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In 1878, Thomas Edison began serious research into developing a practical incandescent lamp and on October 14, 1878, Edison filed his first patent application for "Improvement In Electric Lights". In 1879 he created a successful incandescent light bulb. This was his hardest project – from 1877 to 1880, Edison and his assistants tried around 3000 experiments to perfect their light bulb design. By the end of 1880, Edison had produced a bulb that lasted 1500 hours. This discovery marked the beginning of commercially manufactured light bulbs and in 1880, Thomas Edison’s company, Edison Electric Light Company began marketing its new product.

How many hours did the 1880 bulb last?

A. 3000

B. 1500

C. 1880

D. 1878

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Ohio

In 1878, Thomas Edison began serious research into developing a practical incandescent lamp and on October 14, 1878, Edison filed his first patent application for "Improvement In Electric Lights". In 1879 he created a successful incandescent light bulb. This was his hardest project – from 1877 to 1880, Edison and his assistants tried around 3000 experiments to perfect their light bulb design. By the end of 1880, Edison had produced a bulb that lasted 1500 hours. This discovery marked the beginning of commercially manufactured light bulbs and in 1880, Thomas Edison’s company, Edison Electric Light Company began marketing its new product.

Where was Edison’s laboratory?

A. at his school

B. in a company

C. in the city

D. in their basement

Read the following passage, and answer the questions that follow

Ohio

In 1878, Thomas Edison began serious research into developing a practical incandescent lamp and on October 14, 1878, Edison filed his first patent application for "Improvement In Electric Lights". In 1879 he created a successful incandescent light bulb. This was his hardest project – from 1877 to 1880, Edison and his assistants tried around 3000 experiments to perfect their light bulb design. By the end of 1880, Edison had produced a bulb that lasted 1500 hours. This discovery marked the beginning of commercially manufactured light bulbs and in 1880, Thomas Edison’s company, Edison Electric Light Company began marketing its new product.

What is the main idea of the passage?

A. A brief history of the light bulb

B. The early life of Thomas Edison

C. Family of Thomas Edison

D. Thomas Edison’s company

Read the following passage, and answer the questions that follow

Ohio

In 1878, Thomas Edison began serious research into developing a practical incandescent lamp and on October 14, 1878, Edison filed his first patent application for "Improvement In Electric Lights". In 1879 he created a successful incandescent light bulb. This was his hardest project – from 1877 to 1880, Edison and his assistants tried around 3000 experiments to perfect their light bulb design. By the end of 1880, Edison had produced a bulb that lasted 1500 hours. This discovery marked the beginning of commercially manufactured light bulbs and in 1880, Thomas Edison’s company, Edison Electric Light Company began marketing its new product.

What does the word “its” in the last sentence refer to?

A. Thomas Edison’s company

B. Thomas Edison’s patent

C. Thomas Edison’s invention

D. Thomas Edison’s discovery

A. The environment is everything around us, both natural and made by man. A major problem in the world today is the destruction of the natural environment.

This is a complicated problem. We burn fuel, and this causes air pollution. We throw away lastic bags, containing toys and other objects. These stay in the environment, they are not like paper or wood that slowly disappear. We have made thousands of new chemicals. Factories that make or use chemicals always have chemical wastes. These are often poisonous, and they also stay in the environment.

Since 1945 several countries have been testing nuclear bombs in the air and underground. The explosions in the air cause nuclear fallout. The fallout causes cancer and kills animals and people. Nuclear power plants that make electricity also produce dangerous wastes and have accidents that can be very disastrous.

1. What is a big problem in the world today?

A. The development of the population. B. The destruction of the natural environment.

C. Bomb testing. D. Throwing away plastic bags.

2. What is the cause of the air pollution?

A. Fuel burning. B. Smoke from vehicles. C. Toys and other objects. D. Paper or wood.

3. What does the word "these" in the second paragraph refer to?

A. New chemicals. B. Factories. C. Chemical wastes. D. Poisons.

4. The nuclear fallout causes __________.

A. chemical wastes. B. cancer and kills animals and people.

C. water pollution. D. dangerous wastes.

5. What is the benefit of nuclear power?

A. Causing nuclear fallout. B. Producing dangerous.

C. Having accidents. D. Making electricity.

B. Thomas Edison was one of the greatest inventors of the world. He was responsible for more than one thousand inventions including the electric light bulb and the record player. He also created the world's first industrial research laboratory.

Edison was born in 1847 in Ohio, USA. When he was 10 years old, he set up asmall baloratory after he had read a science book his mother showed him. In 1869, he borrowed some money and began to make inventions. In 1876 he built a new laboratory so that he could spend all his time inventing. He planned to turn out minor inventions every ten days and "big trick" every six months. He developed many devices that brought great benefits to people's life. He once said that the value of an idea lay in the using of it. Edison died in 1931, after having aremarkably productive life.

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The result..................

Student don't speak english in class.(x2)

English................

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A thief....................

Thomas Edison didn't invent the light bulb in 1867

The light bulb..................

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The maid.....................

The boys offred the girls some help.(x2)

The girls...........................

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Alexander Graham Bell is widely known as inventor of the first telephone. He was born on March 3^rd, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. When he was 23, Bell emigrated to Canada with his parents and the next year moved to the United States to teach deaf-mute children. With his colleague Thomas Watson, Bell worked very hard on the experimentation to invent devices such as the harmonic telegraph(used to send multiple messages over a single wire) andphonautograph (used to draw the shape of the sound waves). The first telephone communication was said to have happened between Bell and Watson in 1876 while Bell was at one end of the line, and Watson worked on the telephone in other room. The first transmitted words were, ‘Mr Watson, come here. I want to see you’.

When was Alexander Graham Bell born?

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Alexander Graham Bell is widely known as inventor of the first telephone. He was born on March 3^rd, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. When he was 23, Bell emigrated to Canada with his parents and the next year moved to the United States to teach deaf-mute children. With his colleague Thomas Watson, Bell worked very hard on the experimentation to invent devices such as the harmonic telegraph(used to send multiple messages over a single wire) andphonautograph (used to draw the shape of the sound waves). The first telephone communication was said to have happened between Bell and Watson in 1876 while Bell was at one end of the line, and Watson worked on the telephone in other room. The first transmitted words were, ‘Mr Watson, come here. I want to see you’.

Who did he move to Canada with?

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