Unseen Passage for IX class

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 Unseen Passage (Class IX)

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: [8]

Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world. He lit up the world with his invention of electric light. Without him, the world might still be a dark place.

However, the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented phonograph, motion picture camera, and over 1,200 other things. About every two weeks he created something new.

Thomas A. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11, 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother. A former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age with electrical and mechanical things at home.

When he was 12 years old, he got his first job. He became a newsboy on a train that ran between Port Huron and Detroit. He set up a laboratory in a baggage car of the train so that he could continue his experiments in his spare time. Unfortunately, his first work experience did not end well. Thomas was fired when he accidentally set fire to the floor of the baggage car.

Thomas then worked for five years as a telegraph operator, but he continued to spend much of his time on the job conducting experiments. He got his first patent in 1868 for a voice recorder run by electricity. However, the voice recorder was not a success. In 1870, he sold another invention, a stock- ticker, for $40, 000. A stock- ticker is a machine that automatically prints stock prices on a tape. He was then able to build his first shop in Newark, New Jersey.

Thomas Edison was totally deaf in one ear and hard of hearing in the other, but thought of his deafness as a blessing in many ways. It kept conversations short, so that he could have more time for work.

1.1 Attempt any eight the following questions on the basis of the passage you have read:(1x8= 8M)

(a) When and where was Thomas Alva Edison born?

(b) What did he invent?

(c) What was result of Edison’s natural curiosity?

(d) What was Edison’s first job?

(e) Where did Edison set up his laboratory?

(f) What was Edison’s first patent?

(g) How was Edison able to build his first shop?

(h) How was Edison’s deafness a blessing to him?

(i) Find the word similar in meaning to “inquisitiveness”.

 

1 mark for each correct answer

(a) Thomas A Edison was born in Milan, Ohio on Feb 11, 1847.

(b) Electric light, phonograph, motion picture camera and over 1200 other things

(c) His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age with electrical and mechanical things at home.

(d) Newsboy

(e) He set up a lab in a baggage car of the train

(f) He got his first patent in 1868 for a voice recorder run by electricity

(g) He sold his invention a stock-ticker for $ 40, 000 which made him able to build his first shop.

(h) It kept conversations short so that he could have more time for work

(j) Curiosity

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