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Thomas Edison made more than 1,000 inventions in his life. (A) 他的许多发明已经改变了世界.   His first invention was a vote recorder (投票记录器) in 1869. This machine allowed people to place a vote by pressing a button instead of saying "Yes" or "No" . (B)H_____,American  government  officials did not like Edison' s invention because they preferred to call out their votes.      Then Edison started  a  company   with  his friend,  Franklin Pope.  (C) was , morning , night , busy , until , Edison , from , early , late. As a result of hard work, he invented telegraph to print the price of gold and silver . He sold it to Western Union Company for $ 15,000.      With some of the money Edison started his own company. Next he invented a stock ticker. (D) This machine   was   used  to record   the   price of stocks (股票)in New York . Western Union paid Edison $ 40,000 for this invention.      Edison used this money to open a shop in Newark in the state of New Jersey. In 1875, Edison and his family moved to Menlo Park in the same state. There he built his own laboratory.

1．(A)处划线部分译成英语:_________________________________ 2．在(B)处填写一个适当的单词:____________ 3．(C)处划线部分连词成句:_______________________________ 4．(D)处划线部分译成汉语:______________________________ 5．:Which state of America does Menlo Park belong to(属于) ?        ______________________________________________

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答案

1. Many of his inventions have changed the world . 2. However  3. Edison was busy from early morning until late night. 4. 这台机器被用来记录纽约股票价格. 5. It belongs to New Jersey.

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