阅读下面短文,根据文章大意用所给单词的适当形式填空(未提供单词的,限填一词),使文章意思完整、正确。 American Thomas Edison (1847-1931) was one of the greatest {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (inventor) in the world He made over 2,000 {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (invention)in his life. The most famous one was the light bulb!
Thomas Edison spent a long time {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(make) the light bulb. He tried over 1,600 different kinds of materials to get the right filament(灯丝)for the light bulb. He used things like the hair from a man's beard! Some people {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (not think) he could make it finally he did.
{#blank#}5{#/blank#} Edison went to school for only three months. His teacher told him that he was so stupid that he couldn't learn {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (something). But he kept {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (study) with his mother's help. He learned everything he needed {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (know).
When Edison worked on {#blank#}9{#/blank#} new kind of battery(电池), he tried out 8,000 ways to make it. Then he said, "Well, at least we have found 8,000 things that don't work!
This is the longest lasting light bulb {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the world. The light burns for 108 years in California(加利福尼亚), the USA. The light is still working today.