八年級上Unit 1 Encyclopaedias 階段性測試
when he was 12 years old, he got his first job. he became a newsboy on a train. he did experiments on the train in his spare time. unluckily, his first work experience did not end well. they fired him when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train. then edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time in experimenting his first patent(專利權) in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity.
thomas edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. it kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. he always worked 16 out of every 24hours. sometimes his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.
thomas edison died at the age of 84. he left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.
1.how often did edison make a new invention?
a.about every fourteen days b.about every seven days
c.about once a week d.about twice a week
2.the underlined word “fired” in the passage means “__________”
a.gave somebody a job b.set fire to somebody
c.let somebody down d.forced somebody to leave his job
3.edison considered his deafness as______.
a.something bad b.a gift from god
c.a kind of ability d.a disadvantage
4.which of the following sentence is not true according to the passage?
a.edison had only 8 hours rest each day after his deafness
b.edison got his education mostly by self-teaching
c.edison had his first job in 1869
d.edison’s inventions greatly improved the quality of people’s life
5.what does the passage mainly talk about?
a.the function of the electric light b.edison and his experiments
c.the importance of inventions d.the whole life of edison.
b
gabriel garcia márquez ,who was awared the nobel prize for literature in 1982,passed away at the age of 86 on april 17,. the world paused to remember the cultural giant .
garcia márquez was born in colombia ,but he spent most of his adult life in mexico city . as one of the most famous writers ,he was widely regarded as “a giant of 20th-century literature ” . garcia márquez wrote in a style called “magical realism ”in such works,people live a daily life in a certain period of time in history . but meanwhile ,magical things happen to them .