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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： 

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2. 根据首字母提示，在（B）处填写一个适当的单词： 

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3. 将（C）处画线部分连词成句：

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4. 将（D）处画线部分译成汉语： 

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5. Which state of America does Menlo Park belong to? 

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