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40. The comet suddenly changed its direction and seemed heading towards

A. Heading

B. And

C. Suddenly

D. Its

VI. Reading: Thomas A. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11

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, 1847. His family moved to Port

Huron, Michigan when he was 7 years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only 2 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.

Thomas Alva Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Although the electric light

seems to be the most useful, it was not his only invention. He also invented the record player, the motion

picture camera, and over 1,200 other things. About every 2 weeks he created something new. He worked 16

out of every 24 hours. Sometimes he worked so intense that his wife had to remind him to sleep and eat.

Thomas Edison died at the age of 84 on October 18

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, 1931 at his estate in West Orange, New Jersey. He left

numerous inventions that improved the quality of life all over the world.