FUN FACTS ABOUT THOMAS EDISON
-Edison was born in 1847 in Ohio. He was the youngest of seven children
- Edison’s mother was an excellent school teacher. That is probably why she was able to teach Edison so well. Edison said about his mother “All that am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother”
- Edison’s mother let him set up a chemistry lab in the basement, which made his father very nervous
- Thomas Edison has scarlet fever when he was a child. The disease left him almost deaf.
- When Edison was twelve, he started publishing and selling a newspaper to train passengers.
- Edison started a fire in a train car doing chemistry experiments. He was kicked off the train
- Edison submitted his last invention for patent when he was 80 years old. He had 1093 inventions.
- Edison was a devotee of hard work, often logging over 90 hours a week in his office and labs, punching the time clock just like everyone else and also catching a quick nap when he could refresh himself
- Think about this. He was purported to have conducted over 3000 experiments to perfect his light bulb filament, and over 15,000 experiments to get his nickel-iron storage batteries right. How many people do you know who have this kind of work discipline? Do you?
17. How many siblings did Edison have?
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7
18. What was Edison’s mother’s job?
A. a nurse B. a teacher C. a farmer D. a housewife
19. It can be inferred from the passage that
A. Edison’s mother had a big impact on him B. Edison didn’t love his mother
C. Edison was deaf D. Edison had 7 sisters and brothers
20. According to the passage, which of the following information is NOT true?
A. Edison started selling a newspaper to train passengers at the age of twelve
B. Edison was so hard-working that he spent more than 10 hours a day in his office and labs
C. Edison supposedly conducted over 3,000 experiments to perfect his light bulb filament
D. Edison was completely deaf due to a disease
FUN FACTS ABOUT THOMAS EDISON
-Edison was born in 1847 in Ohio. He was the youngest of seven children
- Edison’s mother was an excellent school teacher. That is probably why she was able to teach Edison so well. Edison said about his mother “All that am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother”
- Edison’s mother let him set up a chemistry lab in the basement, which made his father very nervous
- Thomas Edison has scarlet fever when he was a child. The disease left him almost deaf.
- When Edison was twelve, he started publishing and selling a newspaper to train passengers.
- Edison started a fire in a train car doing chemistry experiments. He was kicked off the train
- Edison submitted his last invention for patent when he was 80 years old. He had 1093 inventions.
- Edison was a devotee of hard work, often logging over 90 hours a week in his office and labs, punching the time clock just like everyone else and also catching a quick nap when he could refresh himself
- Think about this. He was purported to have conducted over 3000 experiments to perfect his light bulb filament, and over 15,000 experiments to get his nickel-iron storage batteries right. How many people do you know who have this kind of work discipline? Do you?
17. How many siblings did Edison have?
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7
18. What was Edison’s mother’s job?
A. a nurse B. a teacher C. a farmer D. a housewife
19. It can be inferred from the passage that
A. Edison’s mother had a big impact on him B. Edison didn’t love his mother
C. Edison was deaf D. Edison had 7 sisters and brothers
20. According to the passage, which of the following information is NOT true?
A. Edison started selling a newspaper to train passengers at the age of twelve
B. Edison was so hard-working that he spent more than 10 hours a day in his office and labs
C. Edison supposedly conducted over 3,000 experiments to perfect his light bulb filament
D. Edison was completely deaf due to a disease
