in
________.
A.
Thomas
Edison
himself
B.
The
old
machines
C.
the
new
machines
D.
Edison’s
telephone
4．Edison
made
a
telephone.
It
________.
A.
was
the
first
one
in
the
world
B.
carried
more
voices
C.
carried
voices
more
clearly
D.
carried
voices
much
farther
5．The
best
title
for
this
passage
might
be
“________.”
A.
The
First
Telephone
B.
Thomas
Edison’s
Shop
C.
Thomas
Edison’s
New
Job
D.
Thomas
Edison—An
Inventor
参考答案：CBCDD
