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【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 o the public” when their patents(專利 ) ran out at midnight. The watchman conveyed the request on to Edison, who replied, “Go back. Tell that fellow that I say Mr. Edison has never used his inventions alone and never expects to in this world. So the ending of a patent has no effect upon the wealth of an inventor.” Hearing Edison’s response, Crawford wrote another note: What do you mean by‘ never used alone’ ? Must see you.” Eventually the great inventor admitted Crawford and gave him this statement: “In this country an inventor can’t stop people copying his inventions. The moment he invents something, there’ll be pirates(盜版 ) rising up on all sides and calling it their own.” Thirty years later, Crawford was back at Edison’s laboratory, again asking about patents and the money he got from them. Crawford asked him, “You have invented many things, including electric lighting. Why aren’t you the richest man in the world today?” Edison’s reply: “Nearly $10,000,000,000, they tell me, is invested in modern industries which developed from ideas included in my inventions and my patents. A billion dollars or so may be the annual total ine to workers in fields connected with my inventions and patents. But I have made very little profit from my inventions. In my lifetime I have taken out 1,180 patents up to date. These patents have cost me more than they have returned me. I have made money through the introduction and sale of my products as a maker, not as a inventor.” Edison was one of the few fortunate inventors who knew that great engineering, on its own, never earned anything. The success of any technology is due to its business model and protection of its copyright. Unfortunately, Edison said, the US had a “miserable system” for protecting inventions. 36. From the first paragraph Crawford visited Edison to . A. inform him of the news B. see how hard Edison worked C. know what Edison was inventing D. find out Edison’s response to the news 37. What was Edison’s attitude toward the ending of his patents? A. Doubtful. B. Annoyed. C. Indifferent. D. Worried. 38. According to the passage, Edison made money by . A. holding his parents B. selling his products C. making inventions D. providing his ideas 39. It is implied in the passage that in Edison’s time . A. America had no patent protection laws B. his inventions were not highly valued C. patents benefited inventors little D. applying for patents was easy 40. Which would be the best title for the passage? A. Edison and his patents B. Edison, the greatest inventor C. The patent system in America D. Edison’s way of making money D The largest shark known to us, Megalodon, is extinct. Or is it? Carcharodon Megalodon, monly known as Megalodon, is believed to have lived between 1 million and 5 million years ago and thought to have been 52 feet long. It is (or was) a shark that had a jaw 7 or more feet wide. 5 Fairly recently, there has been some guesswork about whether it is extinct or just out of reach. But few people believe that Megalodon has found a home deep in the ocean. There are many known “Living Fossils”: Coelacanth, Sea Cucumbers(海參 ), Sea Urchins(海膽 ), Lobsters(龍蝦 ), Sea Stars. The mon ones like lobsters and sea urchins are not really looked on as anything amazing. They’ve been around for thousands of years or more, and are easily accessible to us. What if they weren’t accessible and yet still existed? We would label them extinct. The discovery of a live Coelacanth, a fish long believed extinct, challenged some scientists’ longheld beliefs on extinction. There have been recent discoveries of unbelievably large squid(烏賊 ), and deepsea fish never before seen by scientists. In the 1960s the US Navy set up underwater microphones around the world to track Soviet submarines. The work, known as the Sound Surveillance(監(jiān)視 ) System, still lies deep below the ocean’s surface in a layer of water known as the “deep sound channel”. The temperature and pressure of the channel allow sound waves to travel undisturbed. NOAA’s Acoustic Monitoring Project has been using the Sound Surveillance System to listen for changes in ocean structure like ocean currents or volcanic activity. Most of the sounds recorded are mon and of no concern. One sound, identified in 1977 by US Navy “spy” sensors, was strange. It was obviously a sea animal but the call was more powerful than any of the calls made by any other reported sea creature. It was too big for a whale. Could it be a deepsea monster? One possibility was a giant squid, but no one is sure. It was named “Bloop”. Could it be Megalodon? If Megalodon is still alive down in the bottom of the ocean, we may some day soon discover it. Then what? Deep sea diving will never be the same, that’s for sure! 41.
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