Thomas Edison was born on 11 February
1847. He was one of the (1) geniuses
of technology and he obtained (2) for more than one thousand
inventions including the electric light bulb, the record player and an early
type of film projector. He also created the world's first industrial research
laboratory.
He was born in Milan, Ohio and he was
always an (3) boy. By the time he
was 10 he had set up a small chemical laboratory in his house after his mother
had shown him a science book. He soon became (4) with electrical currents and it
remained the main interest of his life.
In 1869, he (5) a small amount of money and became a freelance inventor. In the
same summer, there was a crisis in the New York financial district called Wall
Street when the new telegraphic gold-price indicator broke down. Edison was
called in to (6) it and he did it so well that he was
given a job as supervisor with the Western Union Telegraph Company. They later
commissioned him to improve the Wall Street stock ticker that was just coming
into use. He did so and (7) the
Edison Universal Stock Printer, which immediately brought him a fortune of
$40,000. With this money, he set up as a manufacturer in order to produce
electrical machines.
In 1876 he built a new laboratory so
that he could spend all his time inventing. He (8) to turn out minor inventions every ten days and a 'big trick'
every six months. Before long he had 40 different inventions going at the same
time and was applying for as many as 400 patents a year. The following year,
Edison moved to New Jersey in order to build the Edison Laboratory (now a
national monument) which was 10 times bigger than his first laboratory. In time
it was surrounded by factories (9) 5,000 people and producing many new
products. Edison died on 18 October, 1931 having had a remarkably (10) life.
Q.1.
(1) inconspicuous (2) growing (3) outstanding (4) natural (5) suited
Q.2.
(1) permissions (2)
examinations (3) exclusions (4) patents (5) renovations
Q.3.
(1) exclusive (2) inquisitive (3) interested (4) introvert (5) imaginative
Q.4.
(1) fascinated (2) angered (3) bored (4) intuitive (5) frustrated
Q.5.
(1) encashed (2) invest (3) stole (4) deposited (5) borrowed
Q.6.
(1) re-invent
(2) repair (3)
renovate (4) discover (5) destroy
Q.7.
(1) build (2) delivered (3) produced (4) composed (5) creates
Q.8.
(1) implemented (2) arranged (3) augured (4) planned (5) mulled
Q.9. (1) removing (2) humiliating (3) employing (4) agitating (5) working
Q.10. (1) sympathetic (2) frustrated (3) rebellious (4) boring (5) productive
ANSWERS
Q.1. (3) outstanding
For other option:
Inconspicuous
(Adj) - hidden, unnoticeable
Q.2. (4) patents
Q.3. (2) inquisitive
Q.4. (1) fascinated
Q.5. (5) borrowed
Q.6. (2) repair
Q.7. (3) produced
Q.8. (4) planned
For other option:
Mulled (V) - think about seriously
Q.9. (3) employing
Q.10. (5) productive
