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1、专题限时训练(二十七)人物型阅读理解(限时：25分钟)(一)Henry Ford grew up on an unelectrified farm, and as a young man he followed Edisons career as the inventor became a national role model. Ford took a job at the Edison Illuminating Company, working his way up to chief engineer.In 1896 Ford was thirtythree and, though sti
2、ll working for Edison Co., he had created his first experimental automobilethe Ford Quadricycle2 during his offtime. At an Edison company party in New York, Ford had his first chance to meet his hero Edison and was able to explain his new automobile to the great inventor. Edison_was_impressed._Ediso
3、n_is_said_to_have_slammed_his_fist_down_and_shouted，“Young man, thats the thing! You have it! Your car is selfcontained and carries its own power plant.”Edison himself had been working on the idea, but had only been considering electricity as the power source, so the idea of a gas engine was a somew
4、hat new one.The words comforted Ford greatly, who immediately set out building a second car which was to become the ModelT.6. The two men became friends and would go on camping trips together.When Edison later became limited to a wheelchair, Ford brought an extra one to his house so they could race.
5、At the 50th anniversary of the invention of light bulb, Ford honoured Edison.When Edison spoke he ended his speech directed at Ford, “As to Henry Ford, words fail to express my feelings.I can only say that he is my friend.” Therefore it is no surprise that Ford wanted something to remember Edison by
6、 after he passed away in 1931.Once, Ford asked Thomas Edisons son Charles to sit by the dying inventors bedside and hold a test tube next to his fathers mouth to catch his final breath. Ford was a man with many strange behaviours (as was Edison) including some interest in reanimation and spiritualis
7、m(复活通灵术)and some say that he was attempting to catch Edisons soul as it escaped his body in hopes of later bringing the inventor back to life.The test tube itself didnt turn up until 1950 when it was listed in the Fords possessions after Clara Fords passing away, and then lost again until 1978 when
8、it was discovered in an exhibit entitled“Henry FordA Personal History”in the Henry Ford Museum. It would then be discovered that the tube was labeled “Edisons Last Breath”There is a further mystery of this “last breath” test tube.It would seem as if Edison had quite a last breath indeed, as the Edis
9、on Estate holds a collection of 42 test tubes all supposedly containing Edisons last breath.Regardless of the excitement over the last breath, the test tube is quite touching in its meaning.Although both men were known for all sorts of poor behaviour towards their loved ones and mistreatment of empl
10、oyees, between them at least, there was clearly a deep respect and admiration.1The purpose of the author writing this passage is to _.Aremind the readers of the importance of the two inventorsBstress the importance of friendshipCtell the readers some stories about the two inventorsDshow that love ca
11、n lead to some poor behaviours2From the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2, we can learn that_.AEdison envied what Ford had achievedBEdison was annoyed that Ford did better than himCEdison was angry because Ford stole his ideaDEdison was extremely amazed at Fords new idea3“The last breath test tube”
12、can probably be regarded as_.Aa symbol of a friendship and memoryBa witness to a scientific breakthroughCa failure to bring Edison back to lifeDa sign of the two inventors poor behaviour4It can be learned from the last paragraph that “_.”AGreat minds think alikeBNobody is perfectCTwo heads are bette
13、r than oneDA friend in need is a friend indeed(二)JANE AUSTEN(17751817)is often regarded as the greatest of English women novelist on the strength of her six completed novels.Known particularly for their social comedy and accurate description of human relationships，they are still as widely read today
14、 as they have ever been.As the seventh child of a country priest(牧师)，Jane Austen was born on 16 December 1775 at Steventon in Hampshire.Her father，the Reverend George Austen，was an intelligent and sensitive man who encouraged Jane in her love of reading.From an early age she was familiar with the wo
15、rks of Henry Fielding，Sir Walter Scott，Richardson，Frances Burney and the poet George Crabbe.Her early attempts at writing include burlesques(滑稽作品) of popular romances.When her father retired in 1801 the family moved to Bath, which was later to feature in her novel Northanger Abbey(published in 1818)
16、After his death in 1805 the family moved first to Southampton and then in 1809 to Chawton in Hampshire, where Jane Austen is known to have written her last three novels：Mansfield Park(1814)，Emma(1816)and Persuasion(also published in 1818)Although her other novels were written much earlier，it was not until 1811 that Sense
