侯洪峰初一英语首字母填空专项31-40.doc

31 一31 Thomas Edison The American inventor Thomas Edison was born in a p__1__family. When he was twelve,he began to s__2__newspapers. One day he was talking to a friend by the railway. Suddenly he saw a small boy on the railway,and a train was c__3__. He hurried to the boy and took him away. The boy was s__4__. The boy’s father was a telegraph 电报 operator. He taught Edison how to use the telegraph. Atfer that Edison worked as a telegraph operator. He worked at night, during the day he read books and made experiments. He was very t__5__, sometimes he slept at night. The other operators got a__6__when they sent a message Edison did not answer. He was asleep. They soom found a way to k__7__Edison awake. They told him to telegraph the Letter A every hour so that he must keep awake at night. Edison was very tired so he i__8__a new machine. It sent the Letter A every hour. It never failed. The other operators were s__9__. One day they went to Edison’s room quietly and looked in through the window. They found that Edison was a__10__deeply, and his machine was sending the Letter A ! 32 一32 Give a Lecture 报告 for Einstein Once, Einstein travelled to many places in America to g__1__lectures 演讲 . He travelled in a car, and soon made friends with his driver. Each t__2__Einstein gave the lecture, his driver always sat in the front row and listened to him very carefully. The s__3__lecture was given so many times that the driver learned it well enough give it himself. One day , when Einstein was told about it , he a__4__the driver to give the lecture for him in a small town. That evening, b__5__Einstein and the driver went into the lecture room. N__6__there had seen Einstein before. When the driver took his place, everybody applauded 鼓掌 . Then he began the lecture. When it was o__7__, the people again warmly applauded. The driver turned to look at Einstein. Einstein nodded with a smile on his f__8__. When they began to leave the lecture room, a man s__9__them and saked the driver