It was Thomas Alva Edison who ______ the electric lamp.A.discoveredB.inventedC.innovatedD
It was Thomas Alva Edison who ______ the electric lamp.
A.discovered
B.invented
C.innovated
D.found
It was Thomas Alva Edison who ______ the electric lamp.
A.discovered
B.invented
C.innovated
D.found
What can we infer from paragraph 2?
A.You may have a job unless you get a high school diploma at least.
B.If you can't get a high school diploma you will die lonely in society.
C.It is possible to be a genius like George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison.
D.If your name is George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison, you will be certainly out of work.
【单选题】请问,发明数码相机的这位科学家是()?
A、乔治·伊斯曼(George·Eastman )
B、赛尚(Steven Sasson)
C、托马斯·阿尔瓦·爱迪生(Thomas Alva Edison)
D、塞缪尔·莫尔斯(Samuel Finley Breese Morse)
完成下列各题 D
Thomas Alva Edison was awarded more patents on inventions than any other American. When he died in l931,Americans wondered how they could best show their respect for him. One suggestion was that the nation observe a minute or two of total black-out.All electric power would be shut off in homes streets and factories. Perhaps this suggestion made Americans realize fully what Edison and his inventions meant to them.Electric power was too important to the country.Shutting it off for even a short time would have led to complete confusion.A black—out was out of the question. On the day of Edison's funeral,many people silently dimmed their lights.In this way they honored the man who had done mroe than anyone else to put the great force of electricity at his countrymen's fingertips. People decided to honor Edison when_________.
A.he made the first electric light
B.electric power was l00 years old
C.the country realized electricity's importance
D.he died in 1931
Task 1
Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 through 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should make the correct choice.
Thomas Alva Edison is known as one of the greatest inventors of his time. He was awarded more patents (专利权) on inventions than any other Americans. When he died in 1931, Americans wondered how they could best show their respect for him.
One suggesti
Which of the following statement is true according to the first paragraph?
A.Edison received the first American patent.
B.Edison got the most patents in America at that time.
C.Edison was the only American inventor.
D.Edison was the first American inventor.
【T19】
A.DROP OUT
B.FOR YOUR SOCIETY
C.TAKE EFFECT
D.THE LAUNCHING PAD A.THE FAMOUS LAW OF DIMINISHING RETURNS BEGINS TO【T13】______
B.YOU ARE ON【T14】______
C.YOU CAN SUCCESSFULLY【T15】______IN GRADE SCHOOL
D.PROVIDE MANPOWER【T16】______ WHEN THEY ADVISE YOUR KIDS TO "GET AN EDUCATION" IF YOU WANT TO RAISE YOUR INCOME, THEY TELL YOU ONLY HALF THE TRUT
H.WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN IS TO GET JUST ENOUGH EDUCATION TO【T17】______, BUT NOT TOO MUCH THAT YOU PROVE AN EMBARRASSMENT TO YOUR SOCIETY.GET A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA,AT LEAST.WITHOUT THAT,YOU ARE OCCUPATIONALLY DEAD,UNLESS YOUR NAME HAPPENS TO BE GEORGE BERNARD SHAW OR THOMAS ALVA EDISON AND【T18】______.GET A COLLEGE DEGREE, IF POSSIBL
E.WITH A
B.A.,【T19】______.BUT NOW YOU HAVE TO START TO PUT ON THE BRAKES.IF YOU GO FOR A MASTER"S DEGREE, MAKE SURE IT IS AN
M.
B.A., AND ONLY FROM A FIRST-RATE UNIVERSITY.BEYOND THIS,【T20】______.
THOMAS EDISON
On the night of 21 October 1931, millions of Americans took part in a coast-to-coast ceremony to commemorate the passing of a great man. Lights 【B1】______ in homes and offices from New York to California. The ceremony 【B2】______ the death of an inventor—indeed, to many people, the most important inventor of 【B3】______ time: Thomas Alva Edison.
Few inventors have 【B4】______ an impact as great as his on everyday life. While most of his 1 000- plus inventions were devices we no 【B5】______ use, many of the things he invented played a crucial 【B6】______ in the development of modern technology, simply by showing what was possible. And one should never 【B7】______ how amazing some of Edison's inventions were.
In so many ways, Edison is the perfect example of an inventor, by which I 【B8】______ not just someone who 【B9】______ up clever gadgets, but someone whose products transform. the lives of millions. He possessed the key characteristics that an inventor needs to 【B10】______ a success of inventions. Sheer determination is certainly one of them. Edison famously tried thousands of materials while working 【B11】______a new type of battery, reacting to failure by cheerfully 【B12】______to his colleagues: 'Well, 【B13】______we know 8 000 things that don't work.' Knowing when to take no 【B14】______ of experts is also important. Edison's proposal for electric lighting circuitry was 【B15】______ with total disbelief by eminent scientists, until he lit up whole streets with his lights.
【B1】______
A.turned out
B.came off
C.went out
D.put off
One suggestion was that the nation observe a minute or two of total blackout(停电). All electric power would be shut off in homes, streets and factories. Perhaps this suggestion plan made Americans realize fully what Edison and his inventions meant to them. Electric power was too important to the country. Shutting it off even a short time would have led to complete confusion. A blackout was out of the question.
On the day of Edison's funeral(葬礼), many people silently dimmed their lights. In this way they honored the man who had done more than anyone else to put the great force of electricity at his countrymen's fingertips.
Which of the following statement is true according to the first paragraph?
A.Edison received the first American patent.
B.Edison got the most patents in America at that time.
C.Edison was the only American inventor.
D.Edison was the first American inventor.
D
Thomas Alva Edison was awarded more patents on inventions than any other American. When he died in l931,Americans wondered how they could best show their respect for him.
One suggestion was that the nation observe a minute or two of total black-out.All electric power would be shut off in homes streets and factories.
Perhaps this suggestion made Americans realize fully what Edison and his inventions meant to them.Electric power was too important to the country.Shutting it off for even a short time would have led to complete confusion.A black—out was out of the question.
On the day of Edison&39;s funeral,many people silently dimmed their lights.In this way they honored the man who had done more than anyone else to put the great force of electricity at his country men&39;s fingertips.
??People decided to honor Edison when_________.??
A.he made the first electric light
B.electric power was l00 years old
C.the country realized electricity importance
D.he died in 1931
The suggestion was to_______.A.turn off the lights in factories and schools
B.observe a few minutes of total silence
C.dim all electric lights
D.shut off all electricity for a short time
Americans fully realized what Edison's inventions meant when they________.A.heard of his death
B.heard of the plan to honor him
C.first used electric power
D.tried to carry out the plan
The plan was never carried out because_________.A.not everyone wanted to honor Edison
B.it was too difficult
C.electric power was too important to the country
D.it honored only one of Edison's inventions
请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析,谢谢!
Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you are occupationally dead, unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison then you can successfully drop out in grade school.
Get a college degree, if possible. With a B.A., you are on the launching pad. But now you have to start to put on the brakes. If you go for a master' s degree, make sure it is an M.B.A., and only from a firstrate university. Beyond this, the famous law of diminishing returns begins to take effect.
Do you know, for instance, that long-haul truck drivers earn more in a year than full professors can? Yes, the average 1977 salary for those truckers was $ 24,000, while the full professors managed to average just $ 23,930.
A Ph. D is the highest degree you can get, but, except in a few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry, where the degree can quickly be turned to industrial or commercial purposes, you are facing a dim future. There are more Ph. Ds unemployed or underemployed in this country than in any other part of the world by far.
If you become a doctor of philosophy in English or history or anthropology or political science or language or—worst of all—in philosophy, you run the risk of becoming overeducated for our national demands. Not for Our needs, mind you, but for our demands.
Thousands of Ph. Ds are selling shoes, driving cabs, waiting on tables and filling out fruitless applications month after month. And then maybe taking a job in some high school or backwater college that pays much less than the janitor earns.
You can equate the level of income with the level of education only so far. Far enough, that is, to make you useful to the gross national product, but not so far that nobody can turn much of a profit on you.
Question :According to the speaker,if a person has not received high school education,what will be the result?
(33)
A.Die.
B.Become such people as George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison.
C.Become very successful.
D.Find it extremely difficult to get a job.
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