2 - İngilizce Kelime Ezberleme

Thomas Edison began conducting experiments during his childhood. To start with,there were hundreds of unsuccessful experiments but Edison eventually invented and patented 2,500 items, including the electric lamp and phonograph. He was determined to “give laughter and light” to people, but, until he actually managed to do so, most people ridiculed him. Without losing hope, Edison attempted over 1,000 unsuccessful experiments in his efforts to make an electric lamp. When people told him he was wasting his time, energy, and money for nothing, Edison exclaimed, “For nothing! Every time I make an experiment, I get new results. Failures are stepping stones to success.” Determined to give people electric lamps, Edison said he’d meet his goal by early 1880. In October, 1879, he created his first electric lamp, and in so doing, received much praise. People realized that Edison’s invention was not affected by rain or wind, remaining constant through bad weather. Just as he had hoped, Edison provided people with light and laughter.

81. As we understand from the passage, Edison

conducted many unsuccessful experimental

trials, ----.

A) most of which were very expensive and got him

into financial difficulties

B) but the list of his patental inventions is a long one

C) most of which were related to the phonograph

D) but the people who knew him encouraged him to

keep on trying

E) and on many occasions he felt his experiments

were pointless

82. It is clear from the passage that, once Edison had

invented the electric lamp, ----.

A) he lost interest in carrying out experiments

B) he admitted that at one point he had very nearly

given up the project

C) he wasn’t at all interested in what people felt

about it

D) people were particularly impressed by the fact

that wind and rain had no damaging effect on it

E) he felt discouraged because he had failed to

meet the goal he had set himself for the

completion of his invention

83. As we understand from the passage, with the

phrase, “Failures are stepping stones to

success”, Edison meant that ----.

A) one should forget one’s failures as soon as

possible

B) one cannot be successful every time

C) success and failure are both a matter of chance

D) there are two kinds of failure: those that lead to

success and those that don’t

E) the knowledge and experience that one gains

from failure contributes to success

84. According to the passage, when Edison was

working on an invention, he ----.

A) was keen to pass on to others the knowledge he

was accumulating

B) was very secretive about what he was doing

C) was not discouraged by the possibility of failure

D) avoided friends and detractors alike

E) felt embarrassed by periods of no progress

85. It is clear from the passage that, when Edison

was working on the electric lamp, ----.

A) he worked slowly because he was disheartened

B) he knew for certain that he would attain success

very quickly

C) no one felt that an electric lamp was in any way

desirable

D) he was hindered by rain and bad weather in

general

E) people didn’t believe that it was possible at all