I recently heard a story about a famous scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs（突破）. He was being interviewed by a reporter who asked him he thought he was able to be so much more than the average person.
He responded that it all came from a(n) with his mother that occurred when he was about 2. He had been trying to milk from the fridge when he the slippery(光滑的) bottle, its contents running all over the kitchen floor.
When his mother came in, shouting at him or giving him a lecture, she said, “Robert, what a great and wonderful you have made! I have seen such a huge pool of milk. Well, the damage has already been . Would you like to get down and in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?”
Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, “Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to restore everything to its proper order. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge(海绵), a towel or a mop. Which do you prefer?” He chose the sponge.
His mother then said, “ You know, what we have here is a experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two hands. Let’s go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can .” The little boy learned that if he the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful !
This scientist then said that it was at that moment that he knew he didn’t need to be to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just for learning something new, which is, , what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment “doesn"t ,” we usually learn something from it.
| 小题2: | | A．capable | B．able | C．creative | D．original |
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| 小题3: | | A．coincidence | B．experience | C．incident | D．conflict |
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| 小题4: | | A．carry | B．bring | C．remove | D．fetch |
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| 小题5: | | A．fell | B．lost | C．escaped | D．dropped |
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| 小题6: | | A．rather than | B．instead of | C．other than | D．in place of |
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| 小题7: | | A．picture | B．mass | C．map | D．mess |
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| 小题8: | | A．rarely | B．happily | C．frequently | D．angrily |
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| 小题9: | | A．got | B．suffered | C．done | D．received |
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| 小题10: | | A．jump | B．play | C．enjoy | D．lay |
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| 小题11: | | A．failed | B．successful | C．fantastic | D．painful |
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| 小题12: | | A．strong | B．tiny | C．thin | D．weak |
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| 小题13: | | A．get it | B．put it | C．try it | D．make it |
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| 小题14: | | A．controlled | B．possessed | C．occupied | D．grasped |
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| 小题15: | | A．example | B．teaching | C．lesson | D．instruction |
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| 小题16: | | A．anxious | B．nervous | C．fearful | D．afraid |
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| 小题17: | | A．situations | B．opportunities | C．occasions | D．turns |
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| 小题18: | | A．after all | B．above all | C．first of all | D．in all |
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| 小题20: | | A．worthy | B．costly | C．valuable | D．interesting |
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小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:B
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:D
小题14:D
小题15:C
小题16:D
小题17:B
小题18:A
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试题分析：一位科学家能够与众不同，为什么？这与他的母亲的教育有关。两岁时，他把奶瓶掉在地上，妈妈鼓励他通过实验如何把瓶子抓好，因为错误往往是学习新知识的良机。妈妈的做法也培养了他勇敢面对失败、敢于担当的品质。
小题1:考查动词辨析和对语境的理解。A. why 为什么；B. what什么；C. when什么时候；D. how如何。代入四个选项可知，（why）为什么他比别人更有创造力？故选A。
小题2:考查形容词辨析和对语境的理解。 第一句话说了他由几项医学突破。这应该是一种创造力。A. capable胜任的；B. able能；C. creative有创造力的；D. original最初的，原始的。故选C。
小题3:考查名词辨析和对语境的理解。根据后面科学家的一段经历。A. coincidence巧合；B. experience经历；C. incident事件； D. conflict冲突。故选B。
小题4:考查动词辨析和对语境的理解。A. carry携带；B. bring带来；C. remove 移动；D. fetch取来。remove…from是固定搭配，意思是：从……地方拿走/移开。故选C。
小题5:考查名词辨析和对语境的理解。A. fell 掉下，摔倒；B. lost失败，丢失；C. escaped逃脱； D. dropped掉下。drop与fall两者都可表示“掉”、“落”，区别如下：1. 表示从高处往下掉或降，两者有时可互换。如：
The temperature has dropped [fell]. 气温降低了。He dropped [fell] from the top of the building. 他从屋顶掉了下来。2. fall 表示“落下”，多指无意识的行为，有自然坠落之意，且通常是不及物动词;drop 既可指无意的行为，即表示“落下”(不及物)，也可指有意的行为，即表示“投下”(及物)。如：Rain began to drop [fall]. 开始下起雨来。Drop the hammar down to me. 把锤子扔下来给我。后面也有he could carry it without dropping it.提示他把瓶子掉地下了。故选D。
小题6:考查名词辨析和对语境的理解。妈妈没有因为牛奶瓶掉了，牛奶撒了一地而对他喊叫或者讲一番道理。 A. rather than而不是；B. instead of代替…的是；C. other than除了，不同于；D. in place of一种物质替代另一种物质。instead of相当于一个介词，所以后面跟名词/动名词/代词等名词性的成分，但是rather than更多被视为一个并列连词，其后面的成分在性质和形式上必须和rather than前面并列的成分保持一致。 如： 1）He went shopping instead of going swimming yesterday. of是介词，所以用动名词going. 2）He wants to play soccer rather than (to) play basketball. rather than后面的不定式to play basketball必须和与其并列的to play soccer保持形式一致，故选B。
小题7:考查名词辨析和对语境的理解。A. picture照片；B. mass团、块；C. map地图；D. mess脏乱，混乱。你弄得可真够乱的。下文妈妈提到make a mess。make a mess是固定搭配，意思是：搞得乱七八糟。故选D。
小题8:考查副词辨析和对语境的理解。A. rarely少见；B. happily高兴地；C. frequently经常地；D. angrily生气地。我很少见到这么一大滩牛奶。故选A。
小题9:考查动词辨析和对语境的理解。 既然已经这样了。A. got得到、明白；B. suffered遭受；C. done做；D. received收到。do damage是固定搭配，损害。这里用了被动形式。故选C。
小题10:考查动词辨析和对语境的理解。你愿意玩一会然后再收拾干净吗？A. jump跳；B. play玩；C. enjoy喜欢；D. lay位于、躺。get down and play 相当于get down to playing。故选B。
小题11:考查形容词辨析和对语境的理解。他把奶瓶掉在地上，所以应该说是一次失败的经历。A. failed已失败的；B. successful成功的；C. fantastic不可思议的；D. painful痛苦的。故选A。
小题12:考查形容词辨析和对语境的理解。前文提到他当时只有2岁，所以他的手应该是小的。A. strong强壮的；B. tiny小的；C. thin薄的，瘦的。D. weak弱的。故选B。
小题13:考查动词短语辨析和对语境的理解。句意应该是：咱们到院子里，把瓶子里装满水，看看你能不能做好。A. get it明白了；B. put it放；C. try it试试看；D. make it成功。故选D。
小题14:考查动词辨析和对语境的理解。 小男孩学会了如果他两只手抓住上边靠边的地方，他就可以抓住不掉了。A. controlled控制；B. possessed拥有；C. occupied占有；D. grasped掌握，抓住。故选D。
小题15:考查名词辨析和对语境的理解。通过自己亲手做让孩子知道怎么做，这一课上得很精彩。A. example 例子；B. teaching教学；C. lesson课，教训；D. instruction命令，指示。故选C。
小题16:考查形容词辨析和对语境的理解。科学家在那一刻也知道了：他不必害怕犯错误。A. anxious焦虑的；B. nervous紧张的；C. fearful可怕的；D. afraid害怕的。固定短语be afraid to do不敢做。故选D。
小题17:考查名词辨析和对语境的理解。他懂得了错误只是他学习新东西机会。 A. situations局面；B. opportunities机会；C. occasions机会；D. turns转弯。故选B。
小题18:考查短语辨析和对语境的理解。A. after all毕竟、终究；B. above all最重要的是；C. first of all首先，第一；D. in all总共，合计。通过以上的经历，科学家的感受是：科学实验终究是试验一个又一个的错误。故选A。
小题19:考查动词辨析和对语境的理解。即使实验不成功，我们也可以学到有价值的东西。A. do做；B. finish完成；C. go去；D. work工作，起作用。故选D。
小题20:考查形容词辨析和对语境的理解。即使实验不成功，我们也可以学到有价值的东西。A. worthy值得的；B. costly昂贵的；C. valuable贵重的；D. interesting有趣的。故选C。 |
核心考点
试题【I recently heard a story about a famous scientist who had made several very impo】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
I was walking down a dimly (昏暗) lit street late one evening when I heard coming from behind bushes. , I slowed down to listen and panicked when I realized that what I was hearing were the sounds of a struggle. Only yards from where I stood, a woman was being attacked.
Should I get ?
I was frightened for my own safety, and I hated for having suddenly decided to take a(n) route home that night. “What if I’m hurt too? Shouldn"t I just run to the nearest phone and call the police? Although it felt like a century, my thought process had only seconds. But already the cries were growing .
I knew I had to act fast. “How could I walk away from this?” I asked myself.
“No”, I finally resolved (决心), I could not turn my on the fate of this unknown woman, it means my own life.
I am not a brave man, nor am I . I don"t know where I found the moral (道德) courage and physical strength, but I had finally decided to help the girl, I became suddenly changed.
I ran behind the bushes and the attacker off the woman. Struggling, we fell to the ground, we fought for a few minutes until the man jumped up and escaped.
heavily, I got to my feet and the girl, who was sobbing behind a tree. In the darkness, I could certainly her trembling shock. Not wanting to frighten her any further, I at first spoke to her from a .
“It’s OK,” I said soothingly. “The man ran away. You’re safe now.”
There was a long pause and then I heard the words, uttered (说) in .
“Dad, is that you?”
And then, from behind the tree, my youngest daughter, Katherine.
God has a way of allowing us to be in the right place at the right time.
| 小题1: | | A．laughter | B．whispers | C．whistles | D．screams |
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| 小题2: | | A．Alarmed | B．Shocked | C．Surprised | D．Impressed |
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| 小题3: | | A．helped | B．involved | C．attacked | D．attached |
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| 小题5: | | A．ordinary | B．normal | C．new | D．old |
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| 小题6: | | A．taken | B．used | C．spent | D．paid |
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| 小题7: | | A．softer | B．stronger | C．weaker | D．louder |
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| 小题8: | | A．body | B．back | C．face | D．shoulder |
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| 小题9: | | A．as if | B．in case | C．even if | D．if only |
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| 小题10: | | A．risking | B．ruining | C．damaging | D．hurting |
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| 小题11: | | A．energetic | B．athletic | C．intelligent | D．accessible |
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| 小题12: | | A．while | B．until | C．once | D．since |
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| 小题13: | | A．pulled | B．pushed | C．placed | D．put |
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| 小题14: | | A．there | B．then | C．later | D．where |
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| 小题15: | | A．Walking | B．Sighing | C．Sobbing | D．Breathing |
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| 小题16: | | A．found | B．hugged | C．approached | D．searched |
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| 小题17: | | A．tell | B．consider | C．observe | D．sense |
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| 小题18: | | A．tree | B．place | C．distance | D．bush |
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| 小题19: | | A．shock | B．amazement | C．doubt | D．disappointment |
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Once, there was a woman who had so many problems, so many worries, so many troubles… that at times she felt she had more troubles than anyone else in the world!
She was depressed. She thought she could never overcome her troubles, so she decided to end her life. That night she went to sleep early and she planned to commit suicide the next morning. But that night she had a dream…
She found herself in a large cave, surrounded by gray bundles (包袱) of all shapes and sizes. Walking toward her was a woman with flowing long white hair.
“Who are you?” asked the dreamer, “and what is this place?”
“This is the cave of bundles of troubles and I am the keeper of the cave.”
“Bundles of troubles?”
“Yes,” the keeper explained, “each person who walks on the earth carries a bundle of troubles on their left shoulder.” The dreamer turned to look and there was a gray bundle on her left shoulder—it had been there all the time and she never noticed!
“If you wish,” the keeper continued,” you can take your bundle down and exchange it for another.”
“Really?” The woman lowered the bundle from her left shoulder. Oh, it felt so good to put it down. Then she picked up a beautiful bundle.
The keeper said, “Why don’t you open it and look inside?”
So the woman opened it and looked inside. “But these are the same troubles I brought here!”
The keeper of the cave smiled softly and nodded. “That’s usually what happens, but do not despair, for there is another bundle on your right shoulder that should help lighten your load.”
The woman turned and saw another bundle on her right shoulder. It had been there all the time and she never noticed! The woman took it down and opened it. Inside were her talents, her gifts, her hopes and opportunities. The woman felt her heart filled with joy and she looked up to thank the keeper of the cave, but she was gone; all were gone. And she found herself sitting up in her own bed with the morning sun streaming through the window, shining on her face.
小题1:Why did the woman decide to end her life?| A．Because there were two gray bundles on her shoulders. | | B．Because she always had bad dreams at night. | | C．Because the keeper of the cave told her to do so. | | D．Because she felt she had too many troubles to overcome. |
小题2:According to the keeper of the cave, _____ .| A．there were good things such as talents in beautiful bundles | | B．each person carries a bundle on each shoulder | | C．different bundles contain different troubles | | D．it is impossible for people to take their bundles down from their shoulders |
小题3:What did the woman feel when she opened the bundle on her right shoulder?| A．Delighted. | B．Moved. | C．Depressed. | D．Confused. |
小题4:The story of the woman is to show that _____ .| A．dreaming a dream can save people’s life | | B．the bundles on our shoulders can make us happy | | C．attitude towards life plays an important role in people’s life | | D．we must ignore the troubles in life |
小题5:What do you think happened to the woman when she woke up?| A．She still felt depressed. | | B．She committed suicide. | | C．She looked for the keeper of the cave. | | D．She didn’t want to end her life any more. |
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It’s known that the 62-year-old Jim Bevier has a great passion. This former FedEx pilot wasn’t ____ on his horse farm, teaching his grandkids to ____. In his spare time, Bevier helps distribute ____ for blindness around the globe.
Bevier now is a volunteer pilot for Orbis, a nonprofit organization which has fought blindness for over 25 years. One of ____ weapons is the Flying Eye Hospital, an old-fashioned DC-10 aircraft. Bevier’s mission is to land this giant sight-saving bird on runways that are most ____ not designed for it. “It’s not ____ flying for FedEx,” says Bevier. “We have to ____ the runway is long enough, figure out the fuel load, and find the ____ place to park in case of accidents.”
Once he gets the ____ to its destination, the aircraft becomes a place for local ____ to get training, so they can treat certain conditions and ____ blindness for people. The plane stays on location for weeks. ____ Bevier is free to return home, he likes to stay and ____ those who arrive for medical checks. “I’m glad to see them get on the airplane and come out the next day, and they can ____.” Bevier says. Many walk on dirt roads for miles; many are blind children.
____, the volunteer doctors can’t handle all the patients. “A Vietnamese boy was ever ____ away.” Bevier says. A pilot’s job involves hours and hours of boredom, so you learn to keep your ____ under control. But when the poor boy didn’t get picked, I ____ down.” he admits.
____ as the job may be, Bevier isn’t looking into retirement anytime soon. “I don’t play golf, and I tell my kids not to buy me tennis shoes,” he says. “But I ____ of my grandchildren back home, and all I want is for those kids to be able to see their own grandparents for the first time.”
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| 小题2: | | A．ride | B．drive | C．work | D．study |
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| 小题3: | | A．signs | B．cures | C．funds | D．ways |
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| 小题5: | | A．similarly | B．definitely | C．differently | D．exactly |
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| 小题6: | | A．beyond | B．on | C．like | D．within |
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| 小题7: | | A．refer to | B．work out | C．make sure | D．give up |
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| 小题8: | | A．safest | B．largest | C．wildest | D．farthest |
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| 小题9: | | A．shop | B．hotel | C．restaurant | D．hospital |
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| 小题10: | | A．villagers | B．patients | C．friends | D．doctors |
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| 小题11: | | A．prevent | B．restrict | C．warn | D．stop |
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| 小题12: | | A．While | B．Once | C．Unless | D．If |
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| 小题13: | | A．examine | B．consider | C．meet | D．ignore |
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| 小题14: | | A．walk | B．see | C．leave | D．concern |
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| 小题15: | | A．Therefore | B．Besides | C．Somehow | D．However |
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| 小题16: | | A．put | B．turned | C．given | D．thrown |
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| 小题17: | | A．efforts | B．advantages | C．plans | D．emotions |
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| 小题18: | | A．settled | B．knocked | C．broke | D．held |
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| 小题19: | | A．Exciting | B．Challenging | C．Disappointing | D．Attracting |
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Mom’s birthday present? It may be a difficult thing for some people, but for me, it is an easy thing. Mom loved flowers, so every year I sent her flowers. Actually she had a bed of irises (鸢尾花) in the backyard of her small, Indiana farm. They were beautiful. “Take some,” she said, “Dig some up and plant them on the side of your own house.”
But in my yard they became lacking in energy. A year passed, then two, but not one flower appeared. I cut back all their green leaves. I was tired of seeing them so lonely. Finally, I dug the irises up and threw them away.
About that time Mom died unexpectedly. My sister and I sold the farm. I never went back to see the irises. I just couldn’t bear seeing another family living in our home—Mom’s home. Autumn came, then winter. The following spring, as Mom’s birthday approached, I struggled with the question of how to remember her. I stared out the window and saw a few stubborn irises in my side yard sprouting (发芽), —tall, thin but flowerless. Because of seeing them, I decided to order flowers as I always did on Mom’s birthday, and send them to my sister. I wished so badly I could still send flowers to Mom. But that was impossible.
In the morning of Mom’s birthday, I was in my car ready to work. Something in the yard caught my eye. The irises! One had bloomed with flowers, big, showy and purple, as lovely as they ever had been on Mom’s farm. I smiled and turned my eyes upward. I could no longer send flowers to Mom. But somehow, she’d been able to send them to me.
小题1:According to the first paragraph, Mom ________.| A．wanted to give the author some flowers | | B．didn’t like the presents from the author | | C．lived with the author on an Indiana farm | | D．got different birthday presents from the author every year |
小题2:At first, the irises in the author’s yard ________.| A．all died quickly | | B．didn’t bloom at all | | C．grew as well as on Mom’s farm | | D．grew better than those on Mom’s farm |
小题3:What troubled the author?| A．She didn’t know how to grow irises. | | B．She regretted they had sold Mom’s farm. | | C．She didn’t know what to do in memory of Mom. | | D．She couldn’t bear others living in Mom’s home. |
小题4:After seeing the irises sprouting, the author________.| A．decided to send flowers to her sister on Mom’s birthday | | B．dug them out because they were flowerless | | C．decided to send them to Mom after they bloom | | D．ordered flowers for the people living in Mom’s home |
小题5:What can be learned from the last paragraph?| A．All the irises in the author’s yard bloomed. | | B．The author went to see the irises in Mom’s yard. | | C．It was Mom who took care of these irises in the author’s yard. | | D．The author thought the blooming irises were gifts from Mom. |
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Henry Ford grew up on an un-electrified farm, and as a young man he followed Edison"s career as the inventor became a national role model. Ford took a job at the Edison Illuminating Company working his way up to chief engineer．
In 1896 Ford was thirty-three and, though still working for Edison Co., he had created his first experimental automobile the Ford Quadricycle2 during his off-time. At an Edison company party in New York, Ford had his first chance to meet his hero Edison and was able to explain his new automobile to the great inventor. Edison was impressed. Edison is said to have slammed his fist down_and shouted, “Young man, that"s the thing! You have it! Your car is self-contained and carries its own power plant.” Edison himself had been working on the idea, but had only been considering electricity as the power source, so the idea of a gas engine was a somewhat new one．
The words comforted Ford greatly, who immediately set out building a second car which was to become the Model-T.6. The two men became fast friends and would go on camping trips together．When Edison later became limited to a wheelchair, Ford brought an extra one to his house so they could race．At the 50th anniversary of the invention of light-bulb, Ford honored Edison．When Edison spoke, he ended his speech directed at Ford, “ As to Henry Ford, words fail to express my feelings．I can only say that he is my friend.” Therefore it is no surprise that Ford wanted something to remember Edison by after he passed away in 1931.
Once, Ford asked Thomas Edison"s son Charles to sit by the dying inventor"s bedside and hold a test tube next to his father"s mouth to catch his final breath. Ford was a man with many strange behaviors (as was Edison) including some interest in reanimation and spiritualism（夏活通灵术）and some say that he was attempting to catch Edison"s soul as it escaped his body in hopes of later bringing the inventor back to life.
The test tube itself didn"t turn up until 1950 when it was listed in the Ford possessions after Clara Ford"s passing away, and then lost again until 1978 when it was discovered in an exhibit Entitled “Henry Ford-A Personal History” in the Henry Ford Museum. It would then be discovered that the tube was labeled “Edison"s Last Breath”.
There is a further mystery of this “last breath” test tube．It would seem as if Edison had quite a last breath indeed, as the Edison Estate holds a collection of 42 test tubes all supposedly containing Edison"s last breath．
Regardless of the excitement over the last breath, the test tube is quite touching in its meaning．Although both men were known for all sorts of poor behavior towards their loved ones and mistreatment of employees, between them at least, there was clearly a deep respect and admiration．
小题1:The purpose of the author writing this passage is to .| A．remind the readers of the importance of the two inventors | | B．stress the importance of friendship | | C．tell the readers some stories about the two inventors | | D．show that love can lead to some poor behaviors |
小题2:From the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2, we can learn that .| A．Edison envied what Ford had achieved | | B．Edison was annoyed that Ford did better than him | | C．Edison was angry because Ford stole his idea | | D．Edison was extremely amazed at Ford"s new idea |
小题3:“The 1ast breath test tube” can probably be regarded as .| A．a symbol of a friendship and memory | | B．a witness to a scientific breakthrough | | C．a failure to bring Edison back to life | | D．a sign of the two inventors" poor behavior |
小题4:It can be learned from the last paragraph that“ ”.| A．Great minds think alike | | B．Nobody is perfect | | C．Two heads are better than one | | D．A friend in need is a friend indeed |
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