题型:阅读理解 题类:常考题 难易度:普通
江西省赣州市第一中学2020-2021学年高二下学期英语英语开学测试卷(含听力音频)
Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him, the world might still be in the dark. However, the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented the motion picture camera and 1, 200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.
Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He attended school for only three months. His mother taught him at home, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. He started experimenting at a young age.
When he was 12 years old, he got his first job. He became a newsboy on a train. He did experiments on the train in his spare time. Unluckily, his first work experience did not end well. They fired him when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the train. Then Edison worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time in experimenting his first patent in 1868 for a vote recorder run by electricity.
Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other, but he thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work. He always worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.
Thomas Edison died at the age of 84. He left a great many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.
New Schedules(日程/安排)of Cathay Pacific Airways(航班)
Shanghai—Hong Kong |
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CX301 Tue. Thur. Sat. Sun. |
Dep. Shanghai 20:30 Arr. Hong Kong 21:45 |
Hong Kong— Shanghai |
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CX 300 Tue. Thu. Sat. Sun. |
Dep. Hong Kong 16:15 Arr. Shanghai 19:15 |
Beijing—Hong Kong |
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CX 331 Tue. Thu. Fri. |
Dep. Beijing 17:45 Arr. Hong Kong 19:45 |
Hong Kong—-Beijing |
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CX 300 Tue. Thu. Fir. |
Dep. Hong Kong 12:50 Arr. Beijing 16:00 |
(注:Dep.为Departure的缩写,意为“离开”;Arr.为 “Arrive”的缩写。)
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