三、阅读下面短文，并根据要求回答 A、B 两组问题。

Thomas Edison was a world's famous inventor. Here his father, Sam Edison, is talking about him to a friend, Mr. Bradley.

"He is always asking about things," said Sam Edison, who was proud of his son and pleased to get the chance to talk about him. "Even when he was a very young boy, he was always trying to find out how things worked. Right now I expect he has gone up to the farm to bother the people there with his questions.

"The other week he went to the grain store, and climbed to the top to watch the grain pouring in . He fell in and almost got killed. Luckily he was saved by one of the men.

"Then there was the time when I found him up at the farm with his trousers dirty all over. I asked him what he had been doing . He said that he was sitting on eggs to hatch out chickens. Then he asked why he shouldn't be able to do it if the hen could!"

"I think you couldn't answer that one, Sam!" said Mr. Bradley. "That boy will go a long way. It's good for him to find out things, as long as he does no harm."

"He never does any harm except to himself and his clothes."

根据原文用一句话回答下列每个问题。

Why was Sam Edison pleased to get a chance to talk about his son?
What was Thomas Edison always trying to do when he was a young boy?
Did Mr. Bradley think that Sam could answer his son's last question?

选择最适当的一组词在下面划线，完成下列句子。

Thomas Edison was well-known . (a)in his home town

(b)in his own country (c)all over the world

Thomas Edison was fond of . (a)sitting on eggs

(b)asking questions (c)going to the grain store

Bradley thought that young Edison . (a)had gone too far

had a long way to go
had a bright future before him