任务型阅读。 (A) choose, admit, fire, build, old Mike showed postcards from the palace to his friends. He said that some buildings were 1 than other buildings. There were some 2 in the palace so some buildings had to be 3 again. Then Mike pointed out a stream which runs around the palace. There are seven bridges over the stream. Mike's friends wanted to know if he chose the postacards himself. Mike 4 that the woman at the store helped him choose some of them. The store had so many different postcards that he spent a lot of time 5 them. (B) Thomas Edison found a new job-fixing (修理) machinesin New York. He could not only fix the old machines but also make new ones. The boss liked Edison's new machines. He bought the new machines and he paid Edison $40 000. Edson used the money to build a shop in New Jersey. He had many people working for him.  But he worked more than others. Can you imagine what Edison's life was like after he invented the electric lamp (电灯)? Many things had to be invented and built before electric lamps could really be used by a U. Everything which was needed had to be thought of and built by Edison and his men. They did things like testing new machines, putting wires (线) underground, fixing lights and so on. He seemed to be everywhere at the same time. 任务1：用方框内所给的适当形式填空，每空一词。 1. _____  2. _____ 3. _____ 4. _____ 5. _____ 任务2：根据英文释义及首字母提示，拼写。 6. e_____ here and there 7. i_____ think of something as probable (可能的), form a picture in mind 任务3：同义句转换。 He could not only fix the old machines but also make new ones. He could 8 fix the old machines 9 make new ones. 任务4：根据短文内容问题。 10. Who thought of and built everything which was needed? _______________________________________________