中考英语听力基本功练习（4）

　　听短文，填入所缺的词。

　　Thomas Edison was a 1 American scientist．When he was a child， he liked to find out how things 2 ．In school he asked his teacher a lot of 3 which had nothing to do 4 his lessons．So his teacher thought he was not worth 5 ．Soon he got very 6 in science．

　　Once he thought out a good idea to make the room 7 to save his mother's eyes．When he was 15，he saved a boy and he 8 to send 9 by railway telegraph from the boy's father．Ever since then，he never stopped search for new and better 10 to do things．

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　　听短文，填入所缺的词。

　　Thomas Edison was a famous American scientist．When he was a child， he liked to find out how things worked．In school he asked his teacher a lot of questions which had nothing to do with his lessons．So his teacher thought he was not worth teaching．Soon he got very interested in science．

　　Once he thought out a good idea to make the room bright to save his mother's eyes．When he was 15，he saved a boy and he learned to send messages by railway telegraph from the boy's father．Ever since then，he never stopped search for new and better ways to do things．

　　参考答案：

　　1．famous 2．worked 3．questions 4．with 5．teaching

　　6．interested 7．bright 8．learned 9．messages 10．ways