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| Thomas Edison made more than 1,000 inventions in his life. (A) 他的许多发明已经改变了世界. His first invention was a vote recorder (投票投票记录器) in 1869.This machine allowed people to place a vote by pressing a button instead of saying "Yes" or "No". (B) H ________, American government officials did not like Edison's invention because they preferred to call out their votes. Then Edison started a company with his friend. Franklin Pope. (C) was, morning, night, busy, until, Edison, from,early, late. As a result of hard work, he invented telegraph to print the price of gold and silver. He sold it to Western Union Company for $15,000. With some of the money Edison started his own company. Next he invented a stock ticker. (D) This machine was used to record the price of stocks (股票) in New York. Western Union paid Edison $40,000 for this invention. Edison used this money to open a shop in Newark in the state of New Jersey. In 1875, Edison and his family moved to Menlo Park in the same state. There he built his own laboratory. |
| 1. 将（A）处画线部分译成英语： ___________________________________________________ 2. 根据首字母提示，在（B）处填写一个适当的单词： ___________________________________________________ 3. 将（C）处画线部分连词成句： ___________________________________________________ 4. 将（D）处画线部分译成汉语： ___________________________________________________ 5. Which state of America does Menlo Park belong to? ___________________________________________________ |